Last Yauch Public Appearance / Photo?

[sternmd]

Does anyone know the last public event that Yauch was at?

There are pictures from a couple of film events around March 2011 (ie Jackass 3D premiere) http://beastieboysgallery.com/thumbnails.php?album=349

And there are reports that he appeared at Occupy Wall Street's march across the Brooklyn Bridge in November 2011 (but no pictures i have found) https://twitter.com/#!/OccupyWallSt/statuses/198470760757608450

Any other fan or press sightings or photos of MCA after March 2011?

Just curious that's all.

As an aside, like all of us, I am still so sad at the loss of MCA. Fan since 1986. Saw them live 3 times including epic show at Nassau Coliseum in May 1995.

We all knew that Yauch was quite ill and a few on this board had reported sightings of him in NYC walking with a cane (so sad) over the past year. The saddest new was the quote from his mom that his deterioration over the past month of his life was all so sudden.

As a doctor myself (although not an expert in head and neck cancers), I have to imagine that the type and stage of parotid cancer he had was particularly aggressive and so rare.

Lymph involvement at diagnosis was not a good sign - even way back in 2009. The beard he grew implied that he had a neck lymph node dissection in addition to the original surgery he had to remove the tumor.

Anyway - thank you for this great board and keeping MCA's memory alive. Sorry for the rambling post.

Rest in Power MCA

[benchillin]

Does anyone know the last public event that Yauch was at?

There are pictures http://beastieboysgallery.com/

Rest in Power MCA
are you from rolling stone?

[sternmd]

nope just a fan.

[cj hood]

the last pic i remember seeing his him in between 2 people. his beard was pretty long...i think it was at a film festival.

[JoLovesMCA]

the last pic i remember seeing his him in between 2 people. his beard was pretty long...i think it was at a film festival.

Most recent last known is his Bard visit.....

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=436988772994926&set=a.155279804499159.33342.136702663023540&type=1&theater

The rest of the Bard photos I never put in the gallery out of respect because they are gut wrenching. :/ This was the best shot of him from the batch.

The other one you mentioned was with Spike Jonze.

http://beastieboysgallery.com/displayimage.php?album=470&pid=3596#top_display_media

[Avalanche]

Well, at least he looked even more as his uncle. Still, pretty sad to see those photos. :/

[Space]

wow 1986

[pshabi]

Seriously....fuck fucking cancer.

God dammit.

[nypb]

Welcome, sternmd. Thanks for your post. The more fans that post, the better. The only solace that I am finding is being on this board with fellow fans like yourself. That and the music.

[YoungRemy]

the last pic i remember seeing his him in between 2 people. his beard was pretty long...i think it was at a film festival.

the cowboy look with Sheryl Crow for the "Meek's Cutoff" premiere and the bearded pic with Rashida Jones, Seth Myers, and Justin Long for the "Monogamy" premiere are the ones you are probably speaking of, both March 2011.

they make we want to just reach out over time and space and give him a big hug. his eyes and side of mouth looked to have taken major nerve damage.

and as sternmd mentioned, the lymph nodes were bad news from the get go.

I'm so sad right now.

[MCAadROCKMiKEd7]

Most recent last known is his Bard visit.....

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=436988772994926&set=a.155279804499159.33342.136702663023540&type=1&theater

The rest of the Bard photos I never put in the gallery out of respect because they are gut wrenching. :/ This was the best shot of him from the batch.

The other one you mentioned was with Spike Jonze.

http://beastieboysgallery.com/displayimage.php?album=470&pid=3596#top_display_media

:'( Still such a beautiful man.

[Kid Presentable]

Does anyone know the last public event that Yauch was at?

There are pictures from a couple of film events around March 2011 (ie Jackass 3D premiere) http://beastieboysgallery.com/thumbnails.php?album=349

And there are reports that he appeared at Occupy Wall Street's march across the Brooklyn Bridge in November 2011 (but no pictures i have found) https://twitter.com/#!/OccupyWallSt/statuses/198470760757608450

Any other fan or press sightings or photos of MCA after March 2011?

Just curious that's all.

As an aside, like all of us, I am still so sad at the loss of MCA. Fan since 1986. Saw them live 3 times including epic show at Nassau Coliseum in May 1995.

