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DJ AM

{{Short description|American disc jockey (1973–2009)}}

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| name = DJ AM

| image = AdamGoldsteinDec08.jpg

| caption = Goldstein in 2008

| alt = A sepia portrait photograph of a man in his mid thirties.

| birth_name = Adam Michael Goldstein

| alias = DJ AM

| birth_date = {{birth date|1973|3|30|mf=y}}{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-dj-am29-2009aug29-story.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161221105409/http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-dj-am29-2009aug29-story.html |archive-date=December 21, 2016 |url-status=live |title=Adam Goldstein dies at 36; club owner gained fame as DJ AM |last=Lee |first=Chris |date=August 29, 2009 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=December 21, 2016 }}

| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|8|28|1973|3|30|mf=y}}

| death_place = New York City, New York, U.S.

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| instrument = Turntables

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| years_active = 1993–2009

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| website = {{website defunct|djamdoc.com}}

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Adam Michael Goldstein (March 30, 1973 – August 28, 2009), known professionally as DJ AM, was an American DJ. Born in Philadelphia, Goldstein became interested in deejaying as a child after watching Herbie Hancock perform his 1983 single "Rockit". Goldstein developed a drug addiction as a teenager and was sent to the controversial rehabilitation center Straight, Incorporated. After he left the center, his drug problems became worse; he was addicted to crack cocaine for several years in his early twenties. After he attempted suicide in 1997, Goldstein became sober and later sponsored other addicts through Alcoholics Anonymous.

Goldstein began deejaying in clubs in Los Angeles and joined the band Crazy Town in 1999. He left the group in 2001 and focused on a career as a solo DJ. After he began dating Nicole Richie in 2003, his career skyrocketed. In 2006, he accepted a $1 million contract to perform weekly at Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas strip and was also charging upwards of $10,000 for private events. In 2008, Goldstein and Travis Barker formed the duo TRV$DJAM. Barker and Goldstein were the only two survivors of the 2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash, which killed the other four people on board.

Goldstein appeared as himself in several television series, contributed mixes to and portrayed a playable character in the video game DJ Hero, and filmed a cameo appearance for Iron Man 2. Goldstein hosted the 2009 MTV drug intervention series Gone Too Far; he stated he was struggling with his addiction during filming. On August 28, 2009, he was found dead in his New York City apartment from a drug overdose. The DJ AM Memorial Fund, an organization designed to help people struggling with drug addiction, was launched in his memory by his sister, and Iron Man 2, which was released in 2010, was dedicated to him.

Early life

Adam Michael Goldstein was born on March 30, 1973, in Philadelphia. His parents, Andrea and Herbert – both of whom were Jewish – had been unable to conceive children naturally, and they had adopted Goldstein's older sister Lara a year before his birth. Goldstein's mother left her husband temporarily after she caught him having extramarital sex with another man. During this time she had an affair herself, and she found out she was pregnant with Adam after returning to her husband. While heavily pregnant, she discovered her husband had been adulterous a second time, and then she angrily disclosed to him that he was not the biological father of her baby.{{cite AV media |date=April 2015 |title=As I AM: The Life and Times of DJ AM |medium=Documentary |publisher=Manifest}}

Goldstein stated that his father had verbally abused him.{{cite web |url=http://lasvegassun.com/news/2009/sep/10/dj-am-scenes-life/ |title=DJ AM: Scenes from a life |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054028/http://lasvegassun.com/news/2009/sep/10/dj-am-scenes-life/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |last=Jonathan |first=Shecter |date=September 10, 2009 |work=Las Vegas Sun |access-date=February 16, 2017 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Sandell |first=Laurie |url=http://www.glamour.com/magazine/2008/01/dj-am/3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604183726/http://www.glamour.com/magazine/2008/01/dj-am/3 |archive-date=June 4, 2015 |access-date=June 4, 2015 |title=I Put a Gun in My Mouth and Pulled the Trigger |date=January 4, 2008 |work=Glamour |url-status=dead }} As an adult, he realized that this was likely due to resentment that Goldstein was not his biological son. Goldstein witnessed his father openly using cocaine and marijuana throughout his childhood. Goldstein said he began overeating as a way of dealing with anger and depression, becoming obese by the age of 10. He also began drinking alcohol when he was 11.

After watching Herbie Hancock perform "Rockit" with Grand Mixer DXT at the 26th Annual Grammy Awards in 1984, Goldstein became obsessed with deejaying, and realized that it was what he wanted to do for a career. He attended the Quaker school Friends' Central.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091011225916/http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20090830_Talented_yet_troubled_DJ_AM_s_last__sad_song.html |archive-date=October 11, 2009 |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20090830_Talented_yet_troubled_DJ_AM_s_last__sad_song.html |title=Talented yet troubled DJ AM's last, sad song |last=Amorosi |first=A.D. |date=August 30, 2009 |work=Philadelphia Media Network |access-date=June 5, 2015 |url-status=dead}} When he was 14, Herbert was incarcerated for committing bank fraud, and his mother subsequently moved to Los Angeles with Goldstein and his sister.

In Los Angeles, Goldstein associated with a crowd of heavy drug users. At 16, he approached his mother and asked for help with his drug problems. She arranged for him to attend Straight, Incorporated, a drug rehabilitation center that was later revealed to abuse patients. Goldstein disclosed that he was physically assaulted and spat on by staff while there. At one point, he escaped from the facility, but was arrested and brought back after being recognized at Knott's Berry Farm. While he was in rehab, his mother visited him and disclosed that Herbert was not his biological father, was homosexual, and was dying from HIV/AIDS. Goldstein said that after he received this news he "exploded," attacking one of his counselors. He was eventually indicted and dismissed from rehab for his treatment of younger patients shortly before his 18th birthday. Herbert died the following year.

