John Berry died, original member of Beastie Boys – Univisión

The guitarist died of dementia that afflicted him for some time.

John Berry, one of the founders of The Beastie Boys died Thursday night May 19 as a result of dementia, said his father to Rolling Stone magazine; the artist had been admitted to a nursing home city of Massachusetts.

The artist of 52 years was one of the initial members of the hip hop group that became famous in the 80s and 90s with songs like ‘Sabotage’ and ‘Girl’.

Although Berry founded the group in 1981 with Mike Diamond, Adam Yauch and Kate Schellenbach, was only two years with them, after their space was replaced by Adam Horovitz, who would hits like ‘Fight For You right ‘.

The Beastie Boys were dissolved in 2014 after the death of Adam Yauch, who was one of the founders and masterminds behind the irreverent music of this legendary hip hop band.

The streets of New York in 1980 flooded they sound punk, rock and funky, but also began to emerge new sounds. The Beastie Boys started playing country music in 1981, later raided the punck rock, but some time later they convirtirían the pioneers of rap and hip hop

If you translate the name of the band, they would be “the boys beasts” but not, as in an interview that Mike Diamond offered several years ago, said that actually his name is an acronym, as Beastie means. boys Entering Anarchistic States Towards Internal Excellence

the consolidation of this band as a group oriented to the sounds of rap, was in 1986 when they released the album ‘Licenced to Ill’ which was produced by Rick Rubin; this production is from the beginning convetiría a benchmark of music, since it is clear his great ‘Fight For You Right’. That would be only the beginning of one of the greatest contributions to the history of urban music.

‘Fight for you right’, 1986

first single from his album ‘Licence to Ill’ would be its first flagship album and also deserve them a double platinum. The first in his career.

‘Sabotage’, 1994

contained in its great ‘III Comunication’, ‘Sabotage’ is a strong battle cry that starts with an incredible power that keeps you dancing and jumping from start to finish.

‘Intergalactic’, 1998

Contained in the ‘Hello Nasty’, this album is a perfect example of the musicians of this group were always a step ahead.