Kaskade Shares Incredible Story Of How He May Have Met Skrillex 14 Years Ago
During a series of tweets on June 8th, the DJ and producer Skrillex talked about being 16 on tour with his previous band From First To Last. During his time in Salt Lake City, Skrillex met a guy running the a record shop called Mechanized that was “super nice and eager to play” records for him.
Kaskade responded shortly after saying that it was his record store that he owned and operated while in college. “You are blowing my mind,” said Kaskade. “This very well could have been me, except I was snobby.”
Since the story has gone viral, many people have chimed in saying how insane the chances are of this happening.
Read the full conversation below.
I was 16 on tour with my band From First To Last playing Salt Lake City. there was a record store next door called “Mechanized” (RIP). The guy running the shop was super nice & eager to play me records & was far from the snobby reputation
— Skrillex (@Skrillex) June 8, 2018
Kaskade responded by saying that it was his own record store that he had owned and operated while in college.
You are blowing my mind 🤯. That was my record store I owned and operated while in college. This very well could have been me. Except I was snobby 😂 https://t.co/s6UuIFiwEC
— Kaskade (@kaskade) June 8, 2018
The Timeline Actually Lines Up
What makes this more than just a fun coincidence is that both guys’ timelines check out. Skrillex, born Sonny Moore, was the vocalist for From First To Last between 2004 and 2007, touring behind the albums “Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Bodycount” and “Heroine” before vocal problems forced him to step away from singing and eventually reinvent himself as an electronic producer under the Skrillex name in 2008. Meanwhile, Kaskade – real name Ryan Raddon – was a University of Utah student in Salt Lake City around that same era, and he and a friend really did run a record store there called Mechanized while he worked on his communications degree.
So the math works: a teenage Sonny Moore, still years away from dubstep, could plausibly have wandered into a college kid named Ryan Raddon’s record shop and gotten turned onto dance music before either of them had any idea what the other would become. Neither artist has a way to prove it was definitely that exact meeting, but given how specific the store name and city are, it’s about as close to confirmed as an “it’s a small world” story gets in this industry.
