List of Moog synthesizer players

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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)
  • 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
  • - I Don't Care band's Ask Anyone LP 1976 Kama Sutra. Boggess appears on several LP's, jazz, rock, scoring & numerous videos on YouTube of his electronic music featuring Moog synths.
  • 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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  • Cake
  • Wendy Carlos - Wendy Carlos was one of the first users of Moog's equipment. She even collaborated with Moog during the development of his equipment.
  • Jesse Carmichael – Maroon 5
  • Matt Cameron – The drummer of the popular American grunge band Soundgarden.
  • Jane Child
  • CKY
  • Todd Tamanend Clark
  • Vince Clarke – Erasure – Yazoo
  • Charlie Clouser – Nine Inch Nails
  • CHVRCHES
  • Cloudland Canyon
  • Phil Collins, Minimoog bassline on "Sussudio" & "Who Said I Would" from the album No Jacket Required (1985)
  • Coldplay
  • Jenny Conlee – The Decemberists
  • Norman Cook
  • Tom Coppola
  • The Chemical Brothers
  • Chick Corea
  • Chris Cox
  • Chris Cross - Ultravox - Minimoog
  • Graham Coxon – Blur
  • The Cure
  • Lee Curreri
  • The Crystal Method
  • Charly Garcia
  • Cory Henry – Snarky Puppy
  • Tony Carey - Rainbow Rising - Minimoog

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  • Fatboy Slim
  • Mike Farrell – Morrissey, Macy Gray
  • Susan Fassbender
  • Larry Fast
  • Franz Ferdinand
  • Dean Fertita – Queens of the Stone Age, The Dead Weather
  • Doug Fieger – The Knack
  • John Fogerty
  • Ben Folds
  • David Foster (used mostly Minimoog during the 1980s and 1990s, and occasionally used Moog Source and Memorymoog during the 1980s)
  • Christopher Franke – Tangerine Dream Known from the Virgin years records as a user of a massive custom modular system, and also a minimoog – Rubycon, Ricochet (1975)
  • Friendly Fires
  • Florian Fricke who sold his modular to Klaus Schulze.
  • Eloy Fritsch – Apocalypse
  • Hans-Jürgen Fritz - Keyboardist of the German prog band Triumvirat.
  • Edgar Froese – Tangerine Dream Known from the Virgin years records as a user of a custom IIIp modular system, and also a minimoog
  • Front Line Assembly
  • John Frusciante – Red Hot Chili Peppers

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  • Madonna Wayne Gacy – Marilyn Manson
  • Charly García
  • Gaudi
  • Maurice Gibb – Bee Gees – "Sweet Song of Summer" To Whom It May Concern (1972)
  • Gregg Giuffria
  • Mort Garson – The Wozard of Iz (1969), Black Mass Lucifer (1971), Plantasia (1976)[2]
  • Martin L. Gore – Depeche Mode
  • Dave Greenfield – The Stranglers
  • Goldfrapp
  • Patrick Gleeson San Francisco-based keyboardist, pioneered synthesizers in rock and jazz, played Moog on 1971 rock album Sunfighter and Herbie Hancock's 1972 Crossings[3][4][5]

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  • Hailu Mergia
  • 4hero
  • Jan Hammer – Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jeff Beck, Miami Vice – One of the first users of the Minimoog, known for his guitar-like pitch bending technique.
  • George Harrison - One of the first pop albums to use the Moog was his Electronic Sound solo LP, recorded (partially) in 1968 and released early 1969.
  • Head East
  • Heart
  • Herbie Hancock – used a Micromoog, Minimoog and Polymoog, which can be seen on the back cover of his 1979 album Sunlight
  • John Hawken – Strawbs
  • Heldon
  • Gregory Hinde
  • Hinterland
  • Ken Hensley
  • Nellee Hooper
  • HORSE The Band
  • Liam Howlett – The Prodigy
  • Chad Hugo – The Neptunes, N.E.R.D
  • Hybrid
  • Dick Hyman

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  • Incubus
  • Isao Tomita

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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
  • Ronnie Martin – Joy Electric
  • 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.[6][7]
  • 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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  • Queens of the Stone Age – Dean Fertita (Uses a Little Phatty)

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  • Radiohead
  • Robertinho de Recife
  • Radio Massacre International
  • Gerry Rafferty – "Whatever's Written in Your Heart". A Minimoog was used for some soft backing effects (as seen in official video).
  • Jason Rebello
  • Relient K – Select songs
  • The Rentals
  • The Residents
  • Martin Rev
  • Trent Reznor – Nine Inch Nails
  • Nick Rhodes – Duran Duran
  • David Rosenthal – Billy Joel
  • Rick Rubin
  • Jordan Rudess – Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment
  • Leon Russell
  • Mike Rutherford – Genesis – Used a Taurus bass pedal from 1975, source from the book "I know what I like" from Armando Gallo 1981
  • Rwake
  • Kristoffer Garm Rygg – Ulver
  • Francis Rimbert
  • Rush – Geddy Lee

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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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  • Akira Yamaoka
  • Yellow Magic Orchestra
  • Adam Young – Owl City/Producer/Engineer, Owatonna MN
  • Larry Young
  • Yes
  • Joey Youngman as Wolfgang Gartner

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References[]

  1. ^ "Air condition". Future Music. No. 68. Future Publishing. April 1998. p. 64. ISSN 0967-0378. OCLC 1032779031.
  2. ^ HYP Records/Odd Pop: Moog – Mort Garson
  3. ^ Patrick Gleeson
  4. ^ Sunfighter
  5. ^ Crossings
  6. ^ John Mills-Cockell
  7. ^ [1]
  8. ^ Richard, Philippe (29 November 2016). "Musique. Space Art, pionniers de l'electro à la française" [Music. Space Art, pioneers of French electro]. Ouest France (in French). Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  9. ^ [2]
  10. ^ Syrinx
  11. ^ [3]
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