After leaving rehab, Goldstein began attending raves and using MDMA and nitrous oxide. He also started deejaying; he broke into a friend's home while he was away for the weekend to practice on his turntables and eventually went on to practice freestyle deejaying every day for a whole summer. Goldstein started using crack cocaine by the age of 20. He said that taking the drug and deejaying were "about all he did" for the next four years of his life. He would often disappear from friends and family for days at a time. In 1997, he attempted suicide; the gun jammed in his mouth as he pulled the trigger.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/fashion/29djam.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170216232008/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/fashion/29djam.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |title=DJ AM: His Life, Times, Shoes |last=Ogunnaike |first=Lola |date=April 29, 2007 |work=The New York Times |access-date=February 16, 2017 |url-status=live }}

Shortly afterwards, a friend encouraged Goldstein to become sober. He began attending Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings, avoided his friends who still took drugs, and dedicated himself to working as a DJ. Goldstein relapsed after 90 days, but subsequently restarted the program.{{cite web |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2008/09/crash-victims-t.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902215604/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2008/09/crash-victims-t.html |archive-date=September 2, 2009 |title=A look back as Travis Barker and DJ AM look ahead to a 'full recovery' |last=Snead |first=Elizabeth |date=September 21, 2008 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=June 4, 2015}} People who complete the AA program are encouraged to sponsor other addicts through the recovery process;{{cite web | author = Narcotics Anonymous | author-link = Narcotics Anonymous | title = Sponsorship, Revised (pamphlet): What does a sponsor do? | website = Narcotics Anonymous | location = Van Nuys, CA | year = 2004 | url = http://www.na.org/pdf/litfiles/us_english/IP/EN3111.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090117211518/http://www.na.org/pdf/litfiles/us_english/IP/EN3111.pdf | archive-date = January 17, 2009 |url-status=dead }} Goldstein became a sponsor for several people.

Career

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Goldstein's stage name, "DJ AM", stands for his first and middle names, Adam Michael.{{cite web |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/421784869 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170216233351/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/doc/421784869.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan%2019,%202003&author=Gina%20Piccalo&pub=Los%20Angeles%20Times&edition=&startpage=&desc=Style%20&%20Culture;%20No%20sleep%20for%20DJ%20A.M.%20in%20the%20p.m.;%20Having%20caught%20the%20ears%20of%20the%20right%20people,%20he%20juggles%20star%20parties%20and%20club%20gigs. |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |title=Style & Culture; No sleep for DJ A.M. in the p.m.; Having caught the ears of the right people, he juggles star parties and club gigs. |last=Piccalo |first=Gina |date=January 19, 2003 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=February 16, 2017 | id={{ProQuest|421784869}} |url-status=live }} After playing for his friends and at private parties for some time, Goldstein got his first paying job as a DJ at an unlicensed club in Los Angeles at the age of 21, where he earned $40 and a six-pack of beer for a night's work. He worked there for two years. A visiting promoter, impressed with Goldstein's performance, offered him a deejaying job at the Hollywood club The Dragonfly.{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/dj-am-autopsy-complete-no-cause-death-yet-5672/ |title=DJ AM Autopsy Complete; No Cause of Death Yet |date=August 28, 2009 |work=TheWrap |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170824000734/http://www.thewrap.com/dj-am-autopsy-complete-no-cause-death-yet-5672/ |archive-date=August 24, 2017 |url-status=live }}

Goldstein met Shifty Shellshock through the nightclub scene, and he was asked to join the rap/rock group Crazy Town in 1999. He contributed to their 2000 hit "Butterfly", which reached number one in several countries. According to bandmates Shellshock and Epic Mazur, Goldstein was the group's only sober member. He quit in 2001 to escape the drug-related dysfunction plaguing the group.

Goldstein's weight problems became progressively worse, despite years of dieting; in 2003, he weighed {{Convert|324|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and underwent gastric bypass surgery. The surgery was effective, and he lost more than {{Convert|100|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} within a year. After he began dating actress Nicole Richie in 2003, Goldstein's DJ career skyrocketed. Us Weekly editor Janice Min said that he was talented, but that the thing that set him apart from other deejays was that he dated Richie.

As a result of the relationship, Goldstein appeared in a 2005 episode of Punk'd, where Richie was the subject of a practical joke,{{cite AV media |date=April 3, 2005 |title=Punk'd: Season 4, episode 5 |medium=Television episode |publisher=Trifecta Entertainment & Media}} and that same year he featured in an episode of The Simple Life, a reality TV show focusing on Richie and Paris Hilton.{{cite AV media |date=March 16, 2005 |title=The Simple Life: Zoo |medium=Television episode |publisher=20th Television}} Goldstein and Richie announced their engagement in February 2005,{{cite web |url=http://people.com/celebrity/its-over-again-for-nicole-richie-and-dj-am/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216130908/http://people.com/celebrity/its-over-again-for-nicole-richie-and-dj-am/ |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |title=It's Over – Again – for Nicole Richie and DJ AM |last1=Ingrassia |first1=Lisa |last2=Pienciak |first2=Ryan |date=May 23, 2005 |work=People |access-date=February 16, 2017 |url-status=live}} but broke up in late 2006.{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,26334,1138773,00.html |title=Nicole Richie, Fiancé Call Off Engagement |date=December 7, 2005 |work=People |access-date=September 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007073020/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C26334%2C1138773%2C00.html |archive-date=October 7, 2008 |url-status=dead }} Goldstein was a guest DJ on an episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show in May 2006.{{cite AV media |date=May 16, 2006 |title=The Ellen DeGeneres Show |medium=Television episode |publisher=Warner Bros. Television}}

