2. Skrillex
• Sonny John Moore (born January 15, 1988),
better known by his stage name Skrillex, is an
American EDM producer, DJ, singer and
songwriter. Growing up in Northeast Los Angeles
and in Northern California, Sonny Moore joined
the American post-hardcore band From First to
Last as the lead singer in 2004, and recorded two
studio albums with the band before leaving to
pursue a solo career in 2007. He began his first
tour as a solo artist in late 2007.
3. Bangarang Goodwins Analysis
• 'Bangarang'is a song that fits into the dubstep genre. A typical characteristic of dubstep music
videos and a feel of the music is that it is commonly quite dark. In the 'Bangarang' video this is
shown by a performance of children that grow into adults and commits crimes such as theft from
the ice cream man and later robbery from a truck with money in.
• Dubstep is usually instrumental with no lyrics. This therefore means that the video has nothing to
link to and usually shows whatever the music video producer wants to as long as it fits in with
Dubstep characteristics (dark- crime, violence etc.). In the music video 'Bangarang' the lyrics say
'shout to all my lost boys' and at the beginning of the video it shows 3 different boys all out on the
streets with lots of dogs which suggests they do not belong to a family or a home so they are
'lost'. It also says 'we rowdy' which is illustrated through they 3 boys then becoming chaotic and
causing problems for the old man.
• The music is fast which links in with what the boys are doing in the video; running around, trying
not to get caught and causing troubles. It is filled with energy just like the boys in the video are,
and the boys have a lot of adrenaline.
• The artist Skrillex never actually appears in the video but there are visuals used which may have
been recommended by the label. For example, there is a storyline which causes the person
watching the video to carry on watching to see what is going on and how it ends (a bit like a
book). This is a motif of Skrillex's- to create a story to go along with the music instead of having
close-ups and shots of him.
• Skrillex does not often have music videos for his music but when he does there is no visual effects,
his videos are simple and have simple story's that the audience will understand and be able to
follow.
• There are no intertextual references within Skrillex's videos, all the stories told are made simply to
