List of Moog synthesizer players

This is a list of notable musicians who use Moog synthesizers.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

Contents: 

• Top
• 0–9
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

A

• ABBA – a minimoog and polymoog played by Benny Andersson
• Patrick Adams
• Walter Afanasieff – Producer
• Air ^[1]
• 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
• François Evans

F

• Harold Faltermeyer - used Model 15 e.g. on Axel F. (bass)
• 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 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) ^[2]
• 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 ^[3]
• 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) ^[4]

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. ^[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.

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

Q

• Queens of the Stone Age – Dean Fertita (Uses a Little Phatty)

R

• 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
• Ryuichi Sakamoto

S

• Saga
• Darian Sahanaja – Heart
• David Sancious
• Santana
• Jan Schelhaas
• Jeremy Schmidt of Black Mountain – Moog Source
• Johannes Schmoelling - Minimoog
• Eberhard Schoener – He bought the modular Moog IIIp (previously used by the Beatles) in 1969. ^[6]
• Klaus Schulze – Minimoogs, Micromoog, Polymoog, Modular, Memorymoog
• Seeed
• 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. ^[7]
• 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 ^[8]
• 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 ^[9]
• Syrinx Three-piece band from Toronto, Canada who recorded and toured 1970–1972 with John Mills-Cockell playing Moog and other synths ^[10]
• Sylvan Esso
• Shalabi Effect
• Stephan Bodzin

T

• 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
• Thursday
• Isao Tomita – Moog Modular 55 and Custom Modular synthesizers and Polymoog
• Tonto's Expanding Head Band
• Trentemøller
• Trocadero
• Roger Troutman – Zapp (band)

U

• 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.

V

• Eddie Van Halen
• Manuel Valera currently playing a Moog Little Phatty and Minimoog Voyager
• Anthony Cedric Vuagniaux
• Marián Varga

W

• Adam Wakeman With Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath & Strawbs
• Oliver Wakeman With Yes on the Fly From Here album
• Rick Wakeman
• Steve Walsh – Kansas
• Jeremy Wall - Minimoog Spyro Gyra
• 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

Y

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

Z

• Frank Zappa – had most of his keyboard players played a Minimoog in the '70s and '80s.
• Zero 7
• Hans Zimmer – Film composer
• Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer
• Zigmars Liepins – (Moog Prodigy)
• Zoot Woman
• Fred Zarr

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