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Trivia
Birth name: Richard Melville Hall
Date of birth: 11 September 1965
Place of birth: New York, New York, USA
Credited As: Richard 'Moby' Hall, Richard Hall
Height: 5' 3" (1.60 m)
Well known techno artist. His music was
included on many soundtrack albums, including: Cool World (1992), Heat
(1995), Scream (1996), The Saint (1997), The Jackal (1997) and Tomorrow
Never Dies (1997). In 1997 he released the album of his film music
called "I Like To Score".
Descendant of Herman Melville, author of
"Moby Dick" - that's where his pseudonym comes from.
He is a strict vegan.
Gave the speech inducting Steely Dan into
the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Every track off of Moby's 1999 album
"Play" was used either in a television commercial or on a
movie soundtrack (including "Any Given Sunday"). Moby's music
is not generally viable for radio singles, so he felt he needed to get
his music heard by the masses somehow, doing so has helped
"Play" become his most commercially successful album to date.
Releases his album '18', which comes with 18
collectible art cards designed by Moby himself in all amazon.com
pre-orders. [May 14, 2002]
Directors for his music videos include Nick
Brandt, Roman Coppola, Wayne Isham, David LaChappelle, Joseph Kahn, Mike
Mills and Jonas Åkerlund.
Owns a vegan restaurant in New York City
called "TeaNY".
Contributes "Nearer" to the "Warchild
Hope" album (released 21 April 2003).
A member of animal welfare group Peta.
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