August 21 will mark the 18th anniversary of the death of Robert Moog, the pioneering engineer and inventor who created the first commercial synthesizer, the Moog.
Utilized by artists from the Beatles to Nine Inch Nails, Dr. Moog said there was a lot of push back in the early days of the instrument from purists, but as soon as he was able to shrink the device from its original incarnation
into the far more practical Minimoog, it quickly earned an audience.
Even reggae star Bob Marley embraced the trippy sounds he could get from the instrument.
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