RIP Adam Yauch

[alex g]

True skills RIP brother.

[GOLFBALLS]

Holy crap!
What happened?

[alex g]

In 2009, Yauch was diagnosed and treated for a cancerous parotid gland and a lymph node and underwent surgery and radiation therapy delaying the release of Hot Sauce Committee Part Two and the subsequent tour.[18][19] He was unable to appear in music videos for the album.[5][10] Yauch became a vegan under the recommendation of his Tibetan doctors.[20] At the time, Yauch described the cancer as "very treatable".[21]

Yauch died at age 47 on May 4, 2012.[1][22] The cause of death was not immediately known.[23] Upon his death, Russell Simmons of Def Jam Records said that Yauch "was incredibly sweet and the most sensitive artist, who I loved dearly." Ben Stiller tweeted that Yauch "stood for integrity as an artist."[7]Joel Madden of Good Charlotte said of the Beastie Boys: "We wanted to dress like them, talk like them, and we wanted to make music like them."[6]Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam said that Yauch was "a crazy talent whose contributions with his band were inspirational and consistently ground breaking".[24]Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke wrote, "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".[25]

[mikinoz]

Even that which is timeless still is defined by death. Vale MCA.

[Water Boy]

I had Beastie boys pumping so loud last night. RIP