| Arthur
Africano
Although the Young
and the Useless broke up back in the 1980s, the friendships
and bonds that the band members formed then have lasted
over twenty years. In one of the best ever articles written
on the Beastie Boys, writer Joe Levy inquired about the
making of the “Intergalactic” music video. Adam
Horovitz responded with the following which was quoted
in the August 6th, 1998 issue of Rolling Stone.
“All of these people, we’ve known each other since
high school. Arthur, the cameraman, I’ve known him
since Kindergarten. He got a bass, like, too weeks after
I got a guitar. I started my first band with him. He shoots
a sitcom in Los Angeles now.”
Arthur Africano has worked as a cameraman on a number of
well-known television shows and movies. Not to mention that
Arthur helped film both the “Intergalactic” video
for the Beasties Boys, as well as the “Buddy”
BS2000 music video. His credits include television shows
Picket Fences and The Practice. Arthur also worked on the
following movies: Into the Sun (1992), Leprechaun
(1993), Warlock: The Armageddon (1993), The Glass
Shield (1994), Underneath (1995), and One
Night Stand (1995). It was during the filming of Underneath
that Arthur reunited with fellow Young and the Useless drummer
Adam Trese.
In an April 2003 discussion with Beastiemania.com, Trese
retold the account of how they got back together. “We
resumed our friendship when I acted in a Stephen Soderberg
film called the Underneath in 1994. Art was in the
camera department. It was shot in Austin, TX where he went
to film school, so we had a blast. Austin has a great music
scene as you may know. One night Art and I tried to play
some of the old songs, which was very funny since he hadn't
picked up a bass in maybe eight years. I didn't think we
would be able to play worse than when we were kids, but
he proved me wrong.”
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