Growing up in California and going to punk and hardcore gigs with his Mexican
friends, Sonny Moore (born 15 January 1988 in Los Angeles) ran away at 15 years
old after discovering he was adopted and ended up fronting US emo rockers From
First to Last. A love of car park raves, Daft Punk and Warp Records' industrial
dance beats led to him DJing under the name Twipz before working as a programmer
for Canadian producer Deadmau5. Driven by a DIY, independent spirit and a fierce
work ethic, he performed at over 300 shows in a year, creating big slices of
crashing, screaming dubstep an...