16 Facts About Money Mark

Money Mark met the Beastie Boys during their migration to the West Coast, through mutual friend, Mario Caldato Jr.

Money Mark helped them build their new studio, and quickly became a principal collaborator.

Money Mark performed, wrote, and collaborated on every Beastie Boys album from 1992's Check Your Head to the group's final album, 2011's Hot Sauce Committee Part Two.

Money Mark contributed the keyboard phrase that opens and underpins "Where It's At" from Beck's 1996 album, Odelay.

Money Mark has since become a full member of the quintet, appearing on the live EP with Damo Suzuki called Please Heat This Eventually and several other albums, with his debut full-length collaboration with the group being the Quintet's second LP release, The Apocalypse Inside of an Orange.

In 1996, Money Mark contributed the song "Use Your Head " to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Rio produced by the Red Hot Organization.

Money Mark contributed songs to Red Hot's Silencio=Muerte: Red Hot + Latin and Red Hot + Rhapsody a tribute to George Gershwin.

In 2004, Money Mark scored and played all instruments for HBO's first ever documentary prime time series, "Family Bond's," directed by Steve Santor.

In September 2006, Money Mark signed to Jack Johnson's Brushfire Records label.

Money Mark composed original music for the 2008 documentary film Beautiful Losers.

Money Mark scored the Slamdance Audience Award-winning and critically acclaimed documentary film, Getting Up: The Tempt One Story.

Money Mark worked alongside Mike McCready and Stefan Lessard and contributed to many of the tracks used in the soundtrack to the 2011 film, Horrible Bosses.

Money Mark performed in 2011 with Karen O on her pop opera Stop the Virgens.

Money Mark was a regular guest on DVDASA, a podcast hosted by David Choe and Asa Akira.

Money Mark is part of the band, Mangchi, with David Choe and Steven Lee.

Money Mark is credited with spurring the evolution of the group's sound and image.