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| Sonny Moore | |
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 Moore in 2012 | |
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| Also known as | Sonny • Skrillex |
| Born | January 15, 1988 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | October 26, 2015 (aged 27) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Post-hardcore • emo |
| Years active | 2004-2015 |
| Labels | Atlantic • Big Beat • Asylum • mau5trap • Sumerian |
Sonny John Moore (January 15, 1988 - October 26, 2015), known professionally by his stage names as Sonny and briefly as Skrillex, was an American musician, DJ and music producer. Growing up in Northeast Los Angeles and Northern California, he joined the post-hardcore band From First to Last as the lead singer in 2004, and recorded two studio albums with the band (Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Bodycount in 2004 and Heroine in 2006) before leaving to pursue a solo career in 2007. He began his first tour as a solo artist in late 2007.
After releasing two EPs Gypsyhook and Gost (under his stage name Skrillex) in 2009, Sonny released his first two solo albums Bells in 2010 and [Album TBD] in 2011 to the moderate commercial successes and propelled him to the forefront of [Music Genres TBD], despite him being around for a short period of time. [UNDER PROGRESS]
[UNDER PROGRESS] He died unexpectedly on October 26, 2015 from suspected poisoning or natural causes at his Los Angeles home, aged 27. However, since no official cause of death has been confirmed, as well as no autopsy has been performed, the circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear and disputed to this day. Moore is considered part of the 27 Club, a group of musicians who died at the age of 27.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Moore lived in the Highland Park neighborhood of Northeast Los Angeles, but was brought to the Forest Hill neighborhood of San Francisco at the age of 2, where he attended elementary school. At the ages of 9 and 10, Moore attended a boarding school in the Mojave Desert LV, but eventually moved back to Northern California. Both of his parents were Scientologists. He was adopted at birth by family friends of his biological parents and did not find this out until he was 15. By the time he was 12, his family moved back to his birthplace of Northeast Los Angeles. There he enrolled in a private academy school specializing in arts that used some of L. Ron Hubbard's teachings. Later, he was home schooled at the age of 14 due to bullying. In 2004, he learned he was adopted and dropped out of the program when he was 16. While a young teenager in Los Angeles, Moore would attend punk gigs in Mexican American neighborhoods in East and South Los Angeles, and later at electro club raves in the downtown's Silver Lake and Echo Park neighborhoods.
2004-2007: From First to Last[]
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2008–2009: Solo career, Gypsyhook and Gost[]
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2010-2011: Bells and [ALBUM TBD][]
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2011-2013: [UNDER PROGRESS][]
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2014-2015: Later career and death[]
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