List of Moog synthesizer players

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.

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 played by Björn
• Alicia Keys
• Air
• Don Airey
• The Anniversary
• Apoptygma Berzerk
• Arjen Lucassen
• Army Of Freshmen
• Astronauta Pinguim

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

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

D

• DJ Logic
• DJ Quik
• Daft Punk
• Paul Davis

• 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
• Larry Dunn - Earth, Wind & Fire
• The Dust Brothers

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

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

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

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

I

• Incubus

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

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

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

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.

N

• Pete Namlook
• Drew Neumann
• New Order
• Czesław Niemen
• Erik Norlander - Rocket Scientists, Featuring John Payne, Lana Lane, Bob Moog Foundation
• Gary Numan
• Neurosis

O

• Roger O'Donnell - The Cure, Thompson Twins, The Psychedelic Furs, Berlin, Nine Inch Nails

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

Q

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

R

• Radiohead
• Radio Massacre International

• 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

S

• Saga
• Michael Sadler - Saga - Moog Source, Memorymoog
• Darian Sahanaja - Heart
• David Sancious
• Santana
• Jan Schelhaas
• Klaus Schulze - minimoogs, micromoog, polymoog
• 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 see picture here Savoy with Moog

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

U

• Kip Uhlhorn
• Piero Umiliani
• Ian Underwood
• The Unicorns
• Gary Usher - On Sagittarius' album The Blue Marble
• Adrian Utley - Portishead

V

• John Vanderslice
• Vangelis
• VAST
• Damien Venjean
• Ehron VonAllen
• Vanessa Carlton

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

Y

• Akira Yamaoka
• Yellow Magic Orchestra
• Larry Young
• Yes
• Joey Youngman as Wolfgang Gartner

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

References

1. ^ HYP Records/Odd Pop: Moog - Mort Garson
2. ^ The Beach Boys - Love You record review