Monday, August 22, 2005

CNN.com - Synthesizer innovator Moog dies at 71 - Aug 22, 2005

Sad news from the music biz.

The Moog synthesizer was that thing that made the weeeeeoooo weeeeoooo sound in so many seventies recordings. Think the weird sounds in "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" and Steve Miller's "Joker." Other synthesizers came along decades later to oust the Moog from its preeminent slot, but the Moog was doing it long before those guys...

CNN.com - Synthesizer innovator Moog dies at 71 - Aug 22, 2005

No comments: