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O Adam MCA Yauch, ιδρυτικό μέλος των θρυλικών Beastie Boys έχασε τη μάχη με τον καρκίνο και τελικά υπέκυψε την Παρασκευή 4 του μήνα. O Yauch είναι μια από τις μορφές τις hip hop μουσικής και ένας βασικός λόγος για την επιτυχία των Beastie Boys από το 1979, μέχρι και σήμερα. Ήταν ο μπασίστας και μια από τις φωνές της μπάντας. Όσοι τους ξέρετε, θα γνωρίζετε ότι και ο Mike D και ο Adam Horovitz και ο Yach τραγουδούσαν.
Ο Adam Yach δημιούργησε τα περισσότερα video clips του συγκροτήματος. Πιο συγκεκριμένα, σκηνοθέτησε το βίντεο για το πρώτο clip της μπάντας, για το τραγούδι "Holy Snappers", καθώς και για τα εξής κομμάτια: "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun", "Shake Your Rump", "Shadrach", "Ask for Janice, Part II", "Slow and Low" (live), "Pass the Mic", "So What'cha Want", "Intergalactic", "Body Movin'", "Three MC's and One DJ", "Alive", "Start!"(featuring Miho Hatori), "Ch-Check It Out", "Triple Trouble", "Right Right Now Now", "Rhyme The Rhyme Well", "Brass Monkey" (live), "The Rat Cage", "Off The Grid", "Make Some Noise".
Ακόμη, είναι νωρίς για να γνωρίζουμε αν οι Beastie Boys θα συνεχίσουν να υπάρχουν ή θα δημιουργήσουν ένα νέο σχήμα. Βέβαια τους τελευταίους μήνες λειτουργούν σε μεγάλο βαθμό χωρίς τον Yach, λόγω της θεραπείας του. Διαβάστε παρακάτω τι έγραψαν οι Beastie Boys στο επίσημο site της μπάντας:
Adam Yauch 1964-2012
It is with great sadness that we confirm that musician, rapper, activist and director Adam "MCA" Yauch, founding member of Beastie Boys and also of the Milarepa Foundation that produced the Tibetan Freedom Concert benefits, and film production and distribution company Oscilloscope Laboratories, passed away in his native New York City this morning after a near-three-year battle with cancer. He was 47 years old.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Yauch taught himself to play bass in high school, forming a band for his 17th birthday party that would later become known the world over as Beastie Boys.
With fellow members Michael "Mike D" Diamond and Adam "Adrock" Horovitz, Beastie Boys would go on to sell over 40 million records, release four #1 albums–including the first hip hop album ever to top the Billboard 200, the band's 1986 debut full length, Licensed To Ill–win three Grammys, and the MTV Video Vanguard Lifetime Achievement award. Last month Beastie Boys were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, with Diamond and Horovitz reading an acceptance speech on behalf of Yauch, who was unable to attend.
In addition to his hand in creating such historic Beastie Boys albums as Paul's Boutique, Check Your Head, Ill Communication, Hello Nasty and more, Yauch was a founder of the Milarepa Fund, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting awareness and activism regarding the injustices perpetrated on native Tibetans by Chinese occupational government and military forces. In 1996, Milarepa produced the first Tibetan Freedom Concert in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, which was attended by 100,000 people, making it the biggest benefit concert on U.S. soil since 1985's Live Aid. The Tibetan Freedom Concert series would continue to stage some of the most significant benefit shows in the world for nearly a decade following in New York City, Washington DC, Tokyo, Sydney, Amsterdam, Taipei and other cities.
In the wake of September 11, 2001, Milarepa organized New Yorkers Against Violence, a benefit headlined by Beastie Boys at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom, with net proceeds disbursed to the New York Women's Foundation Disaster Relief Fund and the New York Association for New Americans (NYANA) September 11th Fund for New Americans–each chosen for their efforts on behalf of 9/11 victims least likely to receive help from other sources.
Under the alias of Nathanial Hörnblowér, Yauch directed iconic Beastie Boys videos including "So Whatcha Want," "Intergalactic," "Body Movin" and "Ch-Check It Out." Under his own name, Yauch directed last year's Fight For Your Right Revisited, an extended video for "Make Some Noise" from Beastie Boys' Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, starring Elijah Wood, Danny McBride and Seth Rogen as the 1986 Beastie Boys, making their way through a half hour of cameo-studded misadventures before squaring off against Jack Black, Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly as Beastie Boys of the future.
Yauch's passion and talent for filmmaking led to his founding of Oscilloscope Laboratories, which in 2008 released his directorial film debut, the basketball documentary Gunnin' For That #1 Spot and has since become a major force in independent video distribution, amassing a catalogue of such acclaimed titles as Kelly Reichardt's Wendy and Lucy, Oren Moverman's The Messenger, Banksy's Exit Through The Gift Shop, Lance Bangs and Spike Jonze's Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait Of Maurice Sendak, and many more.
Yauch is survived by his wife Dechen and his daughter Tenzin Losel, as well as his parents Frances and Noel Yauch.
Δηλώσεις άλλων μουσικών για τον Adam MCA Yach
O Thom Yorke των Radiohead δήλωσε ότι: "We looked up to the Beastie Boys a lot when we were starting out and how they maintained artistic control making wicked records but still were on a major label, and the Tibetan Freedom Concerts they organized had a very big influence on me personally and the way Adam conducted himself and dealt with it all impressed me a lot. He was a mellow and [very] smart guy. May he rest in peace". Ο Eminem είπε σε μια συνέντευξη του: "Adam Yauch brought a lot of positivity into the world and I think it's obvious to anyone how big of an influence the Beastie Boys were on me and so many others"
Ο Jeff Ament των Pearl Jam δήλωσε ότι ο Yauch ήταν "ένα τρελό ταλέντο, του οποίοι οι συνθέσεις με την μπάντα του ήταν εμπνευσμένες και σίγουρα πρωτοποριακές."
O Adam MCA Yauch, ιδρυτικό μέλος των θρυλικών Beastie Boys έχασε τη μάχη με τον καρκίνο και τελικά υπέκυψε την Παρασκευή 4 του μήνα. O Yauch είναι μια από τις μορφές τις hip hop μουσικής και ένας βασικός λόγος για την επιτυχία των Beastie Boys από το 1979, μέχρι και σήμερα. Ήταν ο μπασίστας και μια από τις φωνές της μπάντας. Όσοι τους ξέρετε, θα γνωρίζετε ότι και ο Mike D και ο Adam Horovitz και ο Yach τραγουδούσαν.
Ο Adam Yach δημιούργησε τα περισσότερα video clips του συγκροτήματος. Πιο συγκεκριμένα, σκηνοθέτησε το βίντεο για το πρώτο clip της μπάντας, για το τραγούδι "Holy Snappers", καθώς και για τα εξής κομμάτια: "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun", "Shake Your Rump", "Shadrach", "Ask for Janice, Part II", "Slow and Low" (live), "Pass the Mic", "So What'cha Want", "Intergalactic", "Body Movin'", "Three MC's and One DJ", "Alive", "Start!"(featuring Miho Hatori), "Ch-Check It Out", "Triple Trouble", "Right Right Now Now", "Rhyme The Rhyme Well", "Brass Monkey" (live), "The Rat Cage", "Off The Grid", "Make Some Noise".Ακόμη, είναι νωρίς για να γνωρίζουμε αν οι Beastie Boys θα συνεχίσουν να υπάρχουν ή θα δημιουργήσουν ένα νέο σχήμα. Βέβαια τους τελευταίους μήνες λειτουργούν σε μεγάλο βαθμό χωρίς τον Yach, λόγω της θεραπείας του. Διαβάστε παρακάτω τι έγραψαν οι Beastie Boys στο επίσημο site της μπάντας:
Adam Yauch 1964-2012
It is with great sadness that we confirm that musician, rapper, activist and director Adam "MCA" Yauch, founding member of Beastie Boys and also of the Milarepa Foundation that produced the Tibetan Freedom Concert benefits, and film production and distribution company Oscilloscope Laboratories, passed away in his native New York City this morning after a near-three-year battle with cancer. He was 47 years old.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Yauch taught himself to play bass in high school, forming a band for his 17th birthday party that would later become known the world over as Beastie Boys.
