List of Moog synthesizer players explained
This is a list of notable musicians who use Moog synthesizers.
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- Tony Banks – Genesis – Used a Polymoog mostly on And Then There Were Three (1978) information on the book from Armando Gallo – I Know What I Like (DIY) 1981
- Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation Many Synthesizers are used in the church's keyboard section
- Les Baxter (See in 1968, Moog Rock Album)
- Armin Van Buuren
- Leroy Bach – Wilco
- Zac Baird – Korn, Everlast, Fear and the Nervous System, Jonathan Davis and the SFA, Maimou
- Peter Bardens – Camel
- Battlecat – Hip hop producer (Snoop Dogg)
- Peter Baumann – solo and with (Tangerine Dream) - Moog modular
- Beastie Boys
- The Beach Boys
- The Beatles – one of the first mainstream albums to use a Moog was Abbey Road
- Paul Beaver
- Bee Gees – "Sweet Song of Summer", To Whom It May Concern (1972); one of the earliest implementations of a Moog in a popular music record (LP)
- Nuno Bettencourt – Extreme, Population1
- Marek Biliński – Polish electronic music composer. On his debut album, Garden Of The King Of Dawn, he solely used Minimoog, Polymoog and Micromoog.
- Blackmail
- Tim Blake – Crystal Machine -Gong & Hawkwind – Moog modular 55, minimoog
- Paul Bley – First live performance of a Moog, at Lincoln Center in 1969
- Blondie
- David Borden – Mother Mallard
- David Bowie
- The Boxing Lesson – use Moog extensively, often in place of a bass guitar
- Black Label Society – Moog used by Zakk Wylde extensively on the 2005 Mafia Album.
- Big Wu
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- Mike Mainieri
- Manfred Mann – Minimoog from the very beginning around 1972, and recently a Moog Voyager
- Mastodon
- Martin Gore
- Roger Manning – The other half of The Moog Cookbook, keyboards for Jellyfish, Imperial Drag, Beck, Air, and TV Eyes
- Mike Pinder – Moody Blues – Used on Question of Balance (1970) and Every Good Boy Deserves Favour Albums (1971)
- Terry Manning – One of the earliest uses (1968) on a rock album Home Sweet Home
- Ray Manzarek – One of the earliest uses on an album, from the psychedelic rock album Strange Days by The Doors
- Tommy Mars – in Frank Zappa's band. Can be heard on several Zappa albums and seen in the movie Baby Snakes.
- The Moog Cookbook
- MGMT – (formerly known as The Management)
- Anthony Marinelli – (synthesizer (and Synclavier) orchestration/composer for film)
- Money Mark
- Hideki Matsutake
- Linda McCartney – Wings
- Paul McCartney
- Page McConnell – Phish
- Roger McGuinn – The Byrds
- Gabrial McNair – No Doubt, Oslo
- John Medeski – Medeski, Martin and Wood
- Max Middleton
- John Mills-Cockell Electronic musician from Toronto, Canada who recorded and played live with Moog synths in several bands in the late 60s and early 70s.[5]
- Takako Minekawa
- Kerry Minnear – Gentle Giant
- Joni Mitchell – On the song "The Jungle Line" from The Hissing of Summer Lawns
- Moby
- The Monkees – Their song "Daily Nightly" was the first known pop recording to feature a synthesizer, namely the Moog Modular synth purchased by Micky Dolenz, only the third to be sold commercially at the time.
- Francis Monkman
- Hugo Montenegro
- Patrick Moraz – Yes, The Moody Blues, Solo albums – in 1979 he used for "Future Memories" live on TV a Minimoog, a special custom double Minimoog and a Micromoog; a Polymoog can also be seen on stage.
- Morcheeba
- Jim Morrison (The Doors)
- Giorgio Moroder and his team – A portable modular system, Minimoog
- Thurston Moore – Sonic Youth, on Evol
- Steve Morse – Dixie Dregs, Steve Morse Band, Deep Purple, Kansas – In the 70s and 80s Morse played a modified Fender Telecaster run through a homemade effects system using a full Minimoog, both studio and live
- Motion City Soundtrack
- Jason Mraz
- Muse – Minimoogs are used to perform the band's signature synth arpeggios, played live by Dominic Howard and Morgan Nicholls.
- Mutemath – Lead singer/keyboardist Paul Meany added a Moog synth as well as a Hammond B3 to his setup for the band's 2011 Odd Soul Introduction Tour. Moog synthesizers have also featured prominently in some of the band's studio recordings.
