Beastie Boys

1981
Beastie Boys - then consisting of Adam Yauch (a.k.a. MCA) on bass, drummer Kate Schellenbach (later of Luscious Jackson), guitarist John Berry (of Big Fat Love), and Mike Diamond (a.k.a. Mike D) on the mic-debut at Adam Yauch's 17th birthday party. The band plays its first public gigs opening for the likes of Bad Brains and Reagan Youth at venues including CBGB, A7, and - by a hair - Max's Kansas City, where they play on the last night of the club's existence.

1982
Recorded at Jerry Williams' 171A, same place as Bad Brains' legendary ROIR sessions, Beastie Boys' Pollywog Stew 7" is one of the first New York Hardcore records. It is also the first ever release on Dave...

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