Come on. Moby was releasing published songs in 1990, which means he was signed to a label at least several months prior. This whole "89-93" thing is misleading and invents a conspiracy theory where there is none.

Not to mention, I had an Amiga those days. And used Protracker. That doesn't make Amiga MOD groups a required staple for anyone in electronic music in that 6-18 month window, and it's disingenuous to claim otherwise.

Edit: in fact, per http://www.instinctrecords.com/artists/moby :

"Born Richard Melville Hall, Moby received his nickname as a child; it derives from the fact that Herman Melville, the author of Moby Dick, is his great-great grand uncle. Moby was raised in Darien, CT, where he played in a hardcore punk band called the Vatican Commandos as a teenager. Later, he briefly sang with Flipper, while their singer was serving time in jail. He briefly attended college, before he moved to New York City, where he began DJing in dance clubs. During the late ’80s and 1990, he released a number of singles and EPs for the independent label Instinct."

I think the jury of reasonable men err on the side of coincidence, not coat-tail riding moniker-stealing.