"Skrillex" is just the DJ / stage name for Sunny Moore, who used to be the singer /front man of that terrible emo-rock band, "From First To Last". Anyone remember them? They were honestly one of the worst bands of that era - they just copied "The Used". In fact, Sunny Moore wanted to be just like Bert McCracken of "The Used" so much, that he ended up damaging his vocal cords. So he quit that awful band and re-invented himself as "Skrillex". I wanted to hate it because I don't like Sunny Moore OR "From First to Worst", but it's amazing music and almost hard to believe Sunny Moore is the one making it.
Skrillex just released their 3rd album, "Recess". The debut album, "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites", was a HUGE commercial success and quickly became the face of electronic / dub step music with instant hit singles including the self titled tracks, "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites", "All I ask of You", "Kill Everybody" and of course, "With Your Friends". There isn't a bad song on this entire record. In 2012, "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" got 5 Grammy nominations and went home with 3 out of the 5! Then they released their sophomore album, "Bangarang" in 2013, which was also nominated for 3 Grammy's and won all 3! "Bangarang" is just 7 tracks of pure awesomeness, featuring such hit songs as "Bangarang" and "Breakin' a Sweat" (featuring The Doors!)
I wouldn't expect any nominations for this new record, not even an MTV Award - "Recess" is terrible......I give it 2/ 10.
Instead of back-to-back singles: it's back-to-back bullshit. It doesn't even sound like the same DJ ! I don't know what the deal is with my favorite bands & artists releasing sub-par 2nd and 3rd albums - WTF?
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