Michael Diamond
Born
November 20, 1965 (59 years old)
Known For
Sound
Place of Birth
Brooklyn - New York - USA
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
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
Chasen's Pianist · (1 episode)
2022
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
Self · (3 episodes)
2021
Celebrity Escape Room
Self
2020
Beastie Boys Story
Self
2020
Still Ill: 25 Years of 'Ill Communication'
Self
2019
Finding the Funk
Himself
2014
Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
Self
2013
Downloaded
Self
2013
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
Self
2012
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Self
2012
Bad Brains: A Band in DC
Self
2012
Beastie Boys: Move on Up
Self
2011
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Self
2011
Fight for Your Right Revisited
Cop 2
2011
Rappin' With The Rickster
Self
2010
Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome
Self
2007
30 Rock
Mike D. · (1 episode)
2006
Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!
Self
2006
Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits
Self
2005
Beastie Boys 'Horseplay'
Self
2004
Beastie Boys $2 Bill
Self (as Mike D)
2004
Beastie Boys - Live at Melkweg; Amsterdam
Self
2004
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
Self
2003
Keep Your Eyes Open
Officer Diamond
2002
Beastie Boys: Video Anthology
Self
2000
Beastie Boys: Live in Glasgow 1999
Self
1999
Futurama
Mike D's head (voice) · (1 episode)
1999
Free Tibet
Mike D - Beastie Boys
1998
Beastie|ography
Self
1998
Nathanial Hornblower’s: The Robot V the Octopus Monster Saga
1998
The Pharcyde: Drop
Mike D
1995
Beastie Boys: Sabotage
The Chief (as Alasondro Alegré)
1994
Hi Octane
Self · (1 episode)
1994
Beastie Boys: Sure Shot
Mike D
1994
Ciao L.A.
Asasondro Alegré
1994
The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder
Self
1994
Beastie Boys - Live in Japan
Self
1992
Beastie Boys: The $kill$ To Pay The Bill$
Self
1992
Tougher Than Leather
Himself
1988
Yo! MTV Raps
Self · (2 episodes)
1988
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
Self - as Beastie Boys
1987
Krush Groove
Self (Beastie Boys)
1985
MTV Video Music Awards
Self · (2 episodes)
1984
Over Exposed
George
1984
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest · (2 episodes)
1975