For years, Moby has mentioned that he was a distant relation of Herman Melville, and that his nickname was given to him by his mother and father at a younger age in reference to his purported great-great-great-uncle. However an investigative podcast referred to as The Family tree Detective claims to have discovered no connection between Moby (actual title Richard Melville Corridor) and Herman Melville, Moby-Dick writer.
In a brand new three-part collection, Family tree Detective hosts Mary Duffy and Adam Mellion dug into the declare, monitoring down each Moby’s family and Melville’s and searching into their household bushes. Although they discovered no definitive hyperlink to the well-known writer, they did discover an obvious genealogical connection to inventor David Melville, who filed a patent for the primary fuel lighting system in America. So there’s that!
The three podcast episodes are under. We’ve reached out to Moby for remark and can replace if we hear again.
In different Moby information, he launched a brand new music in the present day, “Ought to Sleep,” a collaboration with J.P. Bimeni.