Fun Factoid Friday: Moby was in a 80’s hardcore punk band???

Every Friday the punk rock geniuses here at Dying Scene are going to unleash a little bit of punk scene trivia all over your asses.  Today’s “fun factoid” is about the seriously unexpected hardcore punk roots of a very non-punk artist – Moby:

Many of you may recognize the name Moby as the name of the thick rimmed, glasses wearing, electronica DJ and singer-songwriter. What most of you don’t know, however, is that Moby was heavily involved in the 80’s Connecticut hardcore scene.  Richard Melville Hall A.K.A Moby played guitar for a short-lived hardcore band called The Vatican Commandos.  The band formed in 1982, releasing three EPs and appearing on a few compilations before throwing in the towel in 1985. On an even weirder note the cover art for their second ep Just a Frisbee was drawn by Rob Zombie! To stream some of the songs by The Vatican Commandos and see rare pictures of the band visit their fan page on MySpace.  To hear Moby’s interesting take on hardcore and particularly the club The Anthrax check out 4:35 (roughly) in this video.

What first sparked my interest in researching this was Moby’s appearance on NBC’s 30 Rock in which Moby can be seen in the background wearing a Bad Brains t-shirt. I thought to myself, “There’s no way he listens to punk rock.” Little did I know that Google was going to seriously prove me wrong.

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