Mike D
SoundDiamond 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 Story
Self
Downloaded
Self
Fight for Your Right Revisited
Cop 2
Krush Groove
Self (Beastie Boys)
Celebrity Escape Room
Self
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Self
The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder
Self
Beastie Boys: Video Anthology
Self
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Self
Keep Your Eyes Open
Officer Diamond
Filmography — Acting
Beastie Boys Story
Self
Downloaded
Self
Fight for Your Right Revisited
Cop 2
Krush Groove
Self (Beastie Boys)
Celebrity Escape Room
Self
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Self
The Legend of Dolemite! Bigger & Badder
Self
Beastie Boys: Video Anthology
Self
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Self
Keep Your Eyes Open
Officer Diamond
Beastie Boys Solid Gold Hits
Self
The Work of Director Spike Jonze
Self
Ciao L.A.
Asasondro Alegré
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
Self
Free Tibet
Mike D - Beastie Boys
Rappin' With The Rickster
Self
Beastie Boys - Live in Japan
Self
Tibetan Freedom Concert
Self
Tougher Than Leather
Self
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
Self - as Beastie Boys
Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
Self
Live From Bonnaroo 2009
Self
Beastie Boys: Sabotage
The Chief (as Alasondro Alegré)
Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!
Self
Finding the Funk
Himself
Bad Brains: A Band in DC
Self
Over Exposed
George
Nathanial Hornblower’s: The Robot V the Octopus Monster Saga
Beastie Boys: Live in SECC, Glasgow
Mike D
Still Ill: 25 Years of 'Ill Communication'
Self
Beastie Boys: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1999
Beastie Boys: Move on Up
Self
Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome
Self
Beastie Boys: Live in Glasgow 1999
Self
Beastie Boys 'Horseplay'
Self
Beastie Boys: Live Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
Beastie Boys $2 Bill
Self (as Mike D)
Beastie Boys: Open Air Festival
Beastie Boys - Live at Melkweg; Amsterdam
Self
Cydeways: The Best of The Pharcyde
Himself (Segment)
Beastie Boys: The $kill$ To Pay The Bill$
Self
Beastie|ography
Self