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.”
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Credits
- 2022 · Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty as Chasen's Pianist
- 2021 · Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson as Self
- 2020 · Celebrity Escape Room as Self
- 2020 · Beastie Boys Story as Self
- 2019 · Still Ill: 25 Years of 'Ill Communication' as Self
- 2014 · Finding the Funk as Himself
- 2013 · Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records as Self
- 2013 · Downloaded as Self
- 2012 · 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
- 2011 · 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
- 2010 · Rappin' With The Rickster as Self
- 2007 · Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome as Self
- 2006 · 30 Rock as Mike D.
- 2006 · Awesome: I Fuckin' Shot That! as Self
- 2005 · Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits as Self
- 2004 · Beastie Boys 'Horseplay' as Self
- 2004 · Beastie Boys $2 Bill as Self (as Mike D)
- 2004 · Beastie Boys - Live at Melkweg; Amsterdam as Self
- 2003 · The Work of Director Spike Jonze as Self
- 2002 · Keep Your Eyes Open as Officer Diamond
- 2000 · Beastie Boys: Video Anthology as Self
- 1999 · Beastie Boys: Live in Glasgow 1999 as Self
- 1999 · Futurama as Mike D's head (voice)
- 1998 · Beastie|ography as Himself
- 1998 · Beastie Boys: Open Air Festival as Self
- 1998 · Nathanial Hornblower’s: The Robot V the Octopus Monster Saga as
- 1994 · Beastie Boys: Sabotage as The Chief (as Alasondro Alegré)
- 1994 · Hi Octane as Self
- 1994 · The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder as Self
- 1994 · Ciao L.A. as Asasondro Alegré
- 1992 · Beastie Boys: The $kill$ To Pay The Bill$ as Mike D
- 1988 · Tougher Than Leather as Himself
- 1988 · Yo! MTV Raps as Self
- 1987 · Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville as Self - as Beastie Boys
- 1985 · Krush Groove as Self (Beastie Boys)
- 1984 · MTV Video Music Awards as Self
- 1984 · Over Exposed as George
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Musical Guest
- Future · Beastie Boys - Live in Japan as Himself