
Michael Diamond
Department: Sound
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.”
Known For

Beastie Boys - Live in Japan
1992

Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!
2006

Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
2011

Tougher Than Leather
1988

Bad Brains: A Band in DC
2012

Keep Your Eyes Open
2002

Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome
2007

Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
2012

Downloaded
2013

Beastie Boys: The $kill$ To Pay The Bill$
1992

Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
2013

The Work of Director Spike Jonze
2003

Beastie Boys 'Horseplay'
2004

Beastie Boys: Video Anthology
2000

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012

Nathanial Hornblower’s: The Robot V the Octopus Monster Saga
1998

Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits
2005

Finding the Funk
2014

Krush Groove
1985

Fight for Your Right Revisited
2011

Beastie Boys - Live at Melkweg; Amsterdam
2004

Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987

Ciao L.A.
1994

Beastie|ography
1998

Rappin' With The Rickster
2010

The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder
1994

Beastie Boys: Sabotage
1994

Still Ill: 25 Years of 'Ill Communication'
2019

Beastie Boys $2 Bill
2004

Beastie Boys Story
2020

Celebrity Escape Room
2020

Beastie Boys: Live in Glasgow 1999
1999

Over Exposed
1984

Beastie Boys: Move on Up
2011

Free Tibet
1998

Beastie Boys: Open Air Festival
1998

Beastie Boys: Live Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
2009

Beastie Boys: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1999
1999

Beastie Boys: Live in SECC, Glasgow
1999

Live From Bonnaroo 2009
2009

Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
1994

Tibetan Freedom Concert
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Cydeways: The Best of The Pharcyde
2002

Futurama
1999

30 Rock
2006

Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
2021

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
2022

MTV Video Music Awards
1984

Yo! MTV Raps
1988

Saturday Night Live
1975

Hi Octane
1994

Late Show with David Letterman
1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993