Michael Diamond

Personal Info

Know For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

1965-11-20 (60 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn - New York - USA

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 intere...

Acting

1988

2002

Keep Your Eyes Open

as Officer Diamond

2013

Downloaded

as Self

2014

1985

Krush Groove

as Self (Beastie Boys)

1994

Ciao L.A.

as Asasondro Alegré

1998

1994

Beastie Boys: Sabotage

as The Chief (as Alasondro Alegré)

2004

Beastie Boys $2 Bill

as Self (as Mike D)

1984

Over Exposed

as George

1998

Free Tibet

as Mike D - Beastie Boys

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