Michael Diamond
Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Known Credits
50
Gender
Male
Birthday
1965-11-20 (59 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn - New York - USA
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.”
Known For
Saturday Night Live
Futurama
30 Rock
MTV Video Music Awards
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
Keep Your Eyes Open
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
Bad Brains: A Band in DC
Yo! MTV Raps
Beastie Boys Story
Rappin' With The Rickster
Beastie|ography
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
Ciao L.A.
Finding the Funk
Tibetan Freedom Concert
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
Still Ill: 25 Years of 'Ill Communication'
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
Hi Octane
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Beastie Boys: The $kill$ To Pay The Bill$
Beastie Boys: Live in SECC, Glasgow
Beastie Boys $2 Bill
Free Tibet
The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder
Beastie Boys: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1999
Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits
Celebrity Escape Room
Beastie Boys: Live in Glasgow 1999
Krush Groove
Beastie Boys: Move on Up
Beastie Boys: Sabotage
Beastie Boys: Video Anthology
Nathanial Hornblower’s: The Robot V the Octopus Monster Saga
Beastie Boys: Live Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!
Tougher Than Leather
Fight for Your Right Revisited
Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome
Beastie Boys - Live at Melkweg; Amsterdam
Beastie Boys: Open Air Festival
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
Over Exposed
Beastie Boys 'Horseplay'
Live From Bonnaroo 2009
Downloaded
Beastie Boys - Live in Japan
