Michael Diamond

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Diamond was born in New York City to an uppermiddleclass Jewish household He attended Vassar College in Poughkeepsie New York for six months In 1979 Diamond cofounded 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 thenguitar player John Berry the band changed their name to the Beastie Boys By 1983Adam Horovitz AdRock joined and their sound began to shift away from punk to hiphop In 1992 Mike D founded the Beastie Boys nowdefunct record label Grand Royal Records He is also interested in interior decoration and designed Brooklynthemed 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 Bands 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