He was an avid sneakerhead, owning more than 1,000 pairs of sneakers by 2007. This led to him being offered a cameo as himself purchasing a pair in the 2006 TV series Entourage episode "What About Bob?".{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1540719/entourage-cameo-suited-dj-am-just-fine-inside-his-sneakerhead-life/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170216233110/http://www.mtv.com/news/1540719/entourage-cameo-suited-dj-am-just-fine-inside-his-sneakerhead-life/ |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |title='Entourage' Cameo Suited DJ AM Just Fine: Inside His Sneakerhead Life |last=Weinstein |first=Farrah |date=September 12, 2006 |publisher=MTV |access-date=February 16, 2017 |url-status=dead }}{{cite AV media |date=August 20, 2006 |title=Entourage: What About Bob? |medium=Television episode |publisher=Warner Bros. Television}} That same year, Goldstein also began working at Caesars Palace, becoming the resident DJ of their nightclub Pure.{{cite web |url=http://lasvegassun.com/news/2009/apr/06/dj-am-moving-rain/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170216233523/https://lasvegassun.com/news/2009/apr/06/dj-am-moving-rain/ |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |title=DJ AM moving to Rain |last1=Arseniuk |first1=Melissa |date=April 6, 2009 |work=Las Vegas Sun |access-date=February 16, 2017 |url-status=live }} He was contracted to the club for the year for $1 million, which was considered to be an unprecedented amount for a DJ at the time. By 2007, he was also being paid between $10,000 and $25,000 per event as a solo DJ.

Goldstein scratched on albums for Papa Roach, Will Smith, and Babyface. He played at private events for celebrities including Jennifer Lopez, Ben Stiller, and Leonardo DiCaprio.{{cite magazine |last=Barnes |first=Mike |date=September 12, 2009 |title=Berle Adams, 92 |magazine=Billboard |volume=121 |issue=36 |page=11}} Goldstein dated singer Mandy Moore for two months in 2007 and remained close friends with her after separating.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1619877/mandy-moore-heartbroken-by-dj-ams-death/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140920082717/http://www.mtv.com/news/1619877/mandy-moore-heartbroken-by-dj-ams-death/ |archive-date=September 20, 2014 |title=Mandy Moore 'Heartbroken' By DJ AM's Death |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=August 29, 2009 |publisher=MTV |access-date=February 16, 2017 |url-status=dead }} Later in 2007, he was romantically involved with model Jessica Stam.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2007/dirt/real-estalker/dj-am-spins-his-way-into-beverly-hills-1201225920/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170216232752/http://variety.com/2007/dirt/real-estalker/dj-am-spins-his-way-into-beverly-hills-1201225920/ |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |title=DJ AM Spins His Way into Beverly Hills |last=Mark |first=David |date=April 7, 2007 |work=Variety |access-date=February 16, 2017 |url-status=live }} Goldstein was also close friends with fellow DJ and producer Steve Aoki, who went on to praise him in his 2016 documentary I'll Sleep When I'm Dead.

=Learjet 60 crash=

{{main|2008 South Carolina Learjet 60 crash}}

In June 2008, Goldstein and Travis Barker began collaborating under the name TRV$DJAM. They performed at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards on September 7, 2008.{{cite magazine |last=Lipshutz |first=Jason |date=February 19, 2011 |title=Travis Barker: Drummer boy |magazine=Billboard |volume=126 |issue=6 |page=26}} On September 19, after performing at a college event, he and Barker were aboard a Learjet 60 when it crashed upon takeoff in Columbia, South Carolina. The crash killed both crew members and the other two passengers, Barker's security guard and personal assistant, critically injuring Goldstein and Barker.{{cite web |url=https://people.com/celebrity/travis-barker-and-dj-am-in-jet-crash/ |title=Travis Barker and DJ AM in Jet Crash |last1=Silverman |first1=Stephen M. |last2=Marx |first2=Linda |date=September 20, 2008 |work=People |access-date=September 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921141017/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20227709%2C00.html |archive-date=September 21, 2008 |url-status=live }} Goldstein suffered third-degree burns to his arm and parts of his head.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-sep-22-me-crash22-story.html|title=Musicians in jet crash expected to recover|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=December 11, 2008 | first=Ari B. | last=Bloomekatz | date=September 22, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081210175544/http://articles.latimes.com/2008/sep/22/local/me-crash22| archive-date= December 10, 2008 | url-status= live}}{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7628210.stm |title=Drummer Barker 'to fully recover' |date=September 21, 2008 |work=BBC News |access-date=September 21, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080922085250/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7628210.stm| archive-date=September 22, 2008| url-status= live}}

