2004–2007: From First to Last In 2004, Moore contacted
Matt Good of
From First to Last about playing guitar for the band on their debut album. After flying out to
Georgia, Moore was heard singing by three studio producers, Derrick Thomas, Eric Dale, and McHale Butler, and was then made lead singer, with Good playing guitar. In June 2004,
Epitaph Records released the band'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 being the
Vans Warped Tour and Dead by Dawn tour, they began recording their second album,
Heroine with producer
Ross Robinson. The album was released in March 2006 on
Epitaph. With high record sales once again, the band found themselves part of many successful tours, until Moore started suffering vocal problems, causing the band to resign from several tours. After going through a successful vocal surgical procedure, Moore informed the band he would be permanently resigning to work on a solo career. FFTL's last show performed with Moore was in their hometown of
Orlando at The House of Blues while touring with
Atreyu. Moore announced he had left From First to Last to pursue a solo career. He then launched a Myspace page displaying three demos ("Signal", "Equinox", and "Glow Worm"). This led to Moore's first performance since his leaving From First to Last. On April 7, 2007, alongside harpist Carol Robbins, Moore played several original songs at a local art building. After months of releasing demos via Myspace, Moore played on the
Team Sleep Tour with a full band. The tour also featured supporting acts
Monster in the Machine and
Strata. Moore made several demo CDs available on this tour, limited to about 30 per show. These CDs were tour exclusive and were packaged in "baby blue envelopes", each with a unique drawing by Moore or bandmate.
2008–2013: Solo career and extended plays In February 2008,
Alternative Press Magazine announced the second annual AP Tour, with
All Time Low,
The Rocket Summer,
The Matches, and
Forever the Sickest Kids, as well as Sonny Moore. The tour started in Houston, Texas on March 14 and went through North America, ending in
Cleveland, Ohio on May 2, with the majority of the shows being sold out. All bands playing the tour would be featured on the cover of
Alternative Press Magazines annual 100 Bands You Need to Know special, and would be interviewed on the
Alternative Press Podcast. During this tour, Moore's line-up consisted of Sean Friday on drums, Christopher Null on guitar, and Aaron Rothe on keyboards. On April 7, 2009, he released
Gypsyhook, a digital
EP, which featured three songs and four remixes. Also included was "海水" ("Kaisui"), a Japanese version of "Mora". Physical copies of the EP were available at his shows. After going on tour with
Innerpartysystem and
Paper Route and opening for
Chiodos on their European tour, Moore performed at Bamboozle on May 2. He performed on Bamboozle Left's Saints and Sinners stage on April 4. He toured with
Hollywood Undead in April 2009 performing under the band name "Sonny and the Blood Monkeys", with Chris Null (electric guitar), Sean Friday (drums, percussion, and beats) and Aaron Rothe (keyboards, synthesizers, programming, and turntables). Moore stated in 2010 that the album
Bells would not be released. In 2008, Moore began producing and performing under the alias "Skrillex" at clubs in the Los Angeles area. The name, according to Moore, has no meaning and was "a stupid old online
AOL screen name". Previously, he had been known on the Internet as
Twipz. On June 7, 2010, Moore released his official Skrillex debut EP,
My Name Is Skrillex, as a free download. Moore provided programming and vocals for UK
metalcore band
Bring Me the Horizon on their third studio album, ''
There Is a Hell Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven Let's Keep It a Secret. Later in the year, Sonny began a nationwide tour with Deadmau5 after being signed to Mau5trap recordings and released his second EP, Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites''. ,
Zedd, and Skrillex performing at
SXSW in March 2012 Moore kicked off the "Project Blue Book Tour" in 2011 with support from
Porter Robinson, Tommy Lee and DJ Aero as well as appearances from Sofia Toufa for a new song, "Bring Out the Devil". Skrillex unveiled several new songs on this tour including "First of the Year (Equinox)", "Reptile", and "Cinema" (remix of a
Benny Benassi track). "Reptile" was featured in the TV commercial for
Mortal Kombat 9, and "First of the Year (Equinox)" is featured on