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- Saga
- Darian Sahanaja – Heart
- David Sancious
- Santana
- Jan Schelhaas
- Jeremy Schmidt of Black Mountain – Moog Source
- Johannes Schmoelling - Minimoog
- Eberhard Schoener – Modular
- Klaus Schulze – Minimoogs, Micromoog, Polymoog, Modular, Memorymoog
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- Mark Shreeve of Redshift – modular
- Eric Siday first user in the sixties, used early modulars
- Shaggy
- Matt Sharp – Weezer, The Rentals
- Claudio Simonetti – Goblin, Daemonia
- Paul Shaffer – Late Show with David Letterman
- Tom Schuman – keyboardist from the jazz band Spyro Gyra used a Multimoog and Moog Liberation
- Paul Simon
- Skinny Puppy
- The Sleep-ins
- Snarky Puppy
- Józef Skrzek – leader of Polish group SBB
- Sniff 'n' the Tears
- The Sounds
- Soulwax
- Space Art used a Polymoog and a Memorymoog.[6]
- Stereolab
- David Scott Stone
- Robert Jan Stips
- Scott Storch
- Suicide
- Sun Ra – An idiosyncratic Jazz innovator, recorded and played live with a prototype Minimoog in late 1969 and thereafter made extensive use of Moogs in his music[7]
- SPOD – Minimoog
- Sunn O)))
- Supremes
- Chris Swansen - composer in residence and musical director with the R.A. Moog Company, in 1969 he gave the world premier of the instrument at the Museum of Modern Art in New York[8]
- Syrinx Three-piece band from Toronto, Canada who recorded and toured 1970–1972 with John Mills-Cockell playing Moog and other synths[9]
- Sylvan Esso
- Shalabi Effect
- Stephan Bodzin
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- Peter Townshend
- Tycho
- Richard Tandy – Electric Light Orchestra – Micromoog, Minimoog and Polymoog
- Tangerine Dream - 1973 to present day. Used customised IIIP x 2 (1973-1979), Minimoog (from 1975), Polymoog (from 1979), Memorymoog (from 1982), Minimoog Voyager (from 2011), Minitaur, Sirin, Mother 32 & DFAM
- Tegan and Sara – Minimoog
- Yann Tiersen
- That Dog
- The Punk Group – Minimoog Voyager, SubPhatty, Minimoog Model D, Grandmother
- Thursday
- Isao Tomita – Moog Modular 55 and Custom Modular synthesizers and Polymoog
- Tonto's Expanding Head Band
- Trentemøller
- Trocadero
- Roger Troutman – Zapp (band)
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- Ultravox – Notably the distinctive 'Vienna' bassline was performed on a Minimoog by Bassist Chris Cross
- The Units – Pioneers of electropunk, Scott Ryser played a Minimoog on all of their records beginning in 1979 and Rachel Webber played a Moog Source.
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- Adam Wakeman With Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath & Strawbs
- Oliver Wakeman With Yes on the Fly From Here album
- Rick Wakeman
- Steve Walsh – Kansas
- Kit Watkins – Used a Minimoog with Camel in 1979 on "I Can See Your House from Here", also on solo album Labyrinth (1980)
- Whirlwind Heat
- Andy Whitmore Record Producer / Keyboard Player, London UK
- Alan Wilder – Recoil – Depeche Mode
- Ben Wilson – Blues Traveler
- Brian Wilson – On The Beach Boys Love You album
- Carl Wilson – On the Surf's Up album
- Dennis Wilson – On the Pacific Ocean Blue album
- Steve Winwood – With the Go band on their albums, Go and Go Live from Paris in 1976 and in his solo albums
- Peter Wolf – In Frank Zappa's band.
- Stevie Wonder
- Bernie Worrell – Keyboard player with Parliament, Funkadelic, and touring member with Talking Heads
- Fred Wreck – Hip hop producer (Snoop Dogg)
- Richard Wright – Pink Floyd – Used on The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977) and The Wall (1979)
- Klaus Wunderlich – Used a custom cabinet Moog modular system on the album Sound Moog 2000 Organ, Rhythm (1973)
- Gary Wright- Spooky Tooth and his solo career
- Zakk Wylde – Black Label Society, on the album Mafia
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Notes and References
- Air condition. Future Music. 68. April 1998. 64. Future Publishing. 0967-0378. 1032779031.
- Web site: HYP RECORDS/Odd Pop: Moog—Mort Garson. Hipwax.com. 13 April 2023.
- Web site: Gonzalo . Ugarte C. . Disco Inmortal: Los Jaivas – Alturas de Macchu Picchu (1981) . Nación Rock . 14 October 2022 . es . 17 October 2017.
- Web site: 50 Years On: Remembering the Elton John Album, Part 2. Eltonjohn.com. 13 April 2023.
- Web site: Thom Holmes Noise and Notations . thomholmes.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116201729/http://thomholmes.com/Noise_and_Notations/Noise_and_Notations_Blog/Entries/2013/1/14_The_Greatest_Moog_Albums_of_1970.html . 2014-01-16.
- News: Musique. Space Art, pionniers de l'electro à la française. French. Music. Space Art, pioneers of French electro. Ouest France. Philippe. Richard. 29 November 2016. 28 April 2021.
- Web site: Sun Ra & the Minimoog. Moogfoundation.org. 6 November 2013.
- Web site: Dartmouth Alumni . 2024-04-26 . alumni.dartmouth.edu.
- Web site: Syrinx Syrinx. Canuckistanmusic.com. 13 April 2023.