Both he and Barker were transported to the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, Georgia.{{cite web |url=http://www.today.com/id/26803108 |title=4 killed, 2 hurt as rock star's jet crashes |date=September 21, 2008 |publisher=Today.com |access-date=September 21, 2008 |archive-date=December 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202204838/http://www.today.com/id/26803108 |url-status=dead }} Moore flew to be by Goldstein's side,{{cite web |url=http://people.com/celebrity/mandy-moore-flies-to-dj-ams-bedside/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170216131317/http://people.com/celebrity/mandy-moore-flies-to-dj-ams-bedside/ |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |title=Mandy Moore Flies to DJ AM's Bedside |last=Davis |first=Caris |date=September 22, 2009 |work=People |access-date=February 16, 2017 |url-status=live }} and the media reported that they were dating again. He was released on September 26, 2008,{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/dj-released-hospital-week-plane-crash-article-1.326082 |title=DJ AM released from hospital a week after plane crash |date=September 26, 2008 |work=New York Daily News |access-date=October 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171026120643/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/dj-released-hospital-week-plane-crash-article-1.326082 |archive-date=October 26, 2017 |url-status=live }} and was expected to make a full recovery. In December 2008, Goldstein filed a civil lawsuit against the plane's charter company, Learjet and Goodyear tires; the suit claimed negligence on the part of the pilots, and a manufacturing defect on part of the plane. He asked for damages for pain and suffering, mental anguish, disfigurement and loss of earnings.{{cite web |url=http://people.com/celebrity/dj-am-files-lawsuit-in-fatal-learjet-crash/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170216131516/http://people.com/celebrity/dj-am-files-lawsuit-in-fatal-learjet-crash/ |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |title=DJ AM Files Lawsuit in Fatal Learjet Crash |last=Fleeman |first=Mike |date=December 23, 2008 |work=People |access-date=February 16, 2017 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/news/dj-am-addresses-rumors-of-plane-crash-lawsuit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902110125/http://www.usmagazine.com/news/dj-am-addresses-rumors-of-plane-crash-lawsuit |title=DJ AM Addresses Rumors of Plane Crash Lawsuit |archive-date=September 2, 2009 |date=December 31, 2008 |work=Us Weekly |access-date=June 6, 2015 |url-status=dead}} The lawsuit was settled by his estate in 2010, a year after his death.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dj-ams-estate-settles-crash-19538 |title=DJ AM's Estate Settles Crash Lawsuit |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=October 12, 2017 |date=January 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171012221116/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dj-ams-estate-settles-crash-19538 |archive-date=October 12, 2017 |url-status=live }}

=Final year=

In December 2008, MTV reported that DJ AM would be making his first appearance with Barker since the two survived the plane crash. The duo performed at New Year's Nation's Los Angeles 2008 New Year's Eve Party.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1600386/travis-barker-dj-am-to-perform-at-new-years-eve-party/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170216233736/http://www.mtv.com/news/1600386/travis-barker-dj-am-to-perform-at-new-years-eve-party/ |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |title=Travis Barker, DJ AM To Perform at New Year's Eve Party |last=Montgomery |first=James |date=December 1, 2008 |publisher=MTV |access-date=February 17, 2017 |url-status=dead }} That same month it was reported that Goldstein had split from Moore and was dating model Hayley Wood.{{cite web |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/77079/another-mandy-moore-and-dj-am-breakup |title=Another Mandy Moore and DJ AM Breakup |last=Malkin |first=Mark |date=December 31, 2008 |work=E! |access-date=October 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171027113813/http://www.eonline.com/news/77079/another-mandy-moore-and-dj-am-breakup |archive-date=October 27, 2017 |url-status=live }} In April 2009, Goldstein left his position at Caesars Palace to become Rain Nightclub's regular Friday night DJ in the Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas.{{cite web |title=DJ AM Remembered By Palms in Las Vegas |first=Jocelyn |last=Vena |publisher=MTV |date=August 29, 2009 |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1619868/dj-am-remembered-by-palms-in-las-vegas/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170216234254/http://www.mtv.com/news/1619868/dj-am-remembered-by-palms-in-las-vegas/ |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |access-date=February 16, 2017 |url-status=dead }}

Goldstein filmed a cameo for the movie Iron Man 2 in June 2009, appearing as himself deejaying at the birthday party of Tony Stark (played by Robert Downey Jr.). Jon Favreau, the film's director, said that he was a fan of Goldstein; the cameo was supposed to be filmed in one day but the crew and Downey Jr. took a liking to Goldstein and his stay on set extended to approximately one week. He set up turntables and gave Favreau tips on how to DJ in between takes.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1637578/iron-man-2-features-dj-am-cameo/ |title='Iron Man 2' Features DJ AM Cameo |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=April 22, 2010 |publisher=MTV |access-date=August 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170824014245/http://www.mtv.com/news/1637578/iron-man-2-features-dj-am-cameo/ |archive-date=August 24, 2017 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://herocomplex.latimes.com/uncategorized/iron-man-2-features-a-cameo-by-dj-am-and-a-dedication-to-the-late-star/ |title=DJ A.M. cameo adds a bittersweet backbeat to 'Iron Man 2' |last=Boucher |first=Geoff |date=April 22, 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=August 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170824014747/http://herocomplex.latimes.com/uncategorized/iron-man-2-features-a-cameo-by-dj-am-and-a-dedication-to-the-late-star/ |archive-date=August 24, 2017 |url-status=live }} Goldstein was involved with Activision's DJ Hero video game, contributing original mixes to and also appearing as a playable character.{{cite web |url= https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/05/28/pre-e3-2009-djs-z-trip-am-join-dj-hero |archive-url= https://archive.today/20170216131942/http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/05/28/pre-e3-2009-djs-z-trip-am-join-dj-hero |archive-date= February 16, 2017 |title= Pre-E3 2009: DJs Z-Trip, AM Join DJ Hero |first= Daemon |last= Hatfield |date= May 28, 2009 |access-date= February 16, 2017 |work= IGN |url-status= live |df= mdy-all }} Goldstein and Barker performed at an Electronic Entertainment Expo event promoting the game in 2009.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/2009/08/dj-am-found-dead/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170216235232/https://www.wired.com/2009/08/dj-am-found-dead/ |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |title=DJ Hero Talent DJ AM Found Dead |last=Mastrapa |first=Gus |date=August 31, 2009 |magazine=Wired |access-date=February 16, 2017 |url-status=live }}

