Skrillex Lyrics and Profile

Sonny John "Skrillex" Moore was born in January 1988 in Highland Park, Los Angeles. He was extremely interested in punk music as a young teenager, regularly attending gigs in local neighbourhoods. Due to bullying at school and emotional upheaval upon finding out he was adopted, he was home schooled for several years. Moore joined the band From First to Last in 2004, becoming the lead singer, and went on to record two studio albums, Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count and Heroine.

In 2007, having left to pursue his own musical interests, Moore joined the Alternative Press Tour, acting as a support to bands including The Rocket Summer and All Time Low. In 2009, Moore took the name Skrillex and released his my Name is Skrillex EP on his official MySpace page, where it was available for fans to download free of charge. He went on to release Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites, followed by More Monsters and Sprites in 2011, which turned out to be his year, as he was also nominated for five Grammy Awards. He won three of the awards - Best Dance/Electronica Album, Best Dance Recording and Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical. In December, Skrillex was named MTV's Electronic Dance Music Artist of the Year, marking the end of a bumper year of musical achievements.

Skrillex has since branched out from solo performing, teaming up with Diplo to create the group Jack Ü, and also formed the group Dog Blood alongside Boys Noize. He hit the gossip headlines for his rumoured relationship with singer Ellie Goulding, however they were said to have split in late 2012 due to problems arising from a long-distance relationship.