Michael Diamond
Sound • Born 1965-11-20
Biography
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.”
Filmography
53 credits
Beastie Boys - Live in Japan
Movie • 1992
Self
Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!
Movie • 2006
Self
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Movie • 2011
Self
Tougher Than Leather
Movie • 1988
Self
Bad Brains: A Band in DC
Movie • 2012
Self
Keep Your Eyes Open
Movie • 2002
Officer Diamond
Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome
Movie • 2007
Self
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
Movie • 2012
Self
Downloaded
Movie • 2013
Self
Beastie Boys: The $kill$ To Pay The Bill$
Movie • 1992
Self
Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
Movie • 2013
Self
Beastie Boys 'Horseplay'
Movie • 2004
Self
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
Movie • 2003
Self
Beastie Boys: Video Anthology
Movie • 2000
Self
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Movie • 2012
Self
Nathanial Hornblower’s: The Robot V the Octopus Monster Saga
Movie • 1998
Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits
Movie • 2005
Self
Finding the Funk
Movie • 2014
Himself
Krush Groove
Movie • 1985
Self (Beastie Boys)
Fight for Your Right Revisited
Movie • 2011
Cop 2
Beastie Boys - Live at Melkweg; Amsterdam
Movie • 2004
Self
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
Movie • 1987
Self - as Beastie Boys
Ciao L.A.
Movie • 1994
Asasondro Alegré
Beastie|ography
Movie • 1998
Self
Rappin' With The Rickster
Movie • 2010
Self
The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder
Movie • 1994
Self
Beastie Boys: Sabotage
Movie • 1994
The Chief (as Alasondro Alegré)
Still Ill: 25 Years of 'Ill Communication'
Movie • 2019
Self
Beastie Boys $2 Bill
Movie • 2004
Self (as Mike D)
Beastie Boys Story
Movie • 2020
Self
Celebrity Escape Room
Movie • 2020
Self
Beastie Boys: Live in Glasgow 1999
Movie • 1999
Self
Over Exposed
Movie • 1984
George
Beastie Boys: Move on Up
Movie • 2011
Self
Free Tibet
Movie • 1998
Mike D - Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys: Open Air Festival
Movie • 1998
Beastie Boys: Live Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
Movie • 2009
Beastie Boys: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1999
Movie • 1999
Beastie Boys: Live in SECC, Glasgow
Movie • 1999
Mike D
Live From Bonnaroo 2009
Movie • 2009
Self
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
Movie • 1994
Tibetan Freedom Concert
Movie
Self
Cydeways: The Best of The Pharcyde
Movie • 2002
Himself (Segment)
Futurama
TV • 1999
Mike D's head (voice)
30 Rock
TV • 2006
Mike D.
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
TV • 2021
Self
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
TV • 2022
Chasen's Pianist
MTV Video Music Awards
TV • 1984
Self
Yo! MTV Raps
TV • 1988
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Musical Guest
Hi Octane
TV • 1994
Self
Late Show with David Letterman
TV • 1993
Self - Musical Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Musical Guest