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Goldstein was the host of Gone Too Far, a drug intervention reality show for MTV. He had approached MTV in mid-2008, pitching the idea of a reality show that focused on his life to Tony DiSanto. DiSanto said that such shows were declining in popularity, and instead suggested a drug intervention show to which Goldstein agreed. The show was still in pre-production when Goldstein was injured in the plane crash. Following the crash, the show's producer Cheryl Sirulnick said she assumed the show would not go ahead, but Goldstein insisted on continuing. Eight episodes were filmed; three days before his death, Goldstein tweeted that filming had been completed.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267298/dj-am-series-still-in-play-at-mtv |title=DJ AM Series Still in Play at MTV |date=August 24, 2009 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170824132414/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267298/dj-am-series-still-in-play-at-mtv |archive-date=August 24, 2017 |url-status=live }}

=Relapse=

In an interview with Glamour in 2008, Goldstein said that while he had been sober for nine years, he had to remind himself every day that he was still a drug addict, saying: "At any given moment, I'm five seconds away from walking up to someone, grabbing their drink out of their hand and downing it. And if I do that, within a week, tops, I'll be smoking crack." Following the plane crash, Goldstein was prescribed painkillers and anti-anxiety medication. Celebrity doctor Drew Pinsky said it was those prescriptions which opened the "floodgates" to Goldstein's relapse.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/as-i-am-the-life-and-times-of-dj-am-takes-a-frank-look-at-a-tragic-life/2016/06/02/775575b6-274d-11e6-ae4a-3cdd5fe74204_story.html |title='As I AM: The Life and Times of DJ AM' takes a frank look at a tragic life |last=Zilberman |first=Alan |date=June 2, 2016 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=August 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603065128/https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/as-i-am-the-life-and-times-of-dj-am-takes-a-frank-look-at-a-tragic-life/2016/06/02/775575b6-274d-11e6-ae4a-3cdd5fe74204_story.html |archive-date=June 3, 2016 |url-status=live }} A friend of his reached the same conclusion, saying: "I think the plane crash killed him, it just took a year for it to do it." As a result of the plane crash, Goldstein developed a fear of flying, and continued taking anxiety medication to help deal with the regular flights his lifestyle required.

Goldstein was struggling with his former addiction during the filming of Gone Too Far. He held a crack-pipe during one episode. BJ Hickman, an intervention expert who appeared in two episodes, noticed Goldstein "had a moment" holding the crack pipe, and later felt the need to call his sponsor. Goldstein later said of the experience: "I realized my palms were sweaty and I was like, wait a minute, this is not smart for me to be holding this." In another episode, a police officer shows Goldstein confiscated drugs, including a bag of crack cocaine. Shortly thereafter, Goldstein leaves the building, informing the camera crew that he felt so tempted to consume the drugs that it was not safe for him to remain there.

In the weeks before his death, Goldstein's behavior had been erratic and he had been missing appointments. His manager and sponsor were both so concerned that they flew to New York to visit him two days before his death. Goldstein refused to see his manager, but allowed his sponsor into his apartment, and consumed drugs in front of him.{{cite web |url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2009/sep/10/dj-am-scenes-life/ |title=DJ AM: Scenes from a life |last=Shecter |first=Jonathon |date=September 10, 2009 |work=Las Vegas Sun |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926124410/https://lasvegassun.com/news/2009/sep/10/dj-am-scenes-life/ |archive-date=September 26, 2018 |url-status=live}} He promised to check himself into a rehabilitation center following his scheduled gig at Rain Nightclub in Las Vegas that Friday. When he missed his flight and would not return phone calls, friends brought the police to his apartment.{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2009/09/01/horrible-final-daze/ |title=Horrible Final Daze |last=Celona |first=Larry |date=September 1, 2009 |work=New York Post |access-date=August 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170824120004/http://nypost.com/2009/09/01/horrible-final-daze/ |archive-date=August 24, 2017 |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dj-am-had-multiple-oxycontin-in-system-at-time-of-death-report-235298/ |title=DJ AM Had Multiple OxyContin In System at Time of Death: Report |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=September 2, 2009 |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927174434/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dj-am-had-multiple-oxycontin-in-system-at-time-of-death-report-235298/ |archive-date=September 27, 2020 |url-status=live}}

