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unusual facts about Moog, Inc



Analog synthesizer

The first movie to use music made with a (Moog) synthesizer was the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service in 1969.

Andy Moog

Oilers general manager Glen Sather offered to trade Moog to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Steve Guenette and a first round draft pick, but Penguins owner Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr. told his general manager, Eddie Johnston, that he could not trade a first round draft pick.

In the final game of the series Moog gave up the overtime goal to the Sabres' Brad May.

Break the Safe

Once they do so, the keys are turned in the slot and the game is won (you will hear the sound of the four keys followed by a Moog synthesizer version of the 1812 Overture).

First Moog Quartet

The First Moog Quartet was formed by Gershon Kingsley in 1970, as the result of a request by famous impresario Sol Hurok to hear the Moog synthesizer's capabilities demonstrated live.

Fred Judd

By the start of 1963 Fred had designed and built his own prototype synthesizer – a simple voltage controlled, keyboard-operated unit for generating, shaping and switching electronic sounds – a small but significant development in the history of the synthesizer, as it predates the Synket, Moog and Buchla instruments.

Godzuki

The band was formed in 1993 by Erika Hoffmann (vocals, bass guitar, Farfisa organ, also of His Name Is Alive, Saturday Looks Good To Me), Chris "Crispy" Fachini (lead guitar, bass guitar also of The Dirtbombs, His Name is Alive, Teach Me Tiger, Detroit Cobras, and Rocket 455), Dion Fischer (guitar, Moog, also of The Go, Infinity People, F' ke Blood, Tranzistors, The Dirtbombs, Wildbunch, and His Name Is Alive), and Scott Michalski (drums).

Honaloochie Boogie

Written and sung by vocalist Ian Hunter, apart from the group's regular line-up, it also featured Andy Mackay of Roxy Music on tenor saxophone, Bill Price on moog, and Paul Buckmaster on cello.

Jean-Jacques Perrey

Perrey's 1974 moog track, "Boys And Girls," on which he collaborated with Gilbert Sigrist, is used for the closing credits music in the Nickelodeon cartoon series, The Mighty B!

Moog Droog

"Moog Droog" is an ironic anglicised spelling of the Welsh phrase mwg drwg ("bad smoke"), slang for marijuana, making a pun on the Moog synthesizer (and/or its inventor) and the slang word "droog" (based on the Russian for "friend") from A Clockwork Orange.

Moog Liberation

Other bands include: Didier Marouani of Space, Tom Coster of Santana, Tommy Cyborg of Chrome, Devo, Damon Edge of Chrome, Roy Goudie, Herbie Hancock, Joy Electric, Mark Jenkins, Bryce Kushnier of The Fancy Few, Ascites, Abuse Tactics, Light of the World, John Malloy, The Moog Cookbook, Danny Peyronel of British band UFO, Saga, Tom Schuman, Six Finger Satellite, Stereolab, Spiral-Shaped Mind, Page McConnell of Phish, Jakobínarína, Saga

Moog Music

This company would eventually become Moog Music in 1972, and through Bob Moog's collaboration with people like Herbert Deutsch, Moog Music produced some of the most popular synthesizers of all time.

My Favorite Accident

It also includes the band's moog player, Jesse Johnson, doing his now famous "moogstand", where he does a handstand on his moog synthesizer.

New York State Route 400

It is most commonly used to carry traffic from Buffalo to the village of East Aurora, where Fisher-Price and Moog, Inc are headquartered.

NY 400 also passes a small industrial area containing manufacturing plants for Moog, Inc, Motorola, Servotronics, and Steuben Foods located on Maple Street and Jamison Road.

Playing the Fool

Kerry Minnear – Electric piano, Clavinet, Hammond organ, Moog, cello, vibes, tenor recorder, vocals, percussion

Raga rock

"Eight Miles High", "Why", "Thoughts And Words", "I See You", "Mind Gardens" and "Moog Raga" by The Byrds

Sandin Image Processor

The Sandin Image Processor is a video synthesizer, usually introduced as the "video equivalent of a Moog audio synthesizer," invented by Dan Sandin.

The Moog Cookbook

The band's name is derived from a 1978 cookbook, Moog's Musical Eatery by Shirleigh Moog, the first wife of synthesizer pioneer Robert Moog.

The Negatones

In step with their stylistic dichotomies, they are known for both championing analog gear such as Moog synthesizers and magnetic tape recorders, as well as forging unmistakably digital mixes using the nonlinear computer recording platform Pro Tools.

The Picture is Dead

Instruments used by Bryan Cornell include: Frostwave Resonator, Moog CP251, Moog MF103 (Phaser), Korg MS10, Metasonix TM-1SE, Blacet Time Machine, Blacet I/O module, Boss DD5 Delay, Mackie 1202 board, Shure SM 58 mic, Casio PT-1.

The Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds

Musician and electronic instrument collector Paul Beaver, who had done music effects for films, was chosen to perform the MOOG on the album since he was one of the few people on the West Coast who knew how to set up and use the synthesizer at the time.

Thymme Jones

He has appeared on a number of Bobby Conn albums, playing drums on Conn's biggest hit "Never Get Ahead", as well as trumpet, piano and moog synthesizer on Conn's later albums "Rise Up!" and The Golden Age".


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