Adam Yauch was born in New York on August 5, 1964. He formed the Beastie Boys with Mike D in 1981. They soon added Adam Horovitz to the group and went on to open for Madonna on her famous "Like a Virgin" tour. The Beastie Boys gained huge success with numerous genius albums and tours, then founded their own label "Grand Royal Records" in 1993. Inspired by his own extensive travels as well as the The Dalai Lama, Yauch became publicly passionate about the destructive, violent situation in Tibet and created "The Milarepa Fund" in 1994 to help promote awareness and generate support around the world. He organized the first "Tibetan Freedom Concert" in San Francisco in 1996, which he followed with years of a similar series in the United States and worldwide. His Milarepa Fund has raised large sums of money for the Tibetan cause and its nonviolent Buddhist struggle to maintain an actual state of existence on the planet. In May of 1998, he married Dechen Wangdu and they have together produced a daughter named Tenzin. Yauch has influenced an entire generation of human souls to look deep within themselves in search of a greater truth and a peaceful, compassionate understanding of all that surrounds us.

Is a talented bass player who, besides rapping, frequently plays on Beastie Boys tracks.He was straight-edged and a huge Minor Threat fan when the Beastie Boys first formed as a punk group. When they began to rap, Yauch, as did his band-mates, started to drink and do drugs. By the early 1990's, Yauch had quit substance abuse once again, but this time it was due to his converting to Buddhism.In many ways, he is the most unique of the Beastie Boys. He is the only member that comes from Brooklyn and the only one not born under the sign of Scorpio (he is a Leo). The oldest of the Beastie Boys, he had a full beard while his band-mates still had baby fat and now has a full head of gray hair. His raspy voice is distinctive from Adam Horovitz's and Mike D.'s more nasal voices, and he is a convert to Buddhism while his band-mates still consider themselves Jewish.Directs many of the Beastie Boys videos under the identity of "Nathaniel Hörnblowér". Among the better known videos he has directed are the ones for "So What'cha Want", "Intergalactic", & "Ch-Check It Out". "Nathaniel Hörnblowér" (Yauch), with his bushy red hair and lederhosens, has made several public appearance, including his raiding of the stage so he could steal an award from the director of an R.E.M. video to give to Spike Jonze for directing Beastie Boys: Sabotage (1994) (V) at the 1994 MTV Video Awards. It turns out that this incident was a prank gone wrong, as he was expecting Spike Jonze to win and thought it would be funny if "Nathaniel Hörnblowér" stole Spike Jonze's award.Has one daughter, 'Tenzin Lowell Yauch', with wife Dechen Wangdu.He is one of the biggest fans of the reggae-flavored hardcore punk of the veteran, all-black band called the Bad Brains (from Washington, D.C.). He titled their self-titled debut LP the greatest hardcore punk album of all time and has implied it may be his favorite album of all time.As a young man, he was fascinated by guns and owned many of them. He included raps about his guns on Beastie Boys songs from the albums "Licensed to Ill" and "Paul's Boutique". Today, as a Buddhist and pacifist, he no longer owns guns. In the video for the song "Something's Gotta Give" (from 1992), he is seen smashing one of his handguns with a sledgehammer. UpdateYou may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers. They will be examined and if approved will be included in a future update. Clicking the 'Update' button will take you through a step-by-step process.Add resumeWith our Resume service you can add photos and build a complete resume to help you achieve the best possible presentation on the IMDb.Click here to add your resume and/or your photos to IMDb. Browse biographies section by nameA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z