It was only used on Abbey Road. George Harrison bought a Moog IIIp model (the “p” stood for “portable”) during the Abbey Road sessions. It was used on:
“Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” - There are prominent Synth solos throughout using the Ribbon Controller of the IIIp
“Because” - Used to get the various brass sounds, including French Horn
“I Want You” - The swirling wind sounds at the end
“Here Comes the Sun” - There is a downward slide in the intro done with the ribbon controller, and the entire “Sun, sun, sun” bridge part included prominent Moog
And Harrison also used it on his Zapple release, “Electronic Sounds”
I can’t believe no one has listed the Electric Light Orchestra! Richard Tandy played Moogs on most of the E.L.O. albums released in the 70s, even though he is often only listed as having played the Polymoog.
Minimoog was on 2112 all the way to Signals, maybe Power Windows. The solo on “Tom Sawyer” (Moving Pictures) and “Subdivisions” (Signals) is a Minimoog.
Don’t forget Emerson, Lake, And Palmer! It was Keith Emerson who helped create a necessity for a portable synth in the first place. He actually went against Bob’s wishes and took a modular system on the road to his gigs. No one else had tried this and Bob himself said that it would be impossible and the unit would not be reliable and would also have unstable tuning due to climatic changes. Keith had to have a team of guys to change his patches in realtime. They stayed hid until it was time to change patches. This was fuel to the fire that created a demand for a portable unit. Hence Minimoog was born shortly after.
Hi there, I’m new around here. I just thought I’d chime in:
Both The Cars and Phish use the Moog Source, and I’m pretty sure Pink Floyd used them quite a good little bit too, although I’m not certain (I’m still a newbie when it comes to synths).
I just saw the Dandy Warhols in Minneapolis… Zia, the keyboard player, used a Prodigy on stage. (although it seemed that she played her Korg MS-20 more)
The Police used to play with Minimoogs and Taurus on stage and in studios.
On the records you can hear some Moog on the following songs:
Reggatta De Blanc album: Walking On The Moon and Does Everyone Stare
Zenyatta Mondatta album: Don’t Stand So Close To Me intro with the Taurus1, and on almost every song you can hear keybord.
On stage, Sting started to play with one Taurus while playing the bass (and sing of course…) from april 79 'till december 79, then he added a Minimmog and a second Taurus. Andy Summers, the guitar player, also played with one Taurus and a Minimoog too at the beginning of 1980.
It’s interesting to listen to gigs from the Police that took place in 1980 (Reggatta, then Zenyatta world tours). Moogs’ sounds were everywhere, on almost every songs.
I think the reason nobody else mentioned ELP in the list of bands is that, as far as Moog synths and keyboards go, Keith Emerson NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION!!
Didn’t Foreigner use a Mini on songs like “Feels Like the First Time” and “Cold as Ice?”
P. S. Don’t know if this counts, but a note should be made of Joe Wooten (brother of Victor Wooten & Future Man from Bela Fleck & the Flecktones) making use of a Moog Theremin, MF 101, 102 & 103 at NAMM, '02. I wasn’t there, but I bet he kicked some booty.
Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream used large Moog Modulars. Popul Vuh had one once; it went to Chris Franke of Tangerine Dream, IIRC. Larry Fast of Synergy and Peter Gabriel fame plays a Modular 15. Erik Norlander of current prog rock fame uses a large Moog Modular.
we are just some folks and created our first official album recently. We are the first band in the Netherlands that has the Voyager on one of our songs. Furthermore minimoogs and memorymoog are used. Check it out at www.precioustime.nl
There are so many it is hard to imagine naming them all. I’ll add a few though, why not.
Laika (Minimoog)
Portishead (Minimoog, The Source)
Stereolab(Rogue, Opus III)
Rentals (The Source, Opus III)
Beans (The Source)
Dr. Dre (Minimoog)
Prefuse 73 (Minimoog Voyager)
Sonic Youth (moogerfoogers)
Portastatic (Opus III)
Helium (Probably a Source, Rogue or Prodigy)
Guns & Roses (Minimoog) haha I know funny.
Paradise City has a Mini on it
New Order (Minimoog, The Source, probably more)
808 State (Just about every Moog ever made)
NIN (Minimoog)
Devo (Liberation)
Blur (Opus III, The Source)
The Polyphonic Spree use a Moog Rogue and a theremin 