Beastie Boys’ Ad-Rock and Mike D were on today’s episode of Marc Maron’s podcast. They discussed growing up in New York City, how the band got its start, their new memoir, and more. At one point, Ad-Rock revealed that he learned guitar as a kid from Laurie Anderson’s sister. He said the first song he learned to play was Elvis Costello’s “Mystery Dance.” Check out the full conversation at the “WTF Pod” website.
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