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<\/a>DEADMAU5 NERO ALESSO LAZY RICH CHRIS LAKE
\nReal name: <\/strong>
\nJoel Thomas Zimmerman
\n\u2018Hood: <\/strong>
\nToronto, ON
\nJam:<\/strong>
\nElectronic, house
\nGimmick:<\/strong>
\nWears a mouse head on stage.
\nBiggest misconceptions: <\/strong>
\nA) He appears at all of his shows and doesn\u2019t just employ a revolving cast of dudes wearing mouse heads, and B) you\u2019re supposed to pronounce the 5.
\nMost suspicious Wikipedia entry: <\/strong>
\n\u201cHe received his first keyboard for Christmas when he was a teenager,\u201d or, \u201cIn September 2012, he dated tattoo artist and TV personality Kat Von D.”
\nBest quote: <\/strong>
\nTo the Irish Daily Star <\/em>in 2008, on being referred to as a DJ, he said, “It puts me to fucking sleep, to be quite honest; I don’t really see the technical merit in playing two songs at the same speed together and it bores me to fucking tears and, hopefully, with all due respect to the DJ type that will fucking go the way of the dinosaur, I’d like them to dis-a-fucking-ppear!\u201d\u00a0<\/em>(He later apologized for the comment.)<\/p>\n
\nReal names: <\/strong>
\nDaniel Stephens and Joseph Ray<\/strong>
\n\u2018Hood: <\/strong>
\nLondon, England
\nJam: <\/strong>
\nDrum and bass, dubstep, house
\nGimmick:<\/strong>
\nBring as many d-bags up on stage as you can during your set to do goofy dubstep dance moves, or, alternately, tour with Madonna.
\nBiggest misconception: <\/strong>
\nThey are actually Rusko.
\nMost suspicious Wikipedia entry: <\/strong>
\n\u201cIn September 2012, the duo revealed they were working on two new remixes with Skrillex.\u201d (Why do all of these Wiki entries start with \u201cin September 2012\u201d?)
\nBest quote: <\/strong>
\n\u201cGot a message for you and your boys. Listen [shoots gun].\u201d \u2013 whoops, that\u2019s The Punisher.<\/p>\n
\nReal name: <\/strong>
\nAlessandro Lindblad
\n\u2018Hood: <\/strong>
\nStockholm, Sweden
\nJam: <\/strong>
\nElectronic, dance, progressive house
\nGimmick:<\/strong>
\nHe\u2019s one of MTV\u2019s EDM artists to watch in 2012.
\nBiggest misconception: <\/strong>
\nSwedish wunderkinds can\u2019t drop mad beats.
\nMost suspicious Wikipedia entry: <\/strong>
\n\u201cBorn July 7, 1991.\u201d (This kid couldn\u2019t be a day over 18.)
\nBest quote: <\/strong>
\nOn being in the DJ scene, he told Planet Notion<\/em>: \u201cIt\u2019s crazy, absolutely crazy. It\u2019s been like this for two years now and it\u2019s still crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nReal name: <\/strong>
\nRichard Billis
\n\u2018Hood: <\/strong>
\nVancouver, BC, by way of the UK
\nJam: <\/strong>
\nElectrohouse
\nGimmick:<\/strong>
\nHis tracks are \u201chome-brewed,\u201d supposedly.
\nBiggest misconception: <\/strong>
\nDJs are lazy.
\nMost suspicious Wikipedia entry: <\/strong>
\nDoesn\u2019t have a Wikipedia page, which raises even more suspicions.
\nBest quote: <\/strong>
\nDescribed as \u201cgut-wrenchingly intense, obnoxiously funky, and rude epic\u201d on his artist Wiki page.<\/p>\n
\nReal name: <\/strong>
\nChris Lake a.k.a. Christophe D’Abuc
\n\u2018Hood: <\/strong>
\nWest London by way of Scotland
\nJam: <\/strong>
\nHouse
\nGimmick:<\/strong>
\nRemixing Prodigy and the Eurythmics.
\nBiggest misconception: <\/strong>
\nThe new SoundCloud is way better than the old one.
\nMost suspicious Wikipedia entry: <\/strong>
\n\u201cFor in-studio mixing, Lake uses Apple Logic.\u201d
\nBest quote: <\/strong>
\nFamed DJ Pete Tong called Lake the \u201cbest thing to come out of Scotland since Mylo.\u201d (I have no idea who Mylo is and I\u2019m too hopped up on MMDA now to look it up.)<\/p>\n