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Family & Friends:
"When Dave Scilken was 12 years old he went to school at Intermediate
School 70 with me, Abby, and Adam Trese. At that time he had a mohawk and would
wear a green trench coat with a ripped up American flag pinned on the back.
IS 70 was located in a predominantly Puerto Rican neighborhood, and the kids
would often give Scilken a lot of shit about looking like a pineapple. They
would often beat him up or chase him home. So, the song S.K.C "Spic Killing
Crew" [original version of the song now titled P.M.H] was written in retaliation
for how he was treated. When the time came to record the Real Men Don't Floss
EP, the lyrics were changed to P.M.H. (Perfect Man Haircut). However, when playing
it live the lyrics would occasionally revert back depending on their mood."
- Nick Cooper, 2003
Press & Print Media:
"The Beastie Boys and The Young and the Useless
played gigs around Manhattan's punk cellars during the first eighteen months
of the 1980s. Venues such as A7, CBGB's and Max's Kansas City provided them
with their first footings in live performance." - excerpted from Rhyming
& Stealing: A History of the Beastie Boys by Angus Batey
"The Young and the Useless had opened gigs for the Beasties on several
occasions, and not only did Adam's [Horovitz] guitar style seem suitably rudimentary,
his band had even covered some Beastie Boys songs, so he didn't require much
tutelage." - excerpted from Rhyming & Stealing: A History of the
Beastie Boys by Angus Batey
"When the 'Polly Wog Stew' EP finally came out on the Ratcage label in
early 1982, the Beasties performed a few half-hearted 'reunion' gigs, until
guitarist John Berry grew tired of the whole
enterprise and left. Adam Horovitz's band, The Young and the Useless, were now
calling themselves "the Beastie Boys copy band," so he was a natural
replacement." - Record Collector, December 1998 |
