Michael Diamond
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.”
Beastie Boys - Live in Japan
(Himself)
Awesome: I Fuckin' Shot That!
(Self)
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
(Self)
Tougher Than Leather
(Himself)
Bad Brains: A Band in DC
(Self)
Keep Your Eyes Open
(Officer Diamond)
Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome
(Self)
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
(Self)
Downloaded
(Self)
Beastie Boys: The $kill$ To Pay The Bill$
(Mike D)
Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
(Self)
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
(Self)
Beastie Boys 'Horseplay'
(Self)
Beastie Boys: Video Anthology
(Self)
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
(Self)
Nathanial Hornblower’s: The Robot V the Octopus Monster Saga
Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits
(Self)
Finding the Funk
(Himself)
Krush Groove
(Self (Beastie Boys))
Fight for Your Right Revisited
(Cop 2)
Beastie Boys - Live at Melkweg; Amsterdam
(Self)
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
(Self - as Beastie Boys)
Ciao L.A.
(Asasondro Alegré)
Beastie|ography
(Himself)
Rappin' With The Rickster
(Self)
The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder
(Self)
Beastie Boys: Sabotage
(The Chief (as Alasondro Alegré))
Still Ill: 25 Years of 'Ill Communication'
(Self)
Beastie Boys $2 Bill
(Self (as Mike D))
Beastie Boys Story
(Self)
Celebrity Escape Room
(Self)
Beastie Boys: Live in Glasgow 1999
(Self)
Over Exposed
(George)
Beastie Boys: Move on Up
(Self)
Futurama
(Mike D's head (voice))
30 Rock
(Mike D.)
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
(Self)
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
(Chasen's Pianist)
MTV Video Music Awards
(Self)
Yo! MTV Raps
(Self)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Musical Guest)
Hi Octane
(Self)
