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Eric Bobo
Following in the musician tradition
started by his father, Eric Bobo was a drummer & precussionist
before he met up with the Beastie Boys. Since his depature
from the band, he has kept right on going.
Eric's story of how he hooked-up
with the Beastie Boys is given in great detail in issue
#2 of Grand Royal Magazine. To paraphrase that article,
Eric played Adrock and Ione's
wedding. Then shortly afterwards, he received a call from
Mike D asking if he would
be willing to join the band on tour in 1992. He came in
on the second leg of the tour and impressed the band.
From that point on, Bobo played on
Ill
Communication and then on the tours that followed
its release. Even Hello
Nasty features a small contribution on the part
of Eric Bobo. However, Bobo never toured with the band to
promote that album's release. Instead, Bobo was lured away
by B-Real and Sen Dog of Cypress
Hill to join their band. Since Bobo and the members
of Cypress Hill had first met on tour with Beastie Boys
in 1992, they had remained friends; it seemed like a natural
progression to play with them.
Following in Eric Bobo's footsteps,
Alfredo Ortiz joined the
Beastie Boys on tour in 1998. Yet to this day, it is Eric
Bobo that people seem to associate with being the precussionist
for the band. This is in part because of the fact that between
1992 and 1995, he played a tremendous amount of concerts
as a full-fledged member of the Beastie Boys. Having that
many fans see Bobo on stage, it is hard to erase his image
from their memory.
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