List of Moog synthesizer players
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This is a list of notable musicians who use Moog synthesizers. Only add names here if the person has their own article on Wikipedia, please. Anything else will be removed.
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[edit] A
- ABBA - a minimoog played by Björn
- Alicia Keys
- Air
- Don Airey
- The Anniversary
- Apoptygma Berzerk
- Arjen Lucassen
- Army Of Freshmen
- Astronauta Pinguim
[edit] B
- Tony Banks - Genesis - Used a Polymoog mostly on "And then they 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
- Blackmail
- Tim Blake - Crystal Machine -Gong & Hawkwind - Moog modular 55, minimoog
- Paul Bley - First live performance of a Moog, at Lincoln Center in 1969
- 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.
- Bread
[edit] C
- Cake
- Wendy Carlos
- Jesse Carmichael - Maroon 5
- CKY
- Vince Clarke - Erasure
- Charlie Clouser - Nine Inch Nails
- Cloudland Canyon
- Coldplay
- Jenny Conlee - The Decemberists
- Norman Cook
- Tom Coppola
- Chick Corea
- Chris Cox
- Graham Coxon - Blur
- Jim Crichton - saga - Used a Multimoog like a bass player on most of the early albums from 1978
- The Cure
- Lee Curreri
- The Crystal Method
- Charly Garcia
[edit] D
- David Crowder - David Crowder Band
- Deadmau5
- Dead Disco
- Deftones
- Dennis DeYoung - Styx
- Depeche Mode
- James Dewees - The Get Up Kids and Reggie and the Full Effect
- Devo
- Travis Dickerson
- Thomas Dolby
- Dom Kane
- Neal Doughty - REO Speedwagon
- Micky Dolenz - The Monkees
- Geoff Downes - Asia, Buggles
- Dr. Dre
- DragonForce
- Duchess Says
- George Duke
Jimmy Destri-Blondie Major songwriter and keyboardist who was one of the first users of the Polymoog in such hits as "Heart Of Glass" and "Atomic"
[edit] E
- Steve Earle
- Keith Emerson - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Known to be among the very first user of Moog products from 1971, specially a massive custom built modular synthesizer that can be seen of most of his live stage
- Brian Eno - Roxy Music
- Edan
Jimmy Destri-Blondie One of the early primary users of the Polymoog in such hit songs as "Heart Of Glass" and "Atomic"
[edit] F
- Mike Farrell - Morrissey, Macy Gray
- Larry Fast
- Dean Fertita - Queens of the Stone Age, The Dead Weather
- Eloy Fritsch - Apocalypse
- Doug Fieger - The Knack
- John Fogerty
- Ben Folds
- 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)
- Franz Ferdinand
- John Frusciante - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- AQi Fzono
- Front Line Assembly
- Fu[disambiguation needed
] - Florian Fricke
- Edgar Froese- - Tangerine Dream Known from the Virgin years records as a user of a custom IIIp modular system, and also a minimoog
- Flavio Premoli - Premiata Forneria Marconi
- Friendly Fires
[edit] G
- Madonna Wayne Gacy - Marilyn Manson
- Vincent Gallo
- Charly García
- Maurice Gibb - Bee Gees - "Sweet Song of Summer" To Whom It May Concern (1972)
- David Gilmour
- Jim Gilmour - Saga - Intensive user of moog products, like minimoog and polymoog from 1980 on "silent Knight" changed later to a Memorymoog for the next albums in beginning 80'
- Mort Garson - The Wozard of Iz (1969), Black Mass Lucifer (1971) [1]
- Martin L. Gore
- Dave Greenfield - The Stranglers
- Geddy Lee - Rush
- Goldfrapp
[edit] H
- 4hero
- Jan Hammer - Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jeff Beck, Miami Vice - One of the very first user of the minimoog, known for his special bending style like a guitar.
- Head East
- Heart
- Herbie Hancock - used a micromoog, minimoog and Polymoog who can be seen on the album "Sunlight" (1979)
- George Harrison
- 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
- George Harrison
[edit] I
[edit] J
- Jack's Mannequin
- Michael Jackson
- Jane Child
- Janet Jackson
- Jimmy Jam - Producer, former member of The Time
- Chris Jasper
- Jean Michel Jarre
- Joy Electric
- Los Jaivas - On the album Alturas De Macchu Picchu
- Józef Skrzek - leader of Polish group SBB
- Jesse Johnson - Of Motion City Soundtrack
- Adam Jones - Tool
- John Paul Jones - With Led Zeppelin on the song "Friends"
- José Cid - On the album 10,000 Anos Depois Entre Venus e Marte
- Joel Cummins - of Umphrey's Mcgee
- Jordan Rudess - Dream Theater and Liquid Tension Experiment
[edit] K
- Mark Kelly - Marillion - Used a minimoog, specially on early albums from 1983 with Fish
- Edd Kalehoff
- Jesse F. Keeler - Death from Above 1979
- Geoffrey Keezer - Christian McBride Band
- Brian Kehew - Half of The Moog Cookbook
- Kenna
- Pamelia Kurstin - theremin artist.
- Gershon Kingsley - Music to Moog by, etc.
