| Adam
Trese
Outside of the realms of Beastiemania.com,
Adam Trese is best known for his work as an actor. His acting
credits include everything from independent films like Laws
of Gravity (1992) to the very popular 40 Days and
40 Nights (2002). Former band mate Adam
Horovitz may have acted in an episode of The Equalizer,
but Trese has him beat hands down with appearances in the
television shows such as Murder, She Wrote, Law
& Order, New York Undercover, and NYPD
Blue. However to legions of fans who prefer Real
Men Don’t Floss to Polly
Wog Stew, Adam Trese is identified first and foremost
as having been the drummer for The
Young and the Useless.
When corned by Beastiemania.com,
Trese told us the following about growing up in New York
and about being apart of the Young and the Useless. “That
was a very poignant time for me, to say the least. I think
it is because I really was so young and impressionable.
I was the youngest member and I believe I was thirteen at
the time of the Real Men Don’t Floss recording
sessions. The scene was very small back then and a lot of
fun. Back then Hillary was
a short order cook not far from the Rat Cage. He would give
me all the French fries I could eat, when I would hang out
with him late at night.”
Adam Trese wrote many of the Young
and the Useless songs that later ended up on Real Men
Don’t Floss EP. For example Trese’s compositions
include “Home Boy,” “Young & Useless,”
and the melody to P.M.H with his original lyrics later having
been changed.
"We recorded (the Real Men Don’t
Floss EP) at Hi-Five Studios on Park Avenue South. Afterwards,
I remember all of us getting take out. We ordered a whole
bunch of burgers and shakes from a diner very late at night.
I think it is still there and called Aristotle's. Jerry
“Bloodclot” Williams mixed the album. I recall
when he drove us to Boston and back for a show where they
tried to pay us with pizza, but it’s hazy. We made
a second album a year later when Adam
Yauch was at Bard College, but it was never released.
I had learned to play the drums by that time so it was a
much better record. I think I heard Yauch may have the tapes
or perhaps they're lost.”
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