Michael Diamond
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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.”
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
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
Celebrity Escape Room
Beastie Boys Story
Still Ill: 25 Years of 'Ill Communication'
Finding the Funk
Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
Downloaded
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Bad Brains: A Band in DC
Beastie Boys: Move on Up
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Fight for Your Right Revisited
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
Rappin' With The Rickster
30 Rock
Awesome: I Fuckin' Shot That!
Beastie Boys $2 Bill
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
Beastie Boys: Video Anthology
Beastie Boys: Live in Glasgow 1999
Futurama
Beastie|ography
Nathanial Hornblower’s: The Robot V the Octopus Monster Saga
Beastie Boys: Sabotage
Hi Octane
The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder
Beastie Boys: The $kill$ To Pay The Bill$
Tougher Than Leather
Yo! MTV Raps
Krush Groove
MTV Video Music Awards
Over Exposed
Saturday Night Live