0_Apprentice
Please tell me you have heard of the Beastie boys??!
1_Wizard
I'm familiar with them.  They are from New York City, and formed in 1981
0_Apprentice
They have been my favourite band since I was 11. Shame most of them died so young
1_Wizard
It really is, but with seven platinum or better albums between 1986 and 2004 they were one of the longest lived hip hop acts worldwide.
0_Apprentice
Funnily enough there were four members in the first version of the Beastie Boys. It was Michael Diamond, Adam Yauch  and two people who would later leave the group when Ad Rock joined
1_Wizard
Yes, they were originally called The Young Aborigines
0_Apprentice
I didnt know that. Yet I call myself a fan. Least we both agree that they had their time and boy was it sweet.
1_Wizard
Agreed.  On the 1992 single Skills to Pay the Bills Mike D raps,"I'm the original Young Aboriginal/Continued evolution of an individiual"