We all knew that Yauch was quite ill and a few on this board had reported sightings of him in NYC walking with a cane (so sad) over the past year. The saddest new was the quote from his mom that his deterioration over the past month of his life was all so sudden.

As a doctor myself (although not an expert in head and neck cancers), I have to imagine that the type and stage of parotid cancer he had was particularly aggressive and so rare.

Lymph involvement at diagnosis was not a good sign - even way back in 2009. The beard he grew implied that he had a neck lymph node dissection in addition to the original surgery he had to remove the tumor.

Anyway - thank you for this great board and keeping MCA's memory alive. Sorry for the rambling post.

Rest in Power MCA

Welcome, and don't apologise.

While it's a little morbid, I too have been trying to piece it together in my head. So far a number of posters have claimed that certain shots are all from March 2011.

I always thought the Spike Jonze photo was in May 2011, and the Rashida group shot with the cowboy hat (Michelle Williams is in one?) came after that one; both being after the release of HSC2?

And so the Jackass premier may have been around the time the final edits for FFYRR were done and the album was about to launch.

The difference between these two periods is startling, and yeah in hindsight point to some heavy, troubling shit.

So sad, to think of what he must have gone through. And by all accounts he faced it bravely and with hope.

[Randetica]

that are some heavy heart pictures there

[birdfloatindown]

If you go on Flickr, you can find some more photos of Yauch there. In late March, he attended an after party for something called "Meek's Cutoff." Also, on May 2, 2011 (almost a year to the day of his death) in Los Angeles, there was a premiere party for "Fight For Your Right (Revisted)", in which all three guys got up on stage and said some words into the mic. Yauch didn't look well. He also had a bandage on the left side of his neck. He must have had to have another surgery, or maybe it was just from radiation treatments. Here's a link to one of the photos. I think this was the last time all three of them were together publicly. You can look around Flickr for more:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/helloflux/5937274217/in/set-72157627070500425

[Kid Presentable]

It's all really harsh. Can't imagine how harsh to go through and to witness first hand. Damn.

[cj hood]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/helloflux/5937274217/in/set-72157627070500425

wow...

[JoLovesMCA]

The FFYR I saw all of those when they came out. We posted I think one here but nobody paid much attention. I hinted at various times my worry even then but was called cooky and crazy. :/

Meeks Cutoff was March 2011

http://beastieboysgallery.com/index.php?cat=85&page=2

and this other screening was earlier that month.

http://beastieboysgallery.com/thumbnails.php?album=404

Bless him he was determined to stay out and do what he loved for as long as he possibly could.

[Kid Presentable]

I never thought you were crazy, Jo. I just tried to help you stay optimistic about it.

[JoLovesMCA]

I never thought you were crazy, Jo. I just tried to help you stay optimistic about it.

NO I know you're right. ;) No need to have everybody feeling like the situation was doomed or this place really would have been a big downer to go to. It wasn't just people here. I did have others elsewhere tell me to chill and that it would all work out in the end. How I wish they had been right and I had been wrong. If I could be picked on and ratted on and abused daily here I'd take it all just to have him back. I really did try and be optimistic but it never lasted for very long. :/

[pshabi]

NO I know you're right. ;) No need to have everybody feeling like the situation was doomed or this place really would have been a big downer to go to. It wasn't just people here. I did have others elsewhere tell me to chill and that it would all work out in the end. How I wish they had been right and I had been wrong. If I could be picked on and ratted on and abused daily here I'd take it all just to have him back. I really did try and be optimistic but it never lasted for very long. :/

You ain't the only one....$!@#!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've seen it first hand with my grandfather....who coincidentally died 4 years ago TODAY. Seeing someone you know go from strong and full of life and have them reduced to nothing is a terrible thing. Obviously, it wasn't hard to see in the photos.

I never want my sons to go through seeing me or their mother like that, but it seems inevitable. Mr. Sunshine......I know.

Celebrate life while it's here people. That's all you can do I guess. :confused:

[M.C. Guevera]

Fuck...his mouth...half his face would have been paralyzed for the rest of his life regardless...:(

[Kid Presentable]

I think people recover from that part.

