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 Sonny John Moore (born January 15, 1988), better known as Skrillex, is a DJ and electronic music producer best known for being the poster boy of dubstep. He's also a great name to drop if you want to send someone off on an angry tangent or make a new best friend.Born in Los Angeles, California, Moore was raised by two adoptive parents, Scott and Francis Moore. He began writing music when he was 9, after receiving a guitar from his father as a gift. At age 12, he started attending local concerts, primarily as a way to make friends and socialize, as he was homeschooled. Moore started several bands around this time before joining the screamo/metalcore band From First to Last when he was 16. He was originally slated to play guitar for the band but was changed to lead singer after he was heard singing by studio producers.In June 2004, Epitaph Records released FFTL's first full-length record with their new bandmate, Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count. After performing on several successful tours (two of which being the Vans Warped Tour and Dead By Dawn tour), they began recording their second album (with former Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland playing bass), Heroine, released in March 2006. The album garnered high sales and, once again, the band found themselves in another slew of tours. Unfortunately, Moore started suffering vocal problems, causing FFTL to resign from touring. After going through a successful surgical procedure, Moore informed the band in 2007 that he would be permanently resigning to work on a solo career. (He returned to the band in 2017.)Moore would spend the next few months releasing demos under his real name via MySpace. He toured with a few bands and contributed to Wes Borland's Black Light Burns project, but never really made it big under his solo work, though he continued to make music with various bands into 2009.In 2008, Moore began deejaying under the name Skrillex at clubs in the Los Angeles area, and released his official debut EP, My Name is Skrillex, in 2010 as a free download. Later in the year, he began a nationwide tour with deadmau5 after being signed to his label mau5trap and released his second EP, Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites. His first full album as Skrillex, Recess, was released in 2014; his next album, Quest for Fire, was released in 2023, with another album (Don't Get Too Close) being surprise-released two days later. In the nine-year interim, he also became known for his work on several side projects such as Dog Blood (with fellow producer Boys Noize) and Jack Ü (with another fellow producer, Diplo).He also composed the opening song for Kingdom Hearts III, "Face My Fears", and has produced music for several prominent artists including Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey, Lady Gaga, FKA twigs, and Beyoncé.Skrillex's current music tends to have a very light-versus-dark vibe to it, often created by bright melodies contrasting with harsh bass drops, and spans many sub-genres of electronic music. Some hail him as a new wave of electronic music, bringing in fresh fans and faces, while others claim that he changed it and now it sucks, especially in regards to his dubstep material. Has Skrillex simply altered the landscape of EDM, or has he destroyed it? Only time will tell.By the way, according to him, his alias is just a childhood nickname that doesn't really mean anything.
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