Known for his progressive and electro-house productions, Deadmau5 is a prominent figure in the electronic music scene. The young Zimmerman grew up playing video games and computers and taking piano lessons, which influenced his interest in music as a child.
After finding a dead mouse in his computer in 2002, Zimmerman gained fame in an Internet chat room as “the dead mouse guy,” which led to him adopting Deadmau5 as his stage name.