With fellow members Michael "Mike D" Diamond and Adam "Adrock" Horovitz, Beastie Boys would go on to sell over 40 million records, release four #1 albums–including the first hip hop album ever to top the Billboard 200, the band's 1986 debut full length, Licensed To Ill–win three Grammys, and the MTV Video Vanguard Lifetime Achievement award. Last month Beastie Boys were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, with Diamond and Horovitz reading an acceptance speech on behalf of Yauch, who was unable to attend.
In addition to his hand in creating such historic Beastie Boys albums as Paul's Boutique, Check Your Head, Ill Communication, Hello Nasty and more, Yauch was a founder of the Milarepa Fund, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting awareness and activism regarding the injustices perpetrated on native Tibetans by Chinese occupational government and military forces. In 1996, Milarepa produced the first Tibetan Freedom Concert in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, which was attended by 100,000 people, making it the biggest benefit concert on U.S. soil since 1985's Live Aid. The Tibetan Freedom Concert series would continue to stage some of the most significant benefit shows in the world for nearly a decade following in New York City, Washington DC, Tokyo, Sydney, Amsterdam, Taipei and other cities.
In the wake of September 11, 2001, Milarepa organized New Yorkers Against Violence, a benefit headlined by Beastie Boys at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom, with net proceeds disbursed to the New York Women's Foundation Disaster Relief Fund and the New York Association for New Americans (NYANA) September 11th Fund for New Americans–each chosen for their efforts on behalf of 9/11 victims least likely to receive help from other sources.Under the alias of Nathanial Hörnblowér, Yauch directed iconic Beastie Boys videos including "So Whatcha Want," "Intergalactic," "Body Movin" and "Ch-Check It Out." Under his own name, Yauch directed last year's Fight For Your Right Revisited, an extended video for "Make Some Noise" from Beastie Boys' Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, starring Elijah Wood, Danny McBride and Seth Rogen as the 1986 Beastie Boys, making their way through a half hour of cameo-studded misadventures before squaring off against Jack Black, Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly as Beastie Boys of the future.
Yauch's passion and talent for filmmaking led to his founding of Oscilloscope Laboratories, which in 2008 released his directorial film debut, the basketball documentary Gunnin' For That #1 Spot and has since become a major force in independent video distribution, amassing a catalogue of such acclaimed titles as Kelly Reichardt's Wendy and Lucy, Oren Moverman's The Messenger, Banksy's Exit Through The Gift Shop, Lance Bangs and Spike Jonze's Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait Of Maurice Sendak, and many more.
Yauch is survived by his wife Dechen and his daughter Tenzin Losel, as well as his parents Frances and Noel Yauch.
Δηλώσεις άλλων μουσικών για τον Adam MCA Yach
O Thom Yorke των Radiohead δήλωσε ότι: "We looked up to the Beastie Boys a lot when we were starting out and how they maintained artistic control making wicked records but still were on a major label, and the Tibetan Freedom Concerts they organized had a very big influence on me personally and the way Adam conducted himself and dealt with it all impressed me a lot. He was a mellow and [very] smart guy. May he rest in peace". Ο Eminem είπε σε μια συνέντευξη του: "Adam Yauch brought a lot of positivity into the world and I think it's obvious to anyone how big of an influence the Beastie Boys were on me and so many others"
Ο Jeff Ament των Pearl Jam δήλωσε ότι ο Yauch ήταν "ένα τρελό ταλέντο, του οποίοι οι συνθέσεις με την μπάντα του ήταν εμπνευσμένες και σίγουρα πρωτοποριακές."
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