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JAKARTA In an interview session with Vincent and Desta on Vindes YouTube some time ago, Ricky Siahaan of Seringai expressed his nervousness playing basketball with Beastie Boys personnel in 1996.

Ricky Siahaan said that all of this started with his introduction in the car with Adam Yauch's lover who was also a friend of his lover Ricky at that time.

At that moment, Ricky was playing the song Nine Inch Nails in his car. Then, Adam Yauch's lover started the conversation.

"You like music too, right? Because my guy plays music too, he has a band called Beastie Boys," said Adam Yauch's lover.

Hearing the joke, Ricky immediately threw it in the heart.

"Yah, today I want to lie to you, it's true that I was a child yesterday afternoon," said the Seringai guitarist.

Ricky also ended his introduction story with the woman.

Over time, Ricky received news from HAI magazine that Beastie Boys, Foo Fighters, and Sonic Youth will come to Indonesia on the Jakarta Pop Alternative Festval event in 1996. However, while reading the article in the magazine, Ricky got something unexpected.

In 1996, suddenly Beastie Boys wanted to come to Indonesia. I saw in HAI magazine, Adam Yauch was interviewed by HAI reporters, and there was a photo of him there, right. When I saw how come there was a girl who looked the same at that time, huh? Ricky said.

A few weeks later on the day of the festival, Ricky did not expect to get an invitation to the Beastie Boys backstage from Adam Yauch's lover.

After that, a few weeks later, on the day H the Beastie Boys performs, the girl called me was told to go back on stage because Adam had been waiting for him. I was surprised. Then after that, I was waiting beside the backstage, then Adam Yauch really picked me up. Then I went back, chatted with them with a feeling of startruck, while looking to Dave Grohl and Sonic Youth," he continued.

"Then, behind again I saw a basketball ring, it turned out to be one of Beastie Boys' riders. Then yes, finally one of them invited me to play basketball together. Yes, I was really nervous there when I played with them," concluded Ricky.