To those of us who've followed music since the pre-digital age, the Moog name is synonymous with the electronic synthesizer, much like the instant word association between Les Paul and the electric guitar. I remember when the Moog synthesizers were everywhere and defined much of the sound from its era, and the pictures of the large early modular Moog models show how quickly and how far the state of the electronic keyboard evolved in a short time. Consider that the first Moogs came out in the mid-60s, and by the early-80s, the then-new generation of digital keyboards like the Yamaha DX-7 had begun supplanting the Moogs and their analog counterparts. But, Robert Moog definitely had an immeasurable influence over pop music, and was a pioneer in his day.

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