[JoLovesMCA]

They do recover. Most people do. I read so much about his cancer. He had stage three at the time of diagnosis and the survival rate is only 65%. As the doctor here stated, it wasn't a good sign that it had spread to a local lymph node. Yauch seemed so positive that it was treatable so I guess the doctors were way off on his case. I know cancer is unpredictable though so I am not blaming the doctors but still. it hurts.

[birdfloatindown]

They do recover. Most people do. I read so much about his cancer. He had stage three at the time of diagnosis and the survival rate is only 65%. As the doctor here stated, it wasn't a good sign that it had spread to a local lymph node. Yauch seemed so positive that it was treatable so I guess the doctors were way off on his case. I know cancer is unpredictable though so I am not blaming the doctors but still. it hurts.

Wow, I didn't know it was stage three. He made it sound like it was a slam dunk that he was going to beat it. I guess maybe that's what he had to do, in order to keep going, and also, so that he wouldn't worry everybody.

Damn, it also makes me think back to all those years that his voice was scratchy, in particular, during the "To The 5 Boroughs" era. I remember people, back in 2004, questioning why Yauch's voice was like that. Maybe if he'd gone to the doctor sooner, the cancer wouldn't have been so advanced.

[Kid Presentable]

Yep it scares me too, the unpredictability.

[YoungRemy]

the recovery from the facial paralysis is a slow one, 5 to 10 years usually. included is slurred speech and a droopy mouth and eyelid due to the (parotid) tumor being directly intertwined in the facial nerve. the lymph node diagnosis meant that the cancer invaded his blood cells and likely spread to different lymph nodes, and ultimately, organs :(

i have already stated this, but every time I look at a photo from, say, 2007 to 2009, I want to hop in the delorean and tell him to check it out. there are even some photos in '08/'09 where his face is starting to look asymmetrical.
sorry for the morbid posts but it's one way for me to cope like KP said.

for me, deep down, I was prepared for the beastie boys never to be a performing band again. in my perfect world, Adam would record on his own timeline (which is what they did anyway), playing bass and producing new music, and in very tedious takes they would lay down his vocals when the time was right.

I was never prepared for what happened in April/May 2012.

[Kid Presentable]

Damn, it also makes me think back to all those years that his voice was scratchy, in particular, during the "To The 5 Boroughs" era. I remember people, back in 2004, questioning why Yauch's voice was like that. Maybe if he'd gone to the doctor sooner, the cancer wouldn't have been so advanced.

Nah.

EDIT: Sorry, not to be rude; I don't know that you can say his voice was linked to anything at all. And yeah bargaining is common in grief....I was just listening to some of the commentaries from the 2009 reuissues, thinking 'Man, March 2009, if he'd just broken a toe or something' and had to go to a doctor. It is what it is, unfortunately.

[M.C. Guevera]

Yeah, I would just attribute that to getting older. All their voices changed in between albums.

Oh fuck, I just remembered something: Adrock's a smoker. :eek:

Those anti-smoking commercials have been freaking me out lately.

[birdfloatindown]

Nah.

EDIT: Sorry, not to be rude; I don't know that you can say his voice was linked to anything at all. And yeah bargaining is common in grief....I was just listening to some of the commentaries from the 2009 reuissues, thinking 'Man, March 2009, if he'd just broken a toe or something' and had to go to a doctor. It is what it is, unfortunately.

No, it's cool, I know what you mean. I was just thinking that since it was stage 3, apparently, then he had to have had it for quite awhile. It's all moot now.

[Mr. Juice]

If you go on Flickr, you can find some more photos of Yauch there. In late March, he attended an after party for something called "Meek's Cutoff." Also, on May 2, 2011 (almost a year to the day of his death) in Los Angeles, there was a premiere party for "Fight For Your Right (Revisted)", in which all three guys got up on stage and said some words into the mic. Yauch didn't look well. He also had a bandage on the left side of his neck. He must have had to have another surgery, or maybe it was just from radiation treatments. Here's a link to one of the photos. I think this was the last time all three of them were together publicly. You can look around Flickr for more:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/helloflux/5937274217/in/set-72157627070500425

I know I should feel sad looking at this picture (with a fatigued Yauch, and seemingly the last public image of the Beastie Boys)...but it brings a smile to my face. Brothers to the end.