- Kontour - (Some Bizzare Records)
- Kraftwerk (used Micromoog, Minimoog and Polymoog)
- Lenny Kravitz
- David Kristian
Glen Keith
[edit] L
- Jon Lord - Deep Purple, Whitesnake
- Rhett Lawrence - Producer for The Black Eyed Peas, Kelly Clarkson, Mariah Carey
- Geddy Lee - Rush
- Rita Lee
- Douglas Leedy - Avant garde composer
- Lendi Vexer - Diego Guiñazu
- Lettuce - Lactucarium
- Alex Lifeson - Rush
- Gordon Lightfoot
- Steve Lindsey
- Christian "Flake" Lorenz (Rammstein)
- Linkin Park
- Mark Linkous - Sparklehorse
- The Locust - Post-punk/noise rock/crust punk band
- The Lovemakers
- Frank Lucas
- Ludo
- Jeff Lynne - Electric Light Orchestra - Used a minimoog on "out of the Blue" (1977)
- The Listening
- John Linnell - in both They Might Be Giants and the early band The Mundanes
[edit] M
- Mike Mainieri
- Mickaël (Cold Chamber Productions) can be heard on Pussycat Dolls Kim Solo, Baby Bash etc...
- Manfred Mann - minimoog from the very beginning around 1972, and recently a moog voyager
- Mastodon
- Roger Manning - The other half of the The Moog Cookbook, keyboards for Jellyfish, Imperial Drag, Beck, Air, and TV Eyes
- 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)
- 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
- Freddie Mercury
- Max Middleton
- Takako Minekawa
- MING TORO
- 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.
- Hugo Montenegro
- The Moog
- Patrick Moraz - Yes, The Moody Blues - 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
- Giorgio Moroder and his team - A portable modular system, minimoog
- 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 siganture 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 the band's studio recordings.
[edit] N
- Pete Namlook
- Drew Neumann
- New Order
- Czesław Niemen
- Erik Norlander - Rocket Scientists, Featuring John Payne, Lana Lane, Bob Moog Foundation
- Gary Numan
- Neurosis
[edit] O
[edit] P
- Jean-Jacques Perrey
- Page McConnell - Phish
- Pharrell
- Plastiq Phantom
- Greg Phillinganes
- Gino Piserchio
- Bill Plummer
- Portugal. The Man
- Roger Powell - Todd Rundgren
- Billy Preston
- Don Preston
- Prince
- Michael Pinder - The Moody Blues
- PBS - Second ident from 1971–1982
- Pull Tiger Tail - British Indie Band; Moog Rogue, MG-1, Taurus 1 pedals and Little Phatty
- PlayRadioPlay! - Daniel Hunter
- Portishead - Adrian Utley
[edit] Q
- Queens of the Stone Age - Dean Fertita (Uses a Little Phatty)
[edit] R
- Relient K - Select songs
- The Rentals
- The Residents
- Trent Reznor
- 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, Alex Lifeson
- Robert Miles
[edit] S
- Saga
- Michael Sadler - Saga - Moog Source, Memorymoog
- Darian Sahanaja - Heart
- David Sancious
- Santana
- Jan Schelhaas
- Klaus Schulze - minimoogs, micromoog, polymoog
- Seeed
- Eric Siday
- Shaggy
- Matt Sharp - Weezer, The Rentals
- Silk - Multi Grammy Winner
- Claudio Simonetti - Goblin, Daemonia
- Paul Shaffer - Late Show with David Letterman
- Paul Simon
- Skinny Puppy
- Józef Skrzek
- The Sounds
- Soulwax
- Stereolab
- Scott Storch
- Sun Ra
- SPOD - Minimoog
- Sunn O)))
- Savoy
[edit] T
- Tandy Richard - Electric Light Orchestra- minimoog and Polymoog according to the ELO album "Out of the Blue" (1977)
- Thursday
- Thurston Moore - Sonic Youth, on Evol
- Isao Tomita - Moog modular 55 and Custom modular Synthesizers and Polymoog
- Tonto's Expanding Head Band
- Trentemøller
- Trocadero
- Trilogy - Jochen Kirstein and Guido Harding - Minimoogs, on their prog-album "here it is" (Musea) from 1981
[edit] U
- Kip Uhlhorn
- Piero Umiliani
- Ian Underwood
- The Unicorns
- Gary Usher - On Sagittarius' album The Blue Marble
- Adrian Utley - Portishead
[edit] V
[edit] W
- 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)
- Wendy Carlos
- Whirlwind Heat
- Alan Wilder Recoil
- Ben Wilson - Blues Traveler
- Brian Wilson - On the album Love You[2]
- Peter Wolf - in Frank Zappa's band.
- Stevie Wonder
- Bernie Worrell - Keyboards player with Parliament, Funkadelic, etc.
- Fred Wreck - Hip hop producer (Snoop Dogg)
- Richard Wright - Pink Floyd - Used a minimoog mostly from "Wish you were here" (1975)
- Klaus Wunderlich - Used a Custom cabinet Moog modular system on the album "Sound Moog 2000 Organ, rhythm" (1973)
- Gary Wright- Spooky Tooth, Gary Wright (solo)
- James "Big Jim" Wright - A junior partner at Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis' Flyte Time Productions
- Zakk Wylde - Black Label Society, on the album, Mafia
[edit] Y
- Akira Yamaoka
- Yellow Magic Orchestra
- Larry Young
- Yes
- Joey Youngman as Wolfgang Gartner
[edit] Z
- Frank Zappa - had most of his keyboard players playing a Minimoog in the '70s and '80s.
- Zero 7
- Hans Zimmer - Film composer
- The Zodiac[disambiguation needed
] - Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer