04 May 2012

RIP MCA 1964-2012


RIP Adam Yauch, better known as 'MCA'.  I'm so incredibly bummed by the news.  The Beastie Boys not only changed rap and hip-hop, but pretty much ALL music...for the better.  Much of my teenage/early 20s life was affected in some way by The Beasties.  Hell, we played 'Licensed to Ill' during basketball pre-game warm-ups my junior year of high school! 

Cancer is a cruel son of a bitch and takes people far sooner than they should go.  Maybe Billy Joel was right...




2 comments:

Junk said...

Seriously bummed about the news. Only regret was never seeing them live.

MM said...

Saw them live in 1987 at The Spectrum...opening for Run-DMC. Mayhem...and I mean that in the best way possible.
They were throwing buckets of beer into the crowd. Nothing like being 17 and coming home slightly deaf, wet and reeking of cheap beer...