Chapter 01 — Today in music
On a day like today May 4
1970
Kent State: the massacre rock turned into protest with 'Ohio'
On May 4, 1970, the National Guard killed four students during a Vietnam War protest at Kent State University. Neil Young wrote 'Ohio' within days, and CSNY recorded and released it almost immediately — one of the fastest, angriest responses in rock history. It was the day the counterculture understood this was deadly serious.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
2012
Farewell to MCA: Adam Yauch, the restless heart of the Beastie Boys, dies
On May 4, 2012, Adam Yauch — MCA of the Beastie Boys — died at 47 after battling cancer. From teenage punk to avant-garde hip-hop, Yauch was the trio's creative and ethical soul: video director, Tibet activist and architect of albums like 'Paul's Boutique'. His death abruptly closed one of the most original stories in the crossover of rock and rap.
Adam Yauch
Beastie Boys
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