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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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Born:
Nov 20, 1965 In Brooklyn - New York - USA
Movie/TV Credits:
26
First Appeared:
In the movie Krush Groove 1985-10-25
Latest Project:
Movie Celebrity Escape Room 2020-05-21
Known For
Poster of Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome
Poster of Beastie Boys - Live at Melkweg; Amsterdam
Poster of Beastie|ography
Poster of Ciao L.A.
Filmography
Movie Beastie Boys Story Self 2020-04-24
Movie Celebrity Escape Room Self 2020-05-21
Movie Finding the Funk Himself 2014-01-31
Movie Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records Self 2013-06-21
Movie Downloaded Self 2013-06-20
Movie Bad Brains: A Band in DC Self 2012-06-06
Movie Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ Self 2012-06-07
Movie Ben Lee: Catch My Disease Self 2012-11-06
Movie Fight for Your Right Revisited Cop 2 2011-04-22
Movie Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest Self 2011-07-08
Movie Rappin' With The Rickster Self 2010-01-01
Movie Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome Self 2007-09-13
Movie Awesome: I Fuckin' Shot That! Self 2006-03-31
Series 30 Rock Unknown 2006-10-11
Movie Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits Self 2005-11-08
Movie Beastie Boys - Live at Melkweg; Amsterdam Self 2004-05-15
Movie Beastie Boys 'Horseplay' Self 2004-10-25
Movie The Work of Director Spike Jonze Self 2003-10-20
Movie Keep Your Eyes Open Officer Diamond 2002-03-01
Movie Beastie Boys: Video Anthology Self 2000-11-21
Series Futurama Unknown 1999-03-28
Movie Beastie|ography Himself 1998-07-17
Movie The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder Self 1994-01-01
Movie Ciao L.A. Asasondro Alegré 1994-01-01
Movie Tougher Than Leather Himself 1988-09-26
Movie Krush Groove Self (Beastie Boys) 1985-10-25