Beastie Boys 1985 “Beastie Groove” LIVE from Madonna’s “Like A Virgin” Tour.
Haven’t thrown anything up here about Adam Yauch yet, but I knew I needed to, so here goes. I probably have more Beastie memories that any other band ever. One in particular is right here:
I moved to NYC in 1990. I was 15. In the fall of 1991, I went to a Beastie Boys show (by myself) at a club in NYC called “The Building”. This was just before “Check Your Head” came out. When I got there, I was just expecting The Beasties and DJ Hurricane. I was completely floored when they came out wielding instruments, and proceeded to play some of their old hardcore/punk songs, along with some of the songs that would be on “Check Your Head”, with bass, drums and guitar. My 16 year old mind went splodey. I had no idea what was going on, and I was alone, so I had no one to share it with. I grew up on hardcore, going to see Bad Brains and Murphy’s Law since I was 12 or so, so I was familiar with the sounds, but I was not expecting them to manifest at this point in time. Thanks Beasties! Thanks M.C.A. R.I.P. ADAM YAUCH.
