Michael Diamond
Personal Info
Known For Sound
Gender Male
Birthday 1965-11-20 (59 years old)
Place of Birth Brooklyn - New York - USA
Also Known As Mike D, Alasondro Alegré, Mike Diamond, Beastie Boys
Michael Diamond
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
Sound
as Songs
as Music
as Music
Actor
as Himself
as Chasen's Pianist
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Himself
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Cop 2
as Self
as Self
as Mike D.
as Self
as Self
as Self (as Mike D)
as Self
as Officer Diamond
as Self
as Mike D's head (voice)
as Himself
as The Chief (as Alasondro Alegré)
as Asasondro Alegré
as Self
as Himself
as Self
as Self - as Beastie Boys
as Self (Beastie Boys)
as George
as Self
as Self - Musical Guest
Writer
as Writer
Producer
as Executive Producer