Death

Goldstein was found dead in his New York City apartment on August 28, 2009.{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/celebrity-disc-jockey-dj-am-found-dead-in-new-york-apartment |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170217000605/http://www.foxnews.com/story/2009/08/29/celebrity-disc-jockey-dj-am-found-dead-in-new-york-apartment.html?test=latestnews |archive-date=February 17, 2017 |title=Celebrity Disc Jockey 'DJ AM' Found Dead in New York Apartment |date=August 29, 2009 |publisher=Fox News Channel |access-date=February 16, 2017 |url-status=live }} Drug paraphernalia, including a crack pipe and a bag of crack, were found nearby.{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/01/dj.am.interview/index.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119124924/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/01/dj.am.interview/index.html |archive-date=January 19, 2013 |title=Fate of DJ AM show unclear as speculation over death grows |date=September 1, 2009 |publisher=CNN |access-date=February 16, 2017 |url-status=live }} The New York medical examiner subsequently determined that Goldstein's death was an accident caused by "acute intoxication" from a combination of cocaine, oxycodone, hydrocodone, lorazepam, clonazepam, alprazolam, diphenhydramine, and levamisole.{{cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/29/DJ.AM.autopsy/index.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724172138/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/29/DJ.AM.autopsy/index.html |archive-date=July 24, 2012 |title=Drug overdose killed DJ AM, official says |date=September 29, 2009 |publisher=CNN |access-date=February 16, 2017 |url-status=live }} Goldstein's girlfriend, Hayley Wood, denied rumors that an alleged recent separation had contributed to his relapse, saying they had still been together at the time.{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/haley-wood-discusses-relationship-dj-article-1.383956 |title=Haley Wood discusses relationship with DJ AM: 'We were very much together' |last=Everett |first=Cristina |date=September 2, 2009 |work=New York Daily News |access-date=October 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171027112503/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/haley-wood-discusses-relationship-dj-article-1.383956 |archive-date=October 27, 2017 |url-status=live }}

After a memorial service, Goldstein was interred at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery, a Jewish cemetery near Los Angeles, on September 2, 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.jta.org/2009/09/03/news-opinion/united-states/funeral-held-for-dj-am |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170217001455/http://www.jta.org/2009/09/03/news-opinion/united-states/funeral-held-for-dj-am |archive-date=February 17, 2017 |title=Funeral held for DJ AM |last=Sosnik |first=Adam |date=September 3, 2009 |publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |access-date=February 17, 2017 |url-status=live }} The following day, a memorial was held at the Hollywood Palladium. Among the hundreds of attendees were Nicole Richie, Travis Barker, Lindsay Lohan, Samantha Ronson, Eric Dane, Rebecca Gayheart, Scott Caan, and DJ Jazzy Jeff.{{cite web |url=http://people.com/celebrity/nicole-richie-lindsay-lohan-attend-dj-am-memorial/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170216131624/http://people.com/celebrity/nicole-richie-lindsay-lohan-attend-dj-am-memorial/ |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |title=Nicole Richie & Lindsay Lohan Attend DJ AM Memorial |last=Wedemeyer |first=Jessica |date=September 4, 2009 |work=People |access-date=February 16, 2017 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/dj-laid-rest-funeral-attended-family-friends-including-travis-barker-haley-wood-article-1.383957 |title=DJ AM laid to rest; funeral attended by family and friends including Travis Barker, Haley Wood |last=Everett |first=Cristina |date=September 3, 2009 |work=New York Daily News |access-date=October 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171027111918/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/dj-laid-rest-funeral-attended-family-friends-including-travis-barker-haley-wood-article-1.383957 |archive-date=October 27, 2017 |url-status=live }} Wood made an emotional speech at the service, describing Goldstein as her soulmate.{{cite web |url=http://people.com/celebrity/girlfriends-heartbreaking-goodbye-to-dj-am/ |title=Girlfriend's Heartbreaking Goodbye to DJ AM |last=Wedemeyer |first=Jessica |date=September 4, 2009 |work=People |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171027115338/http://people.com/celebrity/girlfriends-heartbreaking-goodbye-to-dj-am/ |archive-date=October 27, 2017 |url-status=live }}

The scheduled debut air date for Gone Too Far had been October 5, 2009. After Goldstein's death, DiSanto acknowledged the possibility that placing Goldstein near other addicts helped contribute to his relapse.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/fashion/18djam.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170216234650/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/fashion/18djam.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0 |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |title=Dancing With Demons |last=Salkin |first=Allen |author-link=Allen Salkin |date=October 16, 2009 |work=The New York Times |access-date=February 16, 2017 |url-status=dead }} After debating whether to air the show in the wake of his death, MTV decided to debut it on October 12.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2009/10/05/mtv-dj-am-series-gone-too-far |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170216234834/http://ew.com/article/2009/10/05/mtv-dj-am-series-gone-too-far/ |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |title=MTV to air DJ AM documentary series 'Gone Too Far' |last=Greenblat |first=Leah |date=October 5, 2009 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=February 16, 2017 |url-status=dead }} His family stated: "It is our hope through airing this show that people will get to see the side of Adam that we knew and loved. The decision to air the show has been difficult, but we do this with the profound belief that it will inspire others to seek help".{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2009/10/09/dj-am-gone-too-far |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170216235120/http://ew.com/article/2009/10/09/dj-am-gone-too-far/ |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |title=DJ AM's 'Gone Too Far' trailer: Will you watch? |last=Stransky |first=Tanner |date=October 9, 2009 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=February 16, 2017 |url-status=live }} Favreau also consulted people close to Goldstein about whether the footage of him in Iron Man 2 should still be used; they agreed unanimously it should remain. Favreau said that following his death, "there was never any doubt" the film would be dedicated to him.

