This is a list of notable musicians who use Moog synthesizers.
A ABBA – a minimoog and polymoog played by Benny Andersson Patrick Adams Walter Afanasieff – Producer Air Don Airey Damon Albarn – Blur The Anniversary Apoptygma Berzerk Arandel Arjen Lucassen Army of Freshmen Alesso
B 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 Bon Jovi - Memorymoog
C 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 José Cid – On the album 10,000 Anos Depois Entre Venus e Marte 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 Joel Cummins – of Umphrey's Mcgee The Cure Lee Curreri The Crystal Method Charly Garcia Cory Henry – Snarky Puppy Tony Carey – Rainbow Rising – Minimoog
D DJ Logic DJ Quik Daft Punk Dana Countryman Paul Davis Dean Fertita-Queens of the Stone Age, The Dead Weather Dave Greenfield – The Stranglers David Crowder – David Crowder Band Deadmau5 Dead Disco Deep Forest Deftones Dennis DeYoung – Styx Depeche Mode – (used Moog Prodigy, Moog Source) James Dewees – The Get Up Kids and Reggie and the Full Effect Devo Travis Dickerson Disclosure (band) Thomas Dolby Don Dorsey – Composer/engineer of Disney's "Main Street Electrical Parade" Neal Doughty – REO Speedwagon Micky Dolenz – The Monkees Geoff Downes – Buggles, Yes, Asia Daryl Dragon Dr. Dre DragonForce Dream Theater Dubstar 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" Larry Dunn – Earth, Wind & Fire The Dust Brothers Lisa Bella Donna
E Steve Earle Edan Keith Emerson – Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Emerson, Lake & Powell -Known to be among the first user of Moog products from 1968, specially a massive custom built modular synthesizer that can be seen in most of his live performances Brian Eno – Roxy Music Gene Eugene – Adam Again and Starflyer 59 Everyone Asked About You
F Harold Faltermeyer - used Model 15 e.g. on Axel F. (bass) Fatboy Slim Michael Farrell (musician) – 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 IIIp modular system, and also a minimoog – Rubycon, Ricochet (1975), and memorymoog 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, polymoog & memorymoog Front Line Assembly John Frusciante – Red Hot Chili Peppers
G 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) Martin L. Gore – Depeche Mode John Green - London based session keyboard player 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
H 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 Michael Hoenig - Tangerine Dream & solo. Minimoog Nellee Hooper HORSE The Band Liam Howlett – The Prodigy Chad Hugo – The Neptunes, N.E.R.D Hybrid Dick Hyman
I Incubus Isao Tomita
J J Dilla (used a custom Minimoog Voyager) Jack's Mannequin Michael Jackson James Lascelles – Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel. Played alongside a Korg Trinity ProX-88 keyboard – even in acoustic sets. Jane Child Janet Jackson Randy Jackson (of Journey) – Moog Source (1984–1989, 1993) Jimmy Jam – Producer, former member of The Time Chris Jasper Jean-Michel Jarre Joy Electric Los Jaivas – used a minimoog on the album Alturas de Macchu Picchu Jesse Johnson – Of Motion City Soundtrack Adam Jones – Tool John Paul Jones – With Led Zeppelin on the song "Friends" Billy Joel Justice Jordan Rudess – Dream Theater and Liquid Tension Experiment
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 Alicia Keys Gershon Kingsley – Music to Moog by, etc. Kontour – (Some Bizzare Records) Kombi (band) – (used Multimoog) Kraftwerk (used Micromoog, Minimoog and Polymoog) Lenny Kravitz David Kristian Pamelia Kurstin – theremin artist. Kashif – artist Adem K – Australian Indie Rock musician
L Craig Leon – Avant garde composer Nommos, Producer for The Ramones, Suicide, Blondie, Andreas Scholl Dan Lacksman – Telex, Electronic System Ulf Langheinrich James Lascelles – Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel. Played alongside a Korg Trinity ProX-88 keyboard – even in acoustic sets. 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 Steve Lindsey Christian "Flake" Lorenz (Rammstein) Linkin Park Louis Johnson – Used on We Are the World and Back on the Block Mark Linkous – Sparklehorse The Locust – Post-punk/noise rock/crust punk band The Lovemakers 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 Sławomir Łosowski – Kombi Diana Lewis – used Moog Modular on "First Episode at Hienton" and "The Cage" on Elton John (1970)
M 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 Doug McKechnie – a pioneer of synthesizers, highly active in the San Francisco music scene from 1968 to 1972. 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. 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.
N Pete Namlook Drew Neumann New Order Czesław Niemen Vittorio Nocenzi – with the Minimoog for the band Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Erik Norlander – Rocket Scientists, Featuring John Payne, Lana Lane, Bob Moog Foundation Gary Numan – notable for the Minimoog, Polymoog and Minimoog Voyager Neurosis
O Roger O'Donnell – The Cure, Thompson Twins, The Psychedelic Furs, Berlin, Nine Inch Nails Mike Oldfield William Onyeabor Ryo Okumoto – Spock's Beard Fernando Otero – Minimoog
P David Paich Eduardo Parra Former Keyboardist from Chilean band, Los Jaivas Perpetual Groove Jean-Jacques Perrey Pharrell Plastiq Phantom Greg Phillinganes Phoenix Mike Pinder –Moody Blues – Used on A Question of Balance (1970) and Every Good Boy Deserves Favour albums (1971) Gino Piserchio Bill Plummer Portishead – Adrian Utley Portugal. The Man Roger Powell – Todd Rundgren, and the album of Meat Loaf, Bat Out of Hell Billy Preston Don Preston Steve Porcaro Prince Flavio Premoli – Premiata Forneria Marconi Pull Tiger Tail – British Indie Band; Moog Rogue, MG-1, Taurus 1 pedals and Little Phatty PlayRadioPlay! – Daniel Hunter The Punk Group – Minimoog Voyager, SubPhatty, Minimoog Model D, Grandmother Federico González Peña
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