Michael Diamond
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Diamond was born in New York City to an upper-middle-class Jewish household. He attended Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York for six months. In 1979, Diamond co-founded the band The Young Aborigines. In 1981, Adam Yauch, aka MCA, a friend and follower of the band became their bass player, and on the suggestion of their then-guitar player, John Berry, the band changed their name to the Beastie Boys. By 1983,Adam Horovitz (Ad-Rock) joined, and their sound began to shift away from punk to hip-hop. In 1992, Mike D founded the Beastie Boys' now-defunct record label Grand Royal Records. He is also interested in interior decoration, and designed Brooklyn-themed toile wallpaper; it was used in the renovation of the Marquee nightclub in Chelsea, which reopened in January 2013. A year after the passing of MCA in 2012, Mike D told Rolling Stone he was "excited about making new stuff again" and released "Humberto Vs the New Reactionaries (Christine and the Queens Remix)" in July 2013. A remix of Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band's "Bad Dancer" by Mike D and Adam Horovitz was streamed online in August 2013. The pair is credited with “additional beats, programming and other curve balls.”
Personal Details
Also Known As
Movies (44)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Songs (Sound)
2023
Celebrity Escape Room
as Self
2020
Beastie Boys Story
as Self
2020
Still Ill: 25 Years of 'Ill Communication'
as Self
2019
Finding the Funk
as Himself
2014
Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
as Self
2013
Downloaded
as Self
2013
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
as Self
2012
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as Self
2012
Bad Brains: A Band in DC
as Self
2012
Beastie Boys: Move on Up
as Self
2011
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
as Self
2011
Fight for Your Right Revisited
as Cop 2
2011
Basement
Executive Producer (Production)
2010
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Music (Sound)
2010
Rappin' With The Rickster
as Self
2010
Live From Bonnaroo 2009
as Self
2009
Beastie Boys: Live Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
2009
Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome
as Self
2007
Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!
as Self
2006
Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits
as Self
2005
Beastie Boys 'Horseplay'
as Self
2004
Beastie Boys $2 Bill
as Self (as Mike D)
2004
Beastie Boys - Live at Melkweg; Amsterdam
as Self
2004
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
as Self
2003
Cydeways: The Best of The Pharcyde
as Himself (Segment)
2002
Keep Your Eyes Open
as Officer Diamond
2002
Beastie Boys: Video Anthology
as Self
2000
Beastie Boys: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1999
1999
Beastie Boys: Live in Glasgow 1999
as Self
1999
Beastie Boys: Live in SECC, Glasgow
as Mike D
1999
Free Tibet
as Mike D - Beastie Boys
1998
Beastie|ography
as Self
1998
Beastie Boys: Open Air Festival
1998
Nathanial Hornblower’s: The Robot V the Octopus Monster Saga
1998
Beastie Boys: Sabotage
as The Chief (as Alasondro Alegré)
1994
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
1994
Ciao L.A.
as Asasondro Alegré
1994
The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder
as Self
1994
Beastie Boys - Live in Japan
as Self
1992
Beastie Boys: The $kill$ To Pay The Bill$
as Self
1992
Tougher Than Leather
as Self
1988
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
as Self - as Beastie Boys
1987
Krush Groove
as Self (Beastie Boys)
1985