[M.C. Guevera]

The fact that he got a rare form of cancer *angers* me. I'm like, "Why him? Why does *he* get a rare form of cancer? As in, something that is not common. Why did it have to be him?"

We live in a world where we found the cure for erectile dysfunction before we found a cure for cancer. I wonder if some of that money that goes into unnecessary wars went into cancer research, we'd be closer to the cure?

Ugh. Life is not fair.

Maybe it was Adam Yauch's destiny to do much in a short amount of time.

[birdfloatindown]

I know I should feel sad looking at this picture (with a fatigued Yauch, and seemingly the last public image of the Beastie Boys)...but it brings a smile to my face. Brothers to the end.

Yeah, I know what you mean. I originally put a link to another photo from that set, but I changed it to that one because I think it's the nicest one of Yauch. It's not a bad photo and it kind of shows the wonderful humor the three of them had together. :)

[pshabi]

Cancer can take away all of my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart, and it cannot touch my soul.

- Jim Valvano

LONG BURN THE FIRE

[MrSmiley1]

He had stage three at the time of diagnosis and the survival rate is only 65%.

Just out of curiosity, where did you read that he had stage 3? I had never heard that before today.

[JoLovesMCA]

Just out of curiosity, where did you read that he had stage 3? I had never heard that before today.

At the time of his announcement a doctor released a publication about it and said that according to Yauch's discription he had stage 3. I will find it and whatever else I studied and post here if you want. And of course with salivary gland cancer it says that when it spreads to the lymph node it puts it at stage three. :/ When he made that announcment he already had the cancer in three different areas. His surgery was difficult. I remember Yauch saying just when they finish one treatment they are putting him in another tortureous treatment. He went through hell. :/ And then there is distant metastasis which means it's starting to spread to other areas like the skull etc.... So he probably had that as it continued to spread...Out of 6,000 patients less than 8% ended up with Yauch's results. Really really rare.

Cancer can take away all of my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart, and it cannot touch my soul.

- Jim Valvano

LONG BURN THE FIRE

(y)

[llasaApso]

I thought the photo they currently have up on the top of their Beasties Facebook page was maybe one of the last pics of the three of them together? Adam doesn't look like himself at all there. His hair had gone pure white and he was so frail looking. :(

Any thoughts on cell phone use being a possible cause of cancers in the area just below the ear? Was Adam a heavy phone user? I know the phone companies are always saying there is no medical evidence to suggest head cancers are caused by phone use, but I dunno if i believe them.

[DJ_Skrilla]

My gosh he looks like fidel castro.... Those pictures make me sad...

what I havent said but is true is that my dad beat colon cancer a few years back and is doing great so I really thought that when MCA was announced he had cancer he would would be fine....

[Late-Night Lion]

The fact that he got a rare form of cancer *angers* me. I'm like, "Why him? Why does *he* get a rare form of cancer? As in, something that is not common. Why did it have to be him?"

We live in a world where we found the cure for erectile dysfunction before we found a cure for cancer. I wonder if some of that money that goes into unnecessary wars went into cancer research, we'd be closer to the cure?

Ugh. Life is not fair.

Maybe it was Adam Yauch's destiny to do much in a short amount of time.

This is what kills me too...

[MrSmiley1]

At the time of his announcement a doctor released a publication about it and said that according to Yauch's discription he had stage 3. I will find it and whatever else I studied and post here if you want. (y)

Actually, that would be great. I am still trying to come to terms with this and I would like to understand more about his situation.

[JoLovesMCA]

My gosh he looks like fidel castro.... Those pictures make me sad...

what I havent said but is true is that my dad beat colon cancer a few years back and is doing great so I really thought that when MCA was announced he had cancer he would would be fine....

At the initial announcement I thought the same thing but it wasn't until I saw him that first time as Meeks Cutoff that I realized it wasn't good. And of course the longer it was taking wasn't good either. He wasn't getting any healthier looking as one would expect when you are in recovery. The entire time it was spreading. Imagine sitting there with your wife as the doctors are telling you after each treatment that it's spreading and spreading. :(

I remember watching that Farrah Fawcett documentary. If you haven't seen it check it out. She had her entire cancer battle filmed 24/7. She wanted to show what it was like day in and out for her. It was so sad but I am grateful to her for sharing it.

