Ten For Today: Moog

The Monkees, The Byrds, Bread, DDDBM&T, Bee Gees, Fred Wesley & The JB’s, The Commodores, Vernon Garrett, Stereolab, Brainiac

Robert Moog was born this day in 1934 in Queens. He was, of course, the inventor of the first commercial synthesizer. He is a very influential figure in popular music, though it seems that only the music weirdos (my people) really know about him. We owe him an enormous debt of gratitude because in addition to being a music pioneer he was also a man who …