this artist successfully made the move
from hardcore to dancefloor
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
taking a look at the musical origins of
Skrillex Sonny John Moore was born
January 15 1988 and raised in San
Francisco California when he was 12 his
family moved back to his birthplace of
Los Angeles where he spent a few years
attending a performing arts school in
his mid-teens he dropped out and learned
he was adopted during this period Moore
also frequented underground punk rock
concerts and electro club raves
these two styles later influenced his
musical career in 2004 he auditioned to
be a guitarist for the post hardcore
band from first to last
but was recruited as lead singer instead
their full-length debut dear diary my
teen angst has a body count drop that
same year that metal hardcore punk and
emo effort placed within the top 20 of
the Billboard Heatseekers albums chart
following several successful tours from
first to last released heroine in 2006
when that record sold over 200,000 units
it became the band’s best-selling album
and even reached the 25th position on
the Billboard 200 they soon signed with
major label Capitol Records and took
part in a series of profitable tours
however things took a turn for the worse
more contracted health issues that
required vocal cord surgeries and
eventually force the band off the road
ironically that turned out to be a
blessing in disguise for this young
musician in 2007 more left from first to
last to focus on his solo career he then
began releasing demo songs online and
playing gigs with a full band on several
tours within two years he released his
first digital EP gypsy hook under the
name Sonny more that year he also
performed under the band name Sonny and
the blood monkeys I’m Sonny I’m Joe the
blood monkey and you’re watching the DJ
raw stars punk rock show meanwhile Moore
began producing music for himself and
for other artists he made his debut as
electronic music producer Skrillex in
2010 with the release of the dubstep EP
my name is Skrillex that same year he
worked with metal core group Bring Me
The Horizon and toured with deadmau5
Skrillex was also signed to the popular
house DJ and producers label mousetrap
records and it was that outfit that
released scary monsters and nice sprites
that dubstep EP managed to chart within
the top 50 of the Billboard 200
and was eventually certified gold
it also helps put Skrillex on the
mainstream radar Skrillex followed his
second release with his first remix
album more monsters and sprites this
2011 EP included the single first of the
year Equinox
which was accompanied by a Grammy
nominated music video also in 2011
Skrillex launched his own label and
collaborated with artists such as new
metal band Korn electro house duo night
party and DJ producer cascade by the end
of that year
Skrillex released bangarang that EP
featured collaborations with artists
like The Doors kill the noise and Ellie
Goulding not only did it managed to
reach the Billboard 200 top 20 it also
topped the Billboard dance electronic
albums chart in 2012 the industry and
the mainstream took notice of this
up-and-comer when he was awarded three
Grammy Awards at the 54th annual
ceremony
unfortunately that recognition also
earned him the ire of the underground
and he was labeled by some as the most
hated man in dubstep
despite that he was still considered one
of the most exciting new acts to debut
in years and he continued touring
producing for other artists and
releasing new music even though he’s
relatively new to the genre Skrillex his
ability as a dubstep electro house
producer is apparent he is ranked among
the best in the biz and is often
compared to electronic music
heavyweights like David Guetta and
deadmau5 with his impressive resume and
awards already piling up Skrillex is
most certainly a force to be reckoned
with
from hardcore to dancefloor
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
taking a look at the musical origins of
Skrillex Sonny John Moore was born
January 15 1988 and raised in San
Francisco California when he was 12 his
family moved back to his birthplace of
Los Angeles where he spent a few years
attending a performing arts school in
his mid-teens he dropped out and learned
he was adopted during this period Moore
also frequented underground punk rock
concerts and electro club raves
these two styles later influenced his
musical career in 2004 he auditioned to
be a guitarist for the post hardcore
band from first to last
but was recruited as lead singer instead
their full-length debut dear diary my
teen angst has a body count drop that
same year that metal hardcore punk and
emo effort placed within the top 20 of
the Billboard Heatseekers albums chart
following several successful tours from
first to last released heroine in 2006
when that record sold over 200,000 units
it became the band’s best-selling album
and even reached the 25th position on
the Billboard 200 they soon signed with
major label Capitol Records and took
part in a series of profitable tours
however things took a turn for the worse
more contracted health issues that
required vocal cord surgeries and
eventually force the band off the road
ironically that turned out to be a
blessing in disguise for this young
musician in 2007 more left from first to
last to focus on his solo career he then
began releasing demo songs online and
playing gigs with a full band on several
tours within two years he released his
first digital EP gypsy hook under the
name Sonny more that year he also
performed under the band name Sonny and
the blood monkeys I’m Sonny I’m Joe the
blood monkey and you’re watching the DJ
raw stars punk rock show meanwhile Moore
began producing music for himself and
for other artists he made his debut as
electronic music producer Skrillex in
2010 with the release of the dubstep EP
my name is Skrillex that same year he
worked with metal core group Bring Me
The Horizon and toured with deadmau5
Skrillex was also signed to the popular
house DJ and producers label mousetrap
records and it was that outfit that
released scary monsters and nice sprites
that dubstep EP managed to chart within
the top 50 of the Billboard 200
and was eventually certified gold
it also helps put Skrillex on the
mainstream radar Skrillex followed his
second release with his first remix
album more monsters and sprites this
2011 EP included the single first of the
year Equinox
which was accompanied by a Grammy
nominated music video also in 2011
Skrillex launched his own label and
collaborated with artists such as new
metal band Korn electro house duo night
party and DJ producer cascade by the end
of that year
Skrillex released bangarang that EP
featured collaborations with artists
like The Doors kill the noise and Ellie
Goulding not only did it managed to
reach the Billboard 200 top 20 it also
topped the Billboard dance electronic
albums chart in 2012 the industry and
the mainstream took notice of this
up-and-comer when he was awarded three
Grammy Awards at the 54th annual
ceremony
unfortunately that recognition also
earned him the ire of the underground
and he was labeled by some as the most
hated man in dubstep
despite that he was still considered one
of the most exciting new acts to debut
in years and he continued touring
producing for other artists and
releasing new music even though he’s
relatively new to the genre Skrillex his
ability as a dubstep electro house
producer is apparent he is ranked among
the best in the biz and is often
compared to electronic music
heavyweights like David Guetta and
deadmau5 with his impressive resume and
awards already piling up Skrillex is
most certainly a force to be reckoned
with
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