“There's not a night that passes when that doesn't still sting”: When Skrillex shared with us his anger at having four years of his work stolen

Skrillex.

Now regarded as something of an elder statesman of electronic music, dubstep heavyweight Skrillex was once a promising young upstart, bringing his vivid high-octane bangers to increasingly bigger crowds as the 2010s got going.

Born Sonny Moore, the young Skrillex transitioned from the post-hardcore punk scene into electronic music at the outset of the '10s, with his first (MySpace-based) release under the Skrillex monicker (My Name is Skrillex) introducing the world to his new creative persona.