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Dave Scilken
Dave was one of the members of Adam
Horovitz's pre-Beastie Boys band The Young and The Useless.
Yet instead of leaving him in the dust during the hectic
times following the release of the ever popular Licensed
to Ill, Dave was invited to come along on the Licensed
to Ill world tour as a "trim coordinator."
Scilken was Adrock's best friend, as well as a friend to
the entire band.
The 1989 Paul's
Boutique song "Looking Down the Barrel of a
Gun" mentions him in the lyrics. The video for the
same song directed by Yauch's
alter ego Nathanial Hornblower also briefly shows a shot
of Scilken.
The untimely death of Dave Scilken
was attributed to his drug abuse, an unfortunate incident
which would become the inspiration for the lyrics of "Live
Wire" (found on the Beastie
Boys Anthology: Sounds of Science) which was written
by Adam Horovitz.
Quoted from the Beastie Boys Anthology:
Sounds of Science liner notes: "It's hard to know
what to do when you love someone who's drug problem is out
of control..."
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