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Urban blight1/1/2024 The Beastie Boys opened for Urban Blight at the Ritz in October 1985. The band recorded the dance track "Peacetrain/Peacedub" in 1984, which was remixed by Mark Kamins. They played support slots at Pier 84 (with The Alarm) and Nassau Coliseum (with Duran Duran). Soon after they were opening for such acts as UB40 (3 times), Thompson Twins, Terence Trent D'Arby and Bad Manners. After CBGBs the band moved to the larger Ritz on East 11th St. The band played their first big shows at Stuyvesant HS (where Orbach, Lipman, Carse and Vercesi attended '77-'80) and auditioned at CBGBs in January 1980, eventually playing there over 20 times and setting the house attendance record in November 1982 upon the band's return from a self-financed, self-booked tour of Holland. The band was formed in Greenwich Village in the early 1970s by Nelson Keene Carse, Wyatt Sprague, and Jere Faison (among others), and added members Tony Orbach, Dan Lipman, Jamie Carse and Paul Vercesi, all fellow pals from GV and IS 70, in 1978. Two of the members, Paul Vercesi and Kevin Batchelor (who guested on trumpet with the band when not touring with Steel Pulse, Sister Carol, Skatalites) played instruments in the Broadway production of The Full Monty by David Yazbek, composer for the Carmen Sandiego show. The band and various members have appeared on recordings by The Fleshtones, Toasters, Beastie Boys, Bob Dylan and David Yazbek, including a guest appearance on the Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? soundtrack album with the song "Beautiful Place (NYC)".Īccording to the group's official website, they were last active in 1998 but occasionally reunite to perform concerts, the last two being a sold-out show at NYC's Canal Room and a CMA fundraiser at Webster Hall. The group had two major releases: Playgrounds 'n' Glass ('92) and All The Way Live '95, recorded in NYC, as well as 3 singles ("My House/Ready For You, 1980, "Magic Six/Becky", '82, and "Peacetrain/Peacedub", '84) and two Eps ("My Side Of The Fence",'83, and "From The Westside To The Eastside", '87). The seven-member group played a unique style of music with various influences, including ska, reggae, rock, funk, R&B and pop, with a distinctively uncategorizable and danceable groove. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) ( February 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for suggestions. This article's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia.
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