A Canadian music producer, DJ, and famous player because of his trading rat helmet. When he was a teenager, he had experienced a terrible smell of burning his computer’s cable that did not work.
The smell reminded him of the dead mouse, so he wanted to change the username for a deadmouse, but it couldn’t be because it was too long, so he put it as a deadmau5, and that’s the story of how he got his nickname. Other famous bands and athletes have also been interested in nicknames with the word mouse in it. Bands like a simple mouse have enjoyed success in the music industry, while MMA fighters like “Mighty Mouse” Johnson has enjoyed the success in MMA and Brazil Jiu-Jitsu when appearing under nicknames.
Early Life
On January 5, 1981, at Niagara Falls, Canada, Joel Thomas Zimmerman was brought to this world. His mother, Nancy, is a visual artist, and his father, Rodney, works for General Motors. He has two siblings, Jennifer and Chris. Zimmerman Westlane Middle School at Niagara Falls. Before he became a music producer, he worked as a programmer for online music licensing companies.
Personal Life
In 2010 Zimmerman dated playboy Lindsey Evans. Two years after that, he was engaged to the tattoo artist Kat von D, but in 2013 they called engagement. In 2017 Zimmerman married Kelly Fedoni.
Career
In July 2005 the independent label Zoologook Records released the first Deadmau5 studio album, named Get Scraped. Only one year later, playing digitally released his second studio album, Vexillology. 1981, Fustercluck, and Dr. Funkenstein, are some songs from the album. The same year, he has another project including Project 56, Deadmau5 Cirta 1998-2002, and slightly tilted.
In 2008, the third studio album was released, with the name of a random album title, and a year before that, he released 3 EPS, full circle, all complicated, and EP. 2010-Released, 4 × 4 = 12, is the best-selling album so far. Sofi, Wolfgang Gartner, Chris Lake, and Greta Svabo Bech, made a guest appearance on the album. He has more albums, including due to a lack of a better name (2009), the album title goes here (2012), and W: / 2016Album (2016).
Deadmau5’s net worth was estimated up to $53 million.
He is one of the main recipients in the music industry, including Afrojack, Skrillex, and Zedd. It has been reported that it produces between $ 400,000 and $ 1,000,000 per performance.