ocr: SONE FACIS ABOUI HE BEASTIE BOYS: 1981: The band consisted of MCA on bass, Kate chellenbach (now of Luscious Jackson) playing drums, John Berry playing guitar, and Mike D singing. They played their first gig at MCA's17th birthday party, followed by early club gigs at the long-derunct A7 and Max's Kansas City I by the end of 1983, the Beastie Boys had released the Pollywog Stew Ep (originally released on the Rat Cage label, since reissued on Grand Royal as part ofSome Old Bullshit), broken up three times, replaced Berry with Ad-Rock (formally of the Young and the Useless), and started rapping w ...
