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The Moog synthesizer bent the course of music forever Rolling Stone declared

Bob Moog the man who did that bending was a lovable geek with Einstein hair and pocket protectors He walked into history in 1964 when his homemade contraption unexpectedly became a sensationsuddenly everyone wanted a Moog The Moogs gamechanging sounds saturated sixties counterculture and burst into the disco party in the seventies to set off the electronic dance music movement Bob had singlehandedly founded the synth industry and became a star

But he was also going broke He struggled to hang on to his inventions his business and his very name Bobs story upends our notions of success and wealth showing that the two dont always go together

In Switched On author Albert Glinsky draws on exclusive access to Bob Moogs personal archives and his probing interviews with Bobs family and a multitude of associates for this first complete biography of the man and his work Switched On takes listeners on a rollercoaster ride at turns triumphant heartbreaking and frequently laugh out loud absurda nuanced trip through the world of this legendary inventor who altered the course of music