**Exhibit 31.1**

 

CERTIFICATION

 

I, Jonathan V. Diamond,certify that:

 

1.             I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB/A forthe fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 of ARTISTdirect, Inc.;

 

2.             Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain anyuntrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessaryto make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which suchstatements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by thisreport;

 

3.             Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, andother financial information included in this report, fairly present in allmaterial respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flowsof the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.             The small business issuer’s other certifying officer andI are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls andprocedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for thesmall business issuer and we have:

 

(a)           Designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designedunder our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to thesmall business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made knownto us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in whichthis report is being prepared;

 

(b)           Evaluated the effectiveness of thesmall business issuer’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented inthis report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controlsand procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based onsuch evaluation; and

 

(c)           Disclosed in this report any changein the small business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting thatoccurred during the small business issuer’s most recent fiscal quarter (thesmall business issuer ‘s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report)that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, thesmall business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.             The small business issuer’s other certifying officer andI have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the small businessissuer’s and the audit committee of small business issuer’s board of directors(or persons performing the equivalent function):

 

(a)           All significant deficiencies in thedesign or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the smallbusiness issuer’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financialdata and have identified for the registrant’s auditors any material weaknessesin internal controls; and

 

(b)           Any fraud, whether or not material,that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the smallbusiness issuer s internal controls.

 
| Date:       April 20, 2006 | By:    | /s/ JONATHAN V. DIAMOND        |   |
|----------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------------------------------|--------|
|                                                     |   | Jonathan V. Diamond            |
|                                                     |   | Chief Executive Officer        |
|                                                     |   | (Principal Executive  Officer) |

 

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