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Sonny Moore is an electronic musician from Los Angeles, California. In late fall of 2007 he embarked on the Team Sleep Tour with Team Sleep, Strata, and Monster In The Machine. After recruiting a new band lineup, Moore toured North America on the Alternative Press Tour, supporting bands such as All Time Low and The Rocket Summer, among others. In June, 2008 Moore went into recording his debut album, tentatively titled Bells alongside producer Noah Shain, expected to be released fall 2008.

Childhood

Born on January 15, 1988 in Los Angeles, California, Moore was raised by two adoptive parents. After moving to San Francisco when he was two, Moore received his first guitar which he would write songs on throughout his childhood. At age twelve, Moore's family moved back to Los Angeles, where he started attending local concerts. ^[1]

With From First To Last

At age 15, Moore contacted Matt Good of From First To Last about playing guitar for the band on their latest record. After flying out to Georgia, Moore sang backup vocals on the track Featuring Some of Your Favorite Words and was then made lead singer, with Good playing guitar. In June 2004, Epitaph Records released the band's debut full-length record, Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count. After performing on several successful tours, such as the Vans Warped Tour and Dead By Dawn tour, they began recording their sophomore album, Heroine with producer Ross Robinson. The album was released in March 2006 on Capitol Records. With high record sales once again, the band found themselves on many tours with bands such as Chiodos and Atreyu. Then Moore started suffering from vocal problems, causing the band to drop out of several tours. After going through a successful surgical procedure, Moore informed the band he would be permanently resigning to work on a solo career. The band released a self-titled record the following year, this time with Good on vocals and guitar. ^[2]

Solo Career

In February, 2007 Moore launched a Myspace page displaying three demos (Signal, Equinox, and Glow Worm). This led to Moore's first performance since his departure from From First To Last. On April 7, 2007, alongside harpist Carol Robbins, Moore played several original songs at a local art building. Clips of this performance can be viewed on Moore's Myspace.

After many months of releasing demos via Myspace, Moore played on the Team Sleep Tour with a full live band (most of whom joined with him on the AP tour). Moore made several demo CD's available on this tour, limited to about 30 per show. These CD's were tour exclusive, and were packaged in "baby blue envelopes", each with a unique drawing by Moore or a bandmate.

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 were featured on the cover of Alternative Press Magazine's annual 100 Bands You Need To Know special, and were interviewed on the Alternative Press Podcast. During this tour Moore's lineup consisted of Sean Friday on drums, Christopher Null on guitar, and Aaron Rothe (ex Drop Dead, Gorgeous) on keyboard. ^[3]

On May 17, 2008, Moore performed his first headlining set with Io Echo, Dead Sara, and Endless Hallway. The show was held in Los Angeles, California at Knitting Factory. ^[4] Currently, Moore is working on his debut album, Bells, which is set to be released fall, 2008. The album is being produced by Noah Shain. On July 17, Moore posted a new instrumental track called Float It, and a blog entry explaining the record's progress.

Notes And References

External Links

Sonny Sound - Moore's official Myspace page
Alternative Press Tour AP Tour page
Sonny Moore Fan - Sonny Moore fansite

[1] ttp://sonnymoore.org/sonny/biography.php

[2] ttp://fromfirsttolast.com/main_band.php

[3] ttp://www.altpress.com/specials/theaptour/

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 '''Sonny Moore''' is an electronic musician from Los Angeles, California. In late fall of 2007 he embarked on the Team Sleep Tour with [[Team Sleep]], [[Strata]], and [[Monster In The Machine]]. After recruiting a new band lineup, Moore toured North America on the Alternative Press Tour, supporting bands such as [[All Time Low]] and [[The Rocket Summer]], among others. In June, 2008 Moore went into recording his debut album, tentatively titled ''Bells'' alongside producer Noah Shain, expected to be released fall 2008.
 ==Childhood==
-Born on January 15, 1988 in Los Angeles, California, Moore was raised by two adoptive parents. After moving to San Francisco when he was two, Moore received his first guitar which he would write songs on throughout his childhood. At age twelve, Moore's family moved back to Los Angeles, where he started attending local concerts and sucking tons of horse dique.  <ref> http://sonnymoore.org/sonny/biography.php </ref>
+Born on January 15, 1988 in Los Angeles, California, Moore was raised by two adoptive parents. After moving to San Francisco when he was two, Moore received his first guitar which he would write songs on throughout his childhood. At age twelve, Moore's family moved back to Los Angeles, where he started attending local concerts.  <ref> http://sonnymoore.org/sonny/biography.php </ref>
 ==With From First To Last==