10 iconic Moby moments

Aside from Moby’s musical ability, his outspoken personality often takes the spotlight, so it’s little news to anyone that he’s a vegan and an advocate for animal rights. With this in mind, his restaurant Little Pine in Los Angeles is a landmark for his culinary and moral vision.The restaurant focuses on Mediterranean-style cuisine to craft organic and vegan dishes. To add to the all-encompassing animal rights establishment, all profits go directly to animal welfare organizations. Little Pine wasn’t Moby’s first venture into the culinary world, as he co-owned Teany in New York City, but it offered an intimate snapshot into his lifestyle like never before.

Although he took DJ gigs and performed acoustic sets, Moby’s live performances tailed off during the years following 2011’s album ‘Destroyed’. Then in 2013 a new album surfaced titled ‘Innocents’, and a subsequent three date tour was announced the following year. All three shows on the tour took place at The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, with the first half of the set consisting of new music and the second half taking listeners on a journey through his extensive catalogue. This retrospective approach showcased scope of his influential career, and is one he would lean on in the years to come.

With a career spanning decades, multiple genres and motifs, Moby certainly has plenty of stories to tell. In 2016 he published many of these in his booked titled Porcelain: A Memoir, which featured various tales from the 90s. That said, it was a time before he truly reached mainstream success, so it revealed more regarding the formative years and his interactions with celebrities and other influential figures. The book was well received by the general public and critics due to its raw and revealing nature. Drugs, sex parties and raves were a big part of his life and he doesn’t hold back from sharing every detail. If there was any doubt that Moby isn’t a true badass, this book puts that to rest.