I am also happy to know that Yauch knew we cared even during those horrible moments. The Bard post confirmed that so I feel a bit better knowing he knew we were thinking of him.

edit: ok mrsmiley1 no problem, will do!

[benchillin]

:(
Any thoughts on cell phone use being a possible cause of cancers in the area just below the ear? Was Adam a heavy phone user? I know the phone companies are always saying there is no medical evidence to suggest head cancers are caused by phone use, but I dunno if i believe them.

interesting , i have been to scared to ask what caused his cancer but had always heard that smoking causes cancer in the lungs not the throat...

[llasaApso]

http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/003074-pdf.pdf

Cell phones: One recent study suggested an increased risk of parotid gland tumors in heavy cell phone users. In this study, most of the tumors seen were benign (not cancer). Other studies looking at this issue have not found such a link. Research is still being done in this area. If there is any excess risk, it could be decreased by using corded or cordless earpieces that move the phone away from the user's head and decrease the amount of radiation that reaches the body.

[benchillin]

Was Adam a heavy phone user?

I doubt anyone will be able to answer that question for you, but I wouldn't imagine he was.

[llasaApso]

I doubt anyone will be able to answer that question for you, but I wouldn't imagine he was.

And anyway, these days most of us are heavy phone users. So, it is only an afterthought really. When a friend had cancer aged 30 a few years back, her doctors told her there was any number of causes and it was hard to pinpoint why one person succumbs and others don't. They said it was probably just down to pollutions that we all breathe in every day.

[Frenchbgirl]

I thought the photo they currently have up on the top of their Beasties Facebook page was maybe one of the last pics of the three of them together? Adam doesn't look like himself at all there. His hair had gone pure white and he was so frail looking. :(

I hardly recognized him at first on this pic... :(

[JoLovesMCA]

Here is the first article about Yauch's condition.....

http://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20090720/beastie-boy-adam-yauch-has-salivary-gland-cancer

and another......
http://www.everydayhealth.com/blog/zimney-health-and-medical-news-you-can-use/beastie-boy-adam-yauch-has-cancer/

If you watch early Hot Sauce promo videos there are a few where he is looking extremely tired and a couple where he isn't even there and it's just Mike and Adam. This was around the time when he was starting to feel the effects of it all. breaks my heart. :(

[benchillin]

Here is the first article about Yauch's condition.....

. :(


oh i see thanks.

[sternmd]

Thank you all. This is really a wonderful community.

Seeing that last picture of them together in LA in May 2011 actually made me happy and gives me an odd sense of some partial closure to see them together.

Cancer sucks. In the past 12 months, two great creators in our society have succumbed to rare forms of cancer. First Steve Jobs to an ultra-rare form of pancreatic neuro-endocrine tumor (1 in a million in many ways) and now Yauch.

Here is my wild-ass theory - and as a doctor, I post this as pure and total conjecture. The parotid gland produces saliva. If you think about filmed interviews and performances with Yauch over the years, i can think of just a few where he wasn't chewing gum

OK - so here is the conjecture - gum chewing stimulates saliva production and it takes just one epithelial cell in the parotid to grow out of control after repeated stimulation and become cancerous.

Needless to say, I have been calling old medschool professors I know who specialize in head and neck cancer to see if anyone has done work in this area. As a I guy who went to medical school at the same hospital where Yauch was treated at the end of his life, I am hoping to find some old friends and experts who can help shed light on what causes this horrible form of cancer. Probably off-topic for this forum!

Anyway - the bottom line is that I choose to remember Yauch's image both when he was healthy and when he was ill which is why I posted in the first place. That creative mind never stopped thinking and I bet he was vital till the very end.

The Bard shots that were posted were great as well. Thank you

Welcome, and don't apologise.

While it's a little morbid, I too have been trying to piece it together in my head. So far a number of posters have claimed that certain shots are all from March 2011.

I always thought the Spike Jonze photo was in May 2011, and the Rashida group shot with the cowboy hat (Michelle Williams is in one?) came after that one; both being after the release of HSC2?