=Legacy=

The DJ AM Memorial Fund, an organization designed to help people struggling with drug addiction, was launched in his memory. In November 2009, 800 pairs of Goldstein's sneakers were listed on eBay to raise funds for the organization.{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/news/a186813/dj-ams-shoe-collection-to-be-sold-online/ |title=DJ AM's shoe collection to be sold online |last=Simpson |first=Oli |date=November 13, 2009 |work=Digital Spy |access-date=August 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170824025252/http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/news/a186813/dj-ams-shoe-collection-to-be-sold-online/ |archive-date=August 24, 2017 |url-status=live }} In August 2010, the fund made a donation to the Los Angeles' Phoenix House Academy to help rehab patients develop musical talents.{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a264447/dj-am-charity-helps-young-addicts/ |title=DJ AM charity 'helps young addicts' |last=Still |first=Jennifer |date=August 20, 2010 |work=Digital Spy |access-date=August 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170824023354/http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a264447/dj-am-charity-helps-young-addicts/ |archive-date=August 24, 2017 |url-status=live }} Goldstein's sister Lara, who founded the fund, died from cancer in May 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/news/a319882/dj-ams-sister-founder-of-memorial-fund-dies/ |title=DJ AM's sister, founder of memorial fund, dies |last=Rainey |first=Naomi |date=May 17, 2011 |work=Digital Spy |access-date=August 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170824023349/http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/news/a319882/dj-ams-sister-founder-of-memorial-fund-dies/ |archive-date=August 24, 2017 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2495480/dj-ams-sister-passes-away/ |title=DJ AM's Sister Passes Away |date=May 17, 2011 |publisher=MTV |access-date=August 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170824022758/http://www.mtv.com/news/2495480/dj-ams-sister-passes-away/ |archive-date=August 24, 2017 |url-status=dead }}

In August 2011, several DJs paid tribute to Goldstein at the Vanity Nightclub in the Las Vegas Hard Rock Casino, helping raise money for the fund.{{cite web |url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/shows/club-plans-tributes-dj-am |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140709061608/http://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/shows/club-plans-tributes-dj-am |archive-date=July 9, 2014 |title=Club plans tributes to DJ AM |last=Elfman |first=Doug |date=August 26, 2011 |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |access-date=February 17, 2017 |url-status=dead }} In May 2012, the eighth annual MusiCares benefit concert featured a special presentation commemorating the launch of the DJ AM Memorial Fund. Goldstein's mother, in conjunction with the fund, was reported to be assisting MusiCares in providing recovery services to addicts. Moby deejayed at the event in tribute to Goldstein.{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/dj-am-memorial-fund-launch-musicares-map-fund-benefit |title=DJ AM Memorial Fund To Launch at MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit |date=May 24, 2012 |publisher=Grammy Award |access-date=August 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170824023342/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/dj-am-memorial-fund-launch-musicares-map-fund-benefit |archive-date=August 24, 2017 |url-status=live }}

Goldstein posthumously won DJ of the Year at the 2009 BET Hip Hop Awards.{{cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ti-wins-bet-awards-from-jail-dj-am-wins-from-the-grave/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170216235708/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ti-wins-bet-awards-from-jail-dj-am-wins-from-the-grave/ |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |title=T.I. Wins BET Awards from Jail; DJ AM Wins From the Grave |last=Martinez |first=Edwcio |date=October 12, 2009 |work=CBS News |access-date=February 16, 2017 |url-status=live }} In October 2009 he was depicted in the South Park episode "Dead Celebrities", along with other celebrities who died in mid-2009.{{Cite web |last=DiNunno |first=Gina |title=South Park Mocks Dead Celebrities |work=TV Guide |date=October 8, 2009 |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/south-park-mocks-1010643.aspx |access-date=August 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170822024656/http://www.tvguide.com/news/south-park-mocks-1010643/ |archive-date=August 22, 2017 |url-status=live }} Eminem, who nearly died from a methadone overdose in late 2007, paid tribute to Goldstein on the 2010 song "Talkin' 2 Myself", rapping: "Rest in peace to DJ AM/'cause I know what it's like/I struggle with this shit every single day."{{cite journal| last =Eells| first =Josh| date =November 25, 2010| title =Eminem on the Road Back From Hell| journal =Rolling Stone| issue =1118| location =New York City| issn =0035-791X| url =https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/eminem-on-the-road-back-from-hell-20111017| access-date =July 22, 2015| url-status =live| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150706045849/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/eminem-on-the-road-back-from-hell-20111017| archive-date =July 6, 2015| df =mdy-all}}{{cite AV media | people =Eminem | date =June 18, 2010 | title =Recovery | medium =Studio album |publisher=Aftermath Entertainment/Shady Records/Interscope Records}} On the cover of Blink-182's 2011 album, Neighborhoods, "DJ AM" can be seen written on one of the buildings, as a memorial."10 Things You Need to Know About the New Blink Album". Kerrang!. August 2011. p. 6 Goldstein's death is also believed to have influenced the band's decision to retire their single, "Adam's Song", from their live performances until 2018.{{Cite news |title=The Legacy Of 'Adam's Song,' An Anthem To Darkness, Loss — And Recovery |language=en |work=NPR.org |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/10/04/653632962/blink-182-adam-song-american-anthem-darkness-loss-recovery |access-date=June 11, 2022 |archive-date=June 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611013727/https://www.npr.org/2018/10/04/653632962/blink-182-adam-song-american-anthem-darkness-loss-recovery |url-status=live }} Wolfgang Gartner and will.i.am pay tribute to DJ AM in their 2011 single "Forever," which includes a moment of silence for him.{{cite AV media | people =Wolfgang Gartner featuring will.i.am | date =October 19, 2011 | title ="Forever" | medium =Single |publisher=Ministry of Sound}} Macklemore mentions DJ AM in his 2016 song "Drug Dealer," along with several other notable deaths from drug use.{{cite AV media | people =Macklemore | date =October 11, 2016 | title ="Drug Dealer" | medium =Single |publisher=Macklemore}}

