Remembering Adam 'MCA' Yauch: Watch Beastie Boys' 'Fight for Your Right Revisited'
Adam “MCA” Yauch sadly died on this date in 2012 from parotid cancer. Yauch was born on August 5, 1964 in Brooklyn and taught himself how to play bass while in high school. In 1981, Yauch formed the Beastie Boys along with Michael “Mike D” Diamond, guitarist John Berry and drummer Kate Schellenbach as a punk rock group. The band would cut their teeth opening for renowned punk rockers like the Dead Kennedys, the Misfits, Bad Brains and Reagan Youth at legendary New York clubs including CBGB and Max’s Kansas City. As a band that came to prominence during the early days of MTV, film h...
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