And so the Jackass premier may have been around the time the final edits for FFYRR were done and the album was about to launch.

The difference between these two periods is startling, and yeah in hindsight point to some heavy, troubling shit.

So sad, to think of what he must have gone through. And by all accounts he faced it bravely and with hope.

[jennyb]

Seriously....fuck fucking cancer.

God dammit.

.

[Bernard Goetz]

We live in a world where we found the cure for erectile dysfunction before we found a cure for cancer. I wonder if some of that money that goes into unnecessary wars went into cancer research, we'd be closer to the cure?


The problem is all the money goes to cancer treatment and not enough goes into prevention. We saturate our lawns with poison and spray Febreze everywhere and suck in bus exhaust all the time, etc. Nobody is looking into the longterm health effects stuff like that can have on us. We just keep getting cancer and treating it, instead of finding out what's causing it.

[Randetica]

The problem is all the money goes to cancer treatment and not enough goes into prevention. We saturate our lawns with poison and spray Febreze everywhere and suck in bus exhaust all the time, etc. Nobody is looking into the longterm health effects stuff like that can have on us. We just keep getting cancer and treating it, instead of finding out what's causing it.

so i wonder if people who live in cut off places like some africans etc. suffer from cancer as much as we do

[Bernard Goetz]

It's a good question. Honestly, I do a lot of assuming; I'm no scientist.

[YoungRemy]

I'll admit the chewing gum theory crossed my mind recently.

I'm not a doctor nor do i play one on tv

[cj hood]

...

[birdfloatindown]

Just realized that there were not one, but two FFYRR premiere parties in LA: one on May 2, 2011, at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, and one on May 3, 2011, in West Hollywood at the Soho House. And all three of the guys were there, on both nights. Again, there's photos of both nights on Flickr. The link to the photo I previously posted was from the first night. So, I guess the last time all three were together in public was May 3, 2011, almost exactly one year to the day of Yauch's death. Sigh.

[JoLovesMCA]

Just realized that there were not one, but two FFYRR premiere parties in LA: one on May 2, 2011, at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, and one on May 3, 2011, in West Hollywood at the Soho House. And all three of the guys were there, on both nights. Again, there's photos of both nights on Flickr. The link to the photo I previously posted was from the first night. So, I guess the last time all three were together in public was May 3, 2011, almost exactly one year to the day of Yauch's death. Sigh.

Yes you are correct. The guys were also together at the private screening of Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win. http://beastieboysgallery.com/thumbnails.php?album=463

Adam wasn't photographered though but he was there. :/

Fuck man, I still can't believe he's gone. ugh!!!!!!!! :(

Edit: Thanks Stern for your input here. It's interesting what you wrote. Since we are likely to never know the cause I think we'll always speculate and wonder. kills me.

[kindness09]

As a doctor myself (although not an expert in head and neck cancers), I have to imagine that the type and stage of parotid cancer he had was particularly aggressive and so rare.

Lymph involvement at diagnosis was not a good sign - even way back in 2009. The beard he grew implied that he had a neck lymph node dissection in addition to the original surgery he had to remove the tumor.

Anyway - thank you for this great board and keeping MCA's memory alive. Sorry for the rambling post.

Rest in Power MCA

What are we looking for here? Evidence of a radical neck dissection? The shit he had was probably some anaplastic killer shit and if it was anaplastic, we're lucky to have had him for 3 years after his diagnosis.

being a thyroid cancer survivor, all I can say is fuck cancer.

MCA is a beautiful soul and he will always be with us. Peace to MCA.

