A Manhattan Prep school punk (this coming from a Queens public school schlub), Julian is the lead singer for The Strokes; his favorite poet is Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi; he loathes the Yankess and loves the Metsies.

911’s a joke—but Chuck aint—he’s a Mets fan. Word. Born and raised in Roosevelt, Strong Island, Carlton Douglas Ridenhour became Chuck D and teamed with w/ Flavor Flav, Professor Griff, and Terminator X to become Public Enemy— a searing political thorn in the ass of white America. PE is now defunct, but Chuck still assaults American hypocrisy with songs like ‘Bin Laden’ (2002), and a meditation on the Katrina nightmare, 'Hell No We Ain't All Right!’ (2005).

Chuck’ s now also throwin around his intellectual weight on the World Wide Web: He’s testified before Congress in favor of peer-to-peer MP3 sharing; and he's also the backbone of the megasite rapstation.com – The Revolution will not be Televised, it will be Digitized. Break free from the Matrix. The new music industry is here! – that offers commentary, interviews, free MP3 and ringtone downloads, and information for the people .

Horowitz is a member of the New York Hip Hop group the Beastie Boys

Kuff and the Buttheads is 46 years old and lives in a hut on a small beach along the Mediteranean Sea. In the morning he fishes, in the afternoon he naps, and in the evening when the moon begins its crawl higher and higher into the night sky he lays down to sleep alongside his beautiful wife Francesca. When he wakes up, he bangs her.

and check out their folk masterpiece: "Endy Chavez"

and the rest of their music mets madness

Born and raised in Far Rockaway, Mc Serch teamed with Pete Nice and DJ Richie Rich to form 3rd Bass, and bounced boom boxes with "The Gas Face."

Serch played a Mau Maus in Spike Lee's Bamboozled and currently hosts VH1's "The (White) Rapper Show"

Keep in touch w/ Serch via his MySpace page

Next to John Lee Hooker, Bo Diddly, Chuck Berry, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, T-Bone Walker, Elmore James, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray, and a select few others, Thorogood is the greatest guitartist ever to pluck the blues.

A native of Delaware, Thorogood spent a stint in the minors before reaching a fork in the road where he met El Diablo. After being forced to drink one burbon, one shot, and one beer, The Prince of Darkness sent George on his musical path.

I would have never guessed that Yo La Tengo call themselves this because: "The center fielder of the New York Mets in 1962, Richie Ashburn, was crashing again and again with Venezuelan Elio Chacon. Every time Ashburn went for a ball, he would scream, "I got it! I got it!" only to collide with the 160 pound (73 kg) Chacon, who spoke only Spanish. Finally, Ashburn learnt to yell, "Yo la tengo! Yo la tengo!" which is "I've got it" in Spanish. Ashburn happily saw Chacon backing off. He relaxed, positioned himself to catch the ball, and was run over by 200 pound (91 kg) left fielder Frank Thomas who understood no Spanish. " -- wikipedia.com