Moog Music Forum

Anyone know the true origins of this name? Moogerfooger. Sure, it rhymes. But should be interesting to know this model name came about. I'm guessing it wasn't the product of a joke..... like mother f*****r etc. Anyway, since Moog is such a huge name in synthesiser history..... had to finally get a Moog product, and ended up with a MF-102. Truly fantastic device.

IIRC, the name 'moogerfooger' is a corruption of the (ahem) colorful language that Bob was said to use on occasion.

RE: the MF-102 is a great way to start your MF collection (yes, you will be buying more). There's a lot it can do. Check out the 'Lord of the Ring (Mod)' article for all the hints & tips. The article is a PDF available on KnobTweak:

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/KnobTweak/info

Cheers!
Greg

An explanation from the web on the history of the MFs
http://www.retrosynth.com/~analoguedieh ... erfoogers/:

For those curious about the origin of the name, Bob had visited a studio and noticed one of the mixer channels was labeled "moogerfooger". He learned that the owner had a heavy Brooklyn accent and this label was the translated from his pronunciation of a very unflattering metaphor.

GregAE wrote:IIRC, the name 'moogerfooger' is a corruption of the (ahem) colorful language that Bob was said to use on occasion.
RE: the MF-102 is a great way to start your MF collection (yes, you will be buying more). There's a lot it can do. Check out the 'Lord of the Ring (Mod)' article for all the hints & tips. The article is a PDF available on KnobTweak:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/KnobTweak/info
Cheers! Greg

Thanks for that kind information Greg!

Kirneh Ness wrote:An explanation from the web on the history of the MFs
http://www.retrosynth.com/~analoguedieh ... erfoogers/:

Thanks for linking us into that history section Kirneh!