List of Moog synthesizer players

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

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
 * Eduardo Parra Former Keyboardist from Chilean band, Los Jaivas
 * Everyone Asked About You

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)
 * 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

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
 * 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

 * Jean-Jacques Perrey
 * David Paich
 * Pharrell
 * Plastiq Phantom
 * Greg Phillinganes
 * Mike Pinder –Moody Blues – Used on A Question of Balance (1970) and Every Good Boy Deserves Favour albums (1971)
 * Gino Piserchio
 * Bill Plummer
 * Portugal. The Man
 * Roger Powell – Todd Rundgren, and the album of Meat Loaf, Bat Out of Hell
 * Billy Preston
 * Steve Porcaro
 * Don Preston
 * Prince
 * Flavio Premoli – Premiata Forneria Marconi
 * Michael Pinder – The Moody Blues
 * Pull Tiger Tail – British Indie Band; Moog Rogue, MG-1, Taurus 1 pedals and Little Phatty
 * PlayRadioPlay! – Daniel Hunter
 * Portishead – Adrian Utley
 * Perpetual Groove
 * Phoenix
 * 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

S

 * Saga
 * Darian Sahanaja – Heart
 * David Sancious
 * Santana
 * Jan Schelhaas
 * Jeremy Schmidt of Black Mountain – Moog Source
 * Johannes Schmoelling - Minimoog
 * Eberhard Schoener – Modular
 * 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.
 * 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
 * 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
 * Syrinx Three-piece band from Toronto, Canada who recorded and toured 1970–1972 with John Mills-Cockell playing Moog and other synths
 * 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
 * The Punk Group – Minimoog Voyager, SubPhatty, Minimoog Model D, Grandmother
 * 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

W

 * 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

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