Moby was born in new york city, but grew up in connecticut,
where he started making music when he was 9 years old. he started out playing
classical guitar and studied music theory, and then went on to play with
seminal connecticut hardcore punk group 'the vatican commandoes' when he was
14. he then played with post-punk band 'awol' while studying philosophy at the
university of connecticut and suny purchase. he started dj'ing while attending
college, and was a fixture in the late 80's new york house and hip-hop scenes,
dj'ing at clubs such as mars, red zone, mk, and the palladium.He released
his first single, 'go' in 1991(listed as one of rolling stones best records of all time), and has been making albums ever
since. his own records have sold over 20,000,000 copies worldwide, and he's
also produced and remixed scores of other artists, including david bowie,
metallica, the beastie boys, public enemy, among others.He has toured tirelessly,
playing well over 3,000 concerts in his career, and has also had his music used
in hundreds of different films, including 'heat', 'any given sunday', 'tomorrow
never dies', and 'the beach', among others.Moby works closely with a variety of
different charities, including the humane society and the institute for music
and neurologic function, and in 2007 he launched 'mobygratis', which provides
free music for independent film makers.Moby's latest album and photography
book, both titled 'destroyed', were released in may 2011 through Moby's label
'little idiot' and damiani publishing.Listen song here:YouTube
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