To put it all in context, this is the
way the bullshit went down.
Our first gig was in John Berry's loft on 100th
Street and Broadway, at a party for Adam Yauch's
17th birthday in August of 1981 (it was also in
John's loft that we recorded the oldest of the old
bullshit -- the previously unreleased, 4 track-cassete
versions of "Egg Raid on Mojo" and "Transit Cop.")
Yauch played bass, Kate Schelledbach played drums,
John played guitar and I (Micheal Diamond) sang. At
the party our friend Dave Parsons was talking about
starting a record label and asked us to record.
Needless to say we were phsyced. Prior to this, John,
Kate and I were in a band called The Young
Aborigines (and I had played drums while Kate Played
percussion).
