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.”

Known For

Birth Location Brooklyn - New York - USA
Born 1965-11-20

Movies

2020
2020
Downloaded as Himself
2013
2012
Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits as Himself / Alasondro Alegre
2005
2004
Beastie Boys $2 Bill as Himself (as Mike D)
2004
Keep Your Eyes Open as Officer Diamond
2002
Beastie Boys: Video Anthology as Himself / Alasondro Alegre
2000
Beastie|ography as Himself
1998
Beastie Boys: Sabotage as The Chief (as Alasondro Alegré)
1994
Ciao L.A. as Asasondro Alegré
1994
1988
Over Exposed as George
1984