More Monsters and Sprites, his follow-up EP and remix companion to
Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites. In April 2011,
Spin premiered "Get Up", an exclusive new track from
Korn that was produced by Skrillex. Korn made the track available for free download via their Facebook page. On April 15, 2011, KoRn joined Skrillex on stage for his set at Coachella 2011. On April 18, 2011,
Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEA) development studio
Naughty Dog released a trailer for the multiplayer component of their
PlayStation 3 game ''
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, featuring "Kill EVERYBODY" from Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites''. In June 2011,
More Monsters and Sprites was released on
Beatport, an EP consisting of three original tracks, including "First of the Year (Equinox)" and two versions of his original track "Ruffneck". The track "Ruffneck Bass" had been leaked on the internet months prior which used the same sample as in the new "Ruffneck" tracks on the EP. Skrillex released a music video for "Rock n' Roll (Will Take You to the Mountain)" on his official
YouTube page on June 20, 2011. On August 17, 2011, he announced his label,
Owsla. The label's first releases came from Bristol-based dubstep producers
KOAN Sound, then-electro-house producer
Porter Robinson from
North Carolina, singer-songwriter
Alvin Risk, and San Francisco-based
M Machine. On August 19, 2011, Skrillex released a music video for "First of the Year (Equinox)" via Spin.com. In late August 2011, it was announced that he would be appearing in
Knife Party's first release, collaborating on "Zoology", a
Moombahton style track. A preview was released on YouTube. In late September 2011, he created the track "Syndicate" as promotion for the video game
of the same name.
Kaskade's 2011 album
Fire & Ice features "Lick It", a collaboration between Kaskade and Skrillex. The video for Skrillex's song "
First of the Year (Equinox)" appears on the first episode of the
Beavis and Butt-Head revival. In August 2011, Skrillex gave a statement to
RockSound Magazine that he would have an album released likely by September after a photoshoot for the cover and doing an extensive interview for them on his tour. On December 21, 2011, Skrillex unveiled the
Bangarang EP for a Beatport release on December 23. On August 12, 2012, his new side-project formed with
Boys Noize called
Dog Blood released an EP called
Next Order/Middle Finger. On November 6, 2012, Skrillex released a limited edition triple vinyl box set. Skrillex composed the song "Bug Hunt" for the 2012 animated film
Wreck-It Ralph, as well as making a brief cameo as a DJ in the film's first act. In December 2012, "Make It Bun Dem," a ReggaeEDM track featuring Damian Marley, was used in as a looped variant during the single-player mission 'Kick the Hornets Nest' in the video game
Far Cry 3. He composed the score for
Spring Breakers with
Cliff Martinez. In 2012, Skrillex formed
Dog Blood with
Boys Noize. Their debut single, consisting of the songs "Next Order" and "Middle Finger
", was released on August 12, 2012, on
Beatport and
iTunes. The song "Next Order" managed to top Beatport's Techno chart. In 2013, Skrillex formed a duo with
Diplo called
Jack Ü. Jack Ü's debut performance took place at the Mad Decent Block Party in San Diego on September 15, 2013, which is a nationwide tour that record label Mad Decent puts together to showcase artists signed to the label. Diplo announced the project by releasing the Mad Decent Block Party lineup with Jack Ü playing at multiple stops on the tour. After some guessing by many of who Jack Ü was, Diplo finally came out to reveal that "Jack Ü ... means Skrillex and Diplo together". On January 2, 2013, he released his 7th EP,
Leaving, on the OWSLA subscription service, Nest IV. He later released the single "
Try It Out" with
Alvin Risk. On March 7, 2014, an app titled
Alien Ride was put up on
Apple's App Store, containing a secret folder with 11 hidden objects and a countdown ending March 10 at 6:30 p.m. EST. Moore's Web site was updated with the app's picture on the front page and it was later revealed that the folder contains
Google Play and
iTunes URLs, which eventually were revealed to be 11 new songs available to stream that comprised his debut LP, titled
Recess. The album was made available for pre-order at midnight and was released on March 18, 2014.
