He was a founding member of the Beastie Boys, although he left the band in 1982 before they secured any commercial success.
[2] Berry is credited with conceiving the band's name, Beastie Boys, when the members were teenagers.
[3] It was there that he met Michael Diamond, with whom he would found the Young Aborigines, later known as the Beastie Boys.
It was formed at a time when the New York punk scene was witnessing a shift, and Berry was an important part of that transition.
Berry played guitar on the band's first release, a seven-inch EP, Polly Wog Stew.