Adam Yauch birthday biography
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On this day in 1965, Adam Yauch, vocalist and bassist for punk/rap giants the Beastie Boys, was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. Yauch (a.k.a. MCA) and his fellow Beasties, Mike Diamond (a.k.a. Mike D) and Adam Horovitz (a.k.a. Ad-Rock), grew up in upper-middle-class New York homes before becoming active in Manhattan, N.Y.'s '80s underground scene. Yauch and Diamond formed the Beastie Boys with drummer Kate Schellenbach (later of Luscious Jackson fame)and guitarist John Berry in 1981. The next year, the group released an independent EP and met Horovitz, who had been a member of a hardcore punk outfit. In 1983, Schellenbach and Berry departed and Horovitz came on board to record the 12-inch rap single "Cookie Puss."