Footage of Goldstein and several other celebrities are featured in the documentary films Downtown Calling (2009),{{cite web |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2009/10/15/dj-am-and-james-chance-together-at-last-downtown-calling/ |title=DJ AM and James Chance, Together at Last: Downtown Calling |last=Baron |first=Zach |date=October 15, 2009 |work=The Village Voice |access-date=October 22, 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171022225555/https://www.villagevoice.com/2009/10/15/dj-am-and-james-chance-together-at-last-downtown-calling/ |archive-date=October 22, 2017 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/stewart-nusbaumer/calling-downtown_b_765747.html |title=Calling Downtown |last=Nusbaumer |first=Stewart |date=October 18, 2010 |work=HuffPost |access-date=October 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171022225722/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/stewart-nusbaumer/calling-downtown_b_765747.html |archive-date=October 22, 2017 |url-status=live }} and Electric Daisy Carnival Experience (2011).{{cite web |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/08/critics-notebook-a-peaceful-rave-hardly.html |title=Critic's notebook: 'Electric Daisy Carnival Experience' doc offers another view |last=Roberts |first=Randall |date=August 3, 2011 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=October 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171026204859/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/08/critics-notebook-a-peaceful-rave-hardly.html |archive-date=October 26, 2017 |url-status=live }} A documentary film about Goldstein titled As I AM: The Life and Times of DJ AM, was announced at the EDMbiz Conference on June 20, 2013.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/code/1567882/dj-am-documentary-trailer-debuts-at-edm-biz-conference |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170217002245/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/code/1567882/dj-am-documentary-trailer-debuts-at-edm-biz-conference |archive-date=February 17, 2017 |title=DJ AM Documentary Trailer Debuts at EDM Biz Conference |last1=McCarthy |first1=Zel |date=June 20, 2013 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 17, 2017 |url-status=live }} The film was directed by Kevin Kerslake and released in April 2015. Dennis Harvey of Variety called it an entertaining documentary, but thought, "there are some notable gaps left in the pic's posthumous understanding of DJ AM ... as its flashy surface doesn't always help us to understand the pure artistic soul he's depicted as here."{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/as-i-am-review-dj-am-1201485224/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170216232154/http://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/as-i-am-review-dj-am-1201485224/ |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |title=Film Review: 'As I AM: The Life and Times of DJ AM' |last=Harvey |first=Dennis |date=May 1, 2015 |work=Variety |access-date=February 16, 2017 |url-status=live }}

Discography

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With Crazy Town

  • The Gift of Game (1999){{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dj-am-mn0000652371/credits |title=DJ AM: Credits |work=AllMusic |access-date=October 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171026203037/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dj-am-mn0000652371/credits |archive-date=October 26, 2017 |url-status=live }}
  • The Brimstone Sluggers (2015), posthumously featured on the track "Born to Raise Hell"{{cite web |url=http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/album-stream-crazy-town-the-brimstone-sluggers/11788039 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160609152019/http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/album-stream-crazy-town-the-brimstone-sluggers/11788039 |archive-date=June 9, 2016 |title=Album Stream: Crazy Town 'The Brimstone Sluggers' |last=Sciarretto |first=Amy |date=August 28, 2015 |work=Artistdirect |access-date=February 16, 2017 |url-status=live }}

DJ Mixes

  • TRV$DJAM – Fix Your Face (2008){{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-barker27-2008aug27-story.html |title=Travis Barker in the remix |last=Lee |first=Chris |date=August 27, 2008 |work=Los Angeles Times |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171026220620/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-barker27-2008aug27-story.html |archive-date=October 26, 2017 |url-status=live }}
  • TRV$DJAM – Fix Your Face Vol. 2 (Coachella' 09) (2009){{cite web |url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/03/21/social-marketing-platform-promojam-raises-1-2m-from-golden-seeds-band-of-angels/ |title=Social Marketing Platform PromoJam Raises $1.2M From Golden Seeds, Band of Angels |last=Perez |first=Sarah |date=March 21, 2012 |work=TechCrunch |access-date=October 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171026221140/https://techcrunch.com/2012/03/21/social-marketing-platform-promojam-raises-1-2m-from-golden-seeds-band-of-angels/ |archive-date=October 26, 2017 |url-status=live }}

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2005, 2007

| The Simple Life

| Himself

| 2005 episode "Zoo". 2007 episode "Welcome to Camp Shawnee" (archive footage)

2005

| Punk'd

| Himself

| 1 Episode

rowspan="2"| 2006

| Entourage

| Himself

| 1 Episode

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

| Guest DJ (Himself)

| 1 Episode

2009

| Gone Too Far

| Himself

| 8 Episodes, host, also as writer, creator

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2009

| Downtown Calling

| Himself

| Documentary film

2010

| Iron Man 2

| Himself

| Feature film; dedicated to his memory

2011

|Electric Daisy Carnival Experience Film

|Himself

|Documentary film

2015

| As I AM: The Life and Times of DJ AM

| Himself

| Documentary film

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20160109005012/http://djam.com/ Official website] at Wayback Machine
  • [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=132025382 AP Obituary] in The New York Times
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