[llasaApso]

Donna Summer dead of cancer this week and reports that she blamed 9/11 toxic dust for her cancer. (She was in her Manhattan apartment when it happened.)
Was Adam in NYC during 9/11? I found this article about high cancer rates among people who were close to the disaster.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/september-11-attacks/9064530/911-Cancer-rates-triple-among-New-York-NYPD-officers-who-responded-to-al-Qaeda-attack-on-World-Trade-Center.html

[JoLovesMCA]

Donna Summer dead of cancer this week and reports that she blamed 9/11 toxic dust for her cancer. (She was in her Manhattan apartment when it happened.)
Was Adam in NYC during 9/11? I found this article about high cancer rates among people who were close to the disaster.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/september-11-attacks/9064530/911-Cancer-rates-triple-among-New-York-NYPD-officers-who-responded-to-al-Qaeda-attack-on-World-Trade-Center.html

I saw Donna Summer in concert a few years back in Belgium. I was traveling with some friends and we went to the Night of the Proms, got front row. She was amazing. Never knew she was battling cancer so I was shocked when I heard the news. I think a lot of people didn't know that about Yauch or how sick he was either.

Who knows how long Adam was carrying those cancerous cells. As others have mentioned I just wish he had something to go to the doctor for.

[M.C. Guevera]

I wonder/worry he had the tumor growing during The Gala Event shows. And if not that, he could have had it while promoting Gunnin' For That #1 Spot.

I'm just going by personal experience. My Mother was feeling weak and out of it for about a year before she was diagnosed with cancer.

[Hello_Kitty]

I just watched their appearance on Jimmy Fallon in May 2009 that someone posted on here earlier in another thread. As I watched it, I wonder if he knew he had it then? He did not move around at all during the performance and seemed totally out of it. :(

[MrSmiley1]

I wonder/worry he had the tumor growing during The Gala Event shows.

I wondered that myself. He did not move around that much. Mostly stayed still. Did not really smile either. Mostly had his game face on.

[JoLovesMCA]

Adam was a bit more laid back in their later years as far as the stage performance goes. He still did amazing though. That's what was so great about him. He didn't need to be jumping around to "own" it. I am not sure the cancer had anything to do with it during Gala. They did a lot of shows and he seemed fine.. Now around 2009 was when he looked really tired and had missed out on some of their interviews. I remember commenting on how tired he looked not knowing what we would soon find out a month later. :/

[Gabriely]

I just watched their appearance on Jimmy Fallon in May 2009 that someone posted on here earlier in another thread. As I watched it, I wonder if he knew he had it then? He did not move around at all during the performance and seemed totally out of it. :(

I couldnt find it. Can u pass the link?

[Hello_Kitty]

I couldnt find it. Can u pass the link?

http://www.hulu.com/watch/358198/late-night-with-jimmy-fallon-flashback-beastie-boys-performance

[M.C. Guevera]

There's that article I read in 2009 about this guy doing an interview with them in Paris noting how out of it he looked and how miserable Adrock and Mike were during the interview.

[Kid Presentable]

All the 09 press I came across indicated they were having a sick time. But he may have been thinking about the lump. By the time of Fallon he may have been at least worried, but I don't think it would have made him 'out of it'. Bonnaroo, when they flubbed Sabotage (a song they knew inside out) indicated something was at least on all of their collective minds. Might have been when he went to the specialist?

Doesn't seem like it manifested as much more than flu-like symptoms (he was coughing on the cyh commentary) and all info points to it being largely asymptomatic anyway. Essentially, it was just a perfect storm: hitting their creative straps (again), about to tour and dust off rarities. It was to be their year(s). :(

[dave790]

I don't think he seems out of it during Fallon. Just composed and effortlessly cool. Fucking love that performance. He usually had a calm style, I don't think there is anything particular about the Fallon performance without the perspective we have now. Bonnaroo was a monitor problem, one of them said in an interview (it was re-posted somewhere here the other day), but I guess we'll never really know...

In terms of the group I agree...they were really hitting their stride, the set-lists were looking varied and fantastic, and it seems common knowledge that there was to be a major promotional push in 2009.

Side note: I realize all this is secondary in terms of importance but you never stop being a greedy fan when it comes to the B-boys.

edit: Speaking of the Fallon performance I really can't get enough of it. Yauch is so good to watch. There's a great moment where he closes his eyes during the 'like a dream I'm flowing' verse, so into it. Classy performance, I'll always dream of a Roots/Beasties full show...

[benchillin]

that hulu link expires on the 21st...FYI

[M.C. Guevera]

Honestly, starting with To The 5 Boroughs, this was the most activity we saw from them since the Check Your Head - Ill Communication days.

