Moby is the stage name of Richard Melville Hall. He was born on September 11, 1965 in Harlem, New York. Moby started playing music when he was nine years old, originally studying classical guitar and music theory, and eventually learning piano and drums. From 1982 to 1985 Moby was in a hardcore punk band called the Vatican Commandos, who released an EP called Hit Squad for God. He was also in a Joy Division-inspired post-punk group called AWOL, who released an eponymous album in 1983. After years of pursuing a record deal he signed a recording contract with Instinct Records in 1989. His first single for Instinct was "Mobility," but it was the second single, "Go," a progressive house track using the string line from "Laura Palmer’s Theme" from the TV drama Twin Peaks, which reached the UK top ten in October 1991 and earned him his first appearance on Top of the Pops. In 1993 Moby signed with Mute Records and released an EP entitled Move. He then released his first album, Everything Is Wrong, on Mute Records in 1995. He followed this up in early 1996 with the double album Everything Is Wrong-Mixed and Remixed. In 1996 he released a punk rock album called Animal Rights and toured Europe with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Soundgarden. Moby has since released six albums.
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