astrochimp

Damn. Very sad news

foofighters7

I figured people would have got that it was a joke!

Sounds good though, right?

Geofferson

MCA

bunkaroo

This sucks. Now if they ever play "Fight For your Right" live again it'll just be "Oh mom you're just jealous it's the BEAS-TIE-.....(silence)".

islandclaws

I can't say I ever loved the group, but I dug a lot of their tunes and I always respected them as musicians. 47 is way, way too young.

JZ1276

who's the other guy that killed himself?

B.A.

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bralph

Does anyone know the status of Hot Sauce Committee pt 1? It would be great if it was finished (or mostly finished anyway), so we could still get some new B-Boys...

clckworang

Agreed. I saw them during Lollapalooza '94. It was fun show. Sad loss.

Daryl

Man, this hits me like when I heard Jam Master Jay had been killed. MCA was always my favorite Beastie, the one I felt had the best rhyme skills. Whatever the song, his verse was always my favorite.

B.A.

+++

I always loved the sound of his voice.

Numanoid

I feel the same way about "Girls".

JasonF

If you can't enjoy the Beasties, you can't enjoy music. RIP, MCA.

Mordred

Now my name is M.C.A. I've got a license to kill
I think you know what time it is it's time to get ill

islandclaws

Didn't they just rename Pt. 1 to Pt. 2 since it took so long? I thought it was a known joke that there is no part 1.

bralph

That sucks. I thought they just changed the order of them for some reason. Bummer...

bralph

Good old wikipedia.... Seems like there could be some unreleased material for another album.


A large amount of material was recorded, and the plan was to release the album, now called Hot Sauce Committee, in two parts as the Beastie Boys revealed to Drowned in Sound.[5] Mike D also hinted that part two may be released via unusual means:

“ Pt. 2 is pretty much done. Basically we were making ...Pt 1, had too many songs, so we recorded some more songs. Which sounds bizarre but it actually worked out, because it made it clear to us which songs were going to be on ...Pt 1. Then we had this whole other album of songs: ...Pt 2. ...Pt 1’s going to be your regular CD in the stores and to download, but ...Pt 2 is going to be released in...we’re still figuring it out, but a different way. More of a 2009 style. ... You could get in the shower one day and, boom, all of a sudden you’re showered with MP3s. Or we might send people a seven-inch every few weeks, so you have a whole box set.[5] ”

Part 1

The first part of the album was intended to be called Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 1 and was prepared for release, with artwork revealed and a planned release date of September 15, 2009.[4] In an interview the Beastie Boys stated that the album was completed and group also announced that they would tour the United Kingdom in support of the new record.[3]
This was delayed after band member Adam "MCA" Yauch was diagnosed with cancer.[2] On July 20, 2009, Yauch issued a video press release via YouTube (and via e-mail to fans on mailing list) stating that a form of cancer was found in his salivary gland and that some or all upcoming shows are canceled, with the release date of Hot Sauce Committee delayed. He added that the cancer is localized, and that he should be fine after surgery.[6]
In October 2009, Adam Yauch announced that the band had not yet decided a new release date, but was quoted saying he was hoping to release it in the first half of 2010.[7]

Part 2

An email sent out on October 17, 2010, from the Beastie Boys announced: "Although we regret to inform you that Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 1 will continue to be delayed indefinitely, Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2 will be released on time as originally planned in Spring of 2011." An email sent the following week now clarified that Pt. 2 would be released with almost exactly the same tracklist as was announced for Pt. 1, excluding the track "Bundt Cake."[8] No date is set for Part 1.[9]
Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 1 was finally released in May 2011 under the title Hot Sauce Committee Part Two with a slightly altered track listing including a new version of "Too Many Rappers". The material intended for part two may now be released as Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 1 at some point in the future.

auto

Damn

RIP Adam

Mabuse

Terrible news. I didn't even know he had cancer. What kind of cancer kills you at 47? That's extraordinarily sad news.

inri222

Used to like them when they were a hardcore punk band. RIP MCA

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As some know before all the Hip-Hop, The Beastie Boys came together in 1981 as a hardcore punk band. In 1981 Adam Yauch (MCA) had the idea to start a hardcore punk band and approached John Berry, Kate Schellenbach and Michael Diamond and asked them to join him. The name Beastie Boys came from a suggestion from guitarist John Berry. The initials BB were used due to the bands love for the D.C hardcore band the Bad Brains. The name "Beastie" stands for "Boys Entering Anarchistic States Towards Internal Excellence," but this was an afterthought once the band's name was already Beastie Boys. In their time they played shows with bands such as Bad Brains, the Dead Kennedys, the Misfits and Reagan Youth. Sometime after the recording of Pollywog Stew member John left and was replaced by Adam (Ad-Rock) who had been to most of the guys practices and played in the band The Young & the Useless who did shows with them aswell. After all this everyone knows they turned into Hip-Hop and such, but in 1995 the guys went back to their punk roots and released a 2nd hardcore EP called Aglio E Olio, also after a year of touring for licensed to Ill, Adam Yauch got together with members of Bad Brains & Murphy's Law and made a short lived band called Brooklyn.

dsa_shea

Pollywog Stew was ok but I think the Beastie Boys made the right move switching their focus to hip-hop and moving away from that punk sound. We probably wouldn't even be talking about them right now if they had stayed that course. RIP MCA! You will definitely be missed.

JumpCutz

I think he's referencing Junior Seau.

islandclaws

Or Don Cornelius?

Minor Threat

R.I.P.

wishbone

MCA