I guess 2005 could be excluded, because they basically spent the majority of the year editing Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That! and then were blackmailed into releasing Solid Gold Hits, but afterwards, it was a constant stream of concerts and material.

[JoLovesMCA]

I don't think he seems out of it during Fallon. Just composed and effortlessly cool. Fucking love that performance. He usually had a calm style, I don't think there is anything particular about the Fallon performance without the perspective we have now. Bonnaroo was a monitor problem, one of them said in an interview (it was re-posted somewhere here the other day), but I guess we'll never really know...

In terms of the group I agree...they were really hitting their stride, the set-lists were looking varied and fantastic, and it seems common knowledge that there was to be a major promotional push in 2009.

Side note: I realize all this is secondary in terms of importance but you never stop being a greedy fan when it comes to the B-boys.

edit: Speaking of the Fallon performance I really can't get enough of it. Yauch is so good to watch. There's a great moment where he closes his eyes during the 'like a dream I'm flowing' verse, so into it. Classy performance, I'll always dream of a Roots/Beasties full show...

I remember when he closed his eyes. I loved that moment!!!!!!! I remember somebody commented "damn he looks like my dad but he's so damn amazing on the mic!"

MCA's style was a bit different from the other two performance wise so no that's not anything to do with any illness.

[b-grrrlie]

I just watched their appearance on Jimmy Fallon in May 2009 that someone posted on here earlier in another thread. As I watched it, I wonder if he knew he had it then? He did not move around at all during the performance and seemed totally out of it. :(

http://www.hulu.com/watch/358198/late-night-with-jimmy-fallon-flashback-beastie-boys-performance

that hulu link expires on the 21st...FYI
Can someone rip this as it's not available outside US.

[Gabriely]

http://www.hulu.com/watch/358198/late-night-with-jimmy-fallon-flashback-beastie-boys-performance

Thanks! The link doesnt work in Brazil, but I think it is this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C80jSRAGtCU
right?

[laurie_hammy]

I think the cancer would started its effect around the time he noticed it. He is AMAZING on HSC. Surely he could not have come up with his insane verses when feeling low. Then again he is MCA and that guy is one of a kind.

[CoolAsACucumber]

I don't think he seems out of it during Fallon. Just composed and effortlessly cool. Fucking love that performance. He usually had a calm style, I don't think there is anything particular about the Fallon performance without the perspective we have now. Bonnaroo was a monitor problem, one of them said in an interview (it was re-posted somewhere here the other day), but I guess we'll never really know...

In terms of the group I agree...they were really hitting their stride, the set-lists were looking varied and fantastic, and it seems common knowledge that there was to be a major promotional push in 2009.

Side note: I realize all this is secondary in terms of importance but you never stop being a greedy fan when it comes to the B-boys.

edit: Speaking of the Fallon performance I really can't get enough of it. Yauch is so good to watch. There's a great moment where he closes his eyes during the 'like a dream I'm flowing' verse, so into it. Classy performance, I'll always dream of a Roots/Beasties full show...

I love that performance too! It's always awesome to see the Boys perform. You can tell they jell...always watching each other, working the rhymes just right.

Sorry for the fangirl moment, but in that performance there is a small moment (about 1:26 in the Hulu video) where he opens his coat like he's some bad ass gun slinger. Stopped my heart for a moment....

[MCAadROCKMiKEd7]

I know I should feel sad looking at this picture (with a fatigued Yauch, and seemingly the last public image of the Beastie Boys)...but it brings a smile to my face. Brothers to the end.

I second this

[fonky pizza]

I'll admit the chewing gum theory crossed my mind recently.

I'm not a doctor nor do i play one on tv
:(

I have been "worried" about MCA since the day we met, it was before the mix up came out, we were in a club and we've been talking for a while, the music was loud and I couldn't hear his last sentence so I said "What?" and as a "funny" dismissal he said "I am losing my voice!" I kind of smiled but I was stuck with no reply. Then he moved away with a silent "au revoir".

When we were talking I immediately noticed he was chewing gum like crazy and an image came straight into my mind: The one where he breaks his gun with a sledgehammer, it made me feel kind of alarmed.

[fonky pizza]

The pictures are hard to watch for me, I prefer listening to the music or to think about him.
<3