Biography Walk the moon, an indie rock band, is based out of CINCINNATI, Ohio. Nicholas Petricca, the lead singer, started the band in 2008. He went through several MEMBER changes, until the final change in 2010 with Kevin Ray, sean Waugaman, and eli Maiman. the group independently released their first album I Want! I Want! in NOVEMBER of 2010. The band signed with Mick MANAGEMENT in 2011. they signed to RCA records and released their first official album, walk the moon, in june 2012. The self-titled album consists of many hits from I want! I want! as well as new tracks that were written specifically for the album and were meant to portray the energy the band produced in live shows. In december, Walk the moon released their Second major-label album, Talking is hard, in december 2014. the album has the new up-to-date hit shut up and dance . this song is so far charted at number 9 in the top 100 hits, and reached number 1 on Billboards rock songs chart and billboards alternative songs chart.