2016–2022: Collaborations and return to From First to Last In 2016, Skrillex collaborated with the
K-pop girl group
4Minute. The first track, "Hate", was composed and arranged by Skrillex. On January 15, 2017, Moore tweeted "Happy Birthday" with a link to a new From First to Last song which featured Moore on vocals. He later joined the band in Emo Nite LA for the first time in nearly a decade. In 2017, he released the songs "Chicken Soup" with Habstrakt, "
Would You Ever" with
Poo Bear, "Saint Laurent" with DJ Sliink and
Wale and "
Favor" with
Vindata and NSTASIA. In July 2018, Skrillex teased fans by collaborating with
Missy Elliott on a snippet nicknamed "ID", released in 2023 as RATATA. On July 28, 2018, Skrillex collaborated with Japanese musician
Yoshiki for performances of "
Endless Rain" and "Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites" at
Fuji Rock Festival in
Niigata, Japan. On October 8, 2018, Skrillex uploaded a photo to Twitter showcasing a collaboration between him and English DJ and producer
Joyryde, later posting a video teaser of the song to
Instagram. The collaboration, "
Agen Wida", was officially released on October 19, 2018. On October 25, 2018, the single "
Arms Around You", a collaboration between
XXXTentacion and
Lil Pump featuring
Maluma and
Swae Lee, was released; the song was produced by Skrillex alongside Mally Mall and
JonFX. Skrillex,
Poo Bear, and Japanese-American singer
Hikaru Utada collaborated on "
Face My Fears", an opening song for the video game
Kingdom Hearts III. The single was released on January 18, 2019. On July 18, 2019, Skrillex released a two-track EP,
Show Tracks, consisting of "Fuji Opener" featuring Alvin Risk and "Mumbai Power" featuring rapper Beam. Later that year, Skrillex made an appearance at
The Warehouse Project in
Manchester alongside
Four Tet and
Jon Hopkins. On October 27, 2021, Skrillex performed his first solo set in the U.S. since the beginning of the pandemic at
Avant Gardner in Brooklyn, New York. Throughout 2021 and 2022, Skrillex released various singles including "
Butterflies", "
In da Getto" and "
Don't Go".
2023: Quest for Fire and ''Don't Get Too Close'' In January 2023, Moore posted a short video to social media teasing the release of his long-anticipated follow-up to his 2014 album,
Recess. He subsequently announced that the lead single "
Rumble", featuring
Flowdan and
Fred Again would be released on January 4. On February 13, 2023, Skrillex released the single "Don't Get Too Close". He is separately credited as "Sonny Moore" on the title track of his second 2023 album, and is featured as a vocalist for the first time since 2015's
Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü. On February 17, 2023, Skrillex released his second album,
Quest For Fire, featuring a mix of pre-released singles and new songs, containing a range of genres with artists such as
Flowdan,
Porter Robinson and
Fred Again credited. Critical reception was generally positive, with Ben Jolley for
NME writing that "[Skrillex's] return largely lives up to the hype" by "often channel[ing] nostalgia", yet also commenting that "the album lacks a clear narrative or overarching theme". On February 18, 2023, while performing at a sold out
Madison Square Garden venue with
Four Tet and
Fred Again, Skrillex released his third studio album, ''
Don't Get Too Close,
less than two days after the release of Quest For Fire
.
On April 19, Skrillex posted a tweet teasing two further albums for release in 2023: Contra
and Skrlx''.
2024–present: Ninth Grammy Award and collaborations In February 2024, Skrillex won his ninth Grammy Award for the collaborative single "Rumble". In May 2024, Skrillex, Taichu and Hamdi collaborated on the single "Push". On April 1, 2025, Skrillex released an album mix titled "FUS" to email subscribers through a
Dropbox link. Later the same day the album was released to streaming services as
Fuck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!! <3. Following the release of the album, tickets for his May show at
Red Rocks were sold out within minutes, leading him to address the problem of
ticket scalping on the social media platform
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