Editing Theremin (section)

=== Popular music ===
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Please use citations that note and discuss the use of a theremin by each popular musician or band that is included here. For example, a source such as http://www.theremin.nl/scriptie/ (in Dutch, the English translation http://www.theremin.nl/scriptie/eng/enindex.html is incomplete) discussed a few not mentioned here such as: Fay Lovsky, and Matthias Sauer's cataloguing of uses in pop music. It is not sufficient to link to a youtube video where a theremin, or a pitch-only theremin appears, with no further commentary. -->

Theremins and theremin-like sounds started to be incorporated into [[popular music]] from the end of the 1940s (with a series of [[Samuel Hoffman]]/[[Harry Revel]] collaborations)<ref>''Music out of the Moon'', Harry Revel, conducted by Les Baxter, Capitol Records Nr. T390, released 1947</ref> and has continued, with various degrees of popularity, to the present.

[[Lothar and the Hand People]] were the first rock band known to perform live with a theremin in November 1965. In fact, Lothar was the name they gave to their [[Moog Music|Moog]] theremin.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hayward|first=Philip|date=December 1997|title=Danger! Retro-Affectivity!: The Cultural Career of the Theremin|journal=Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies|volume=3|issue=4|pages=28–53|doi=10.1177/135485659700300405|s2cid=144683752}}</ref>

[[The Beach Boys]]' 1966 single "[[Good Vibrations]]"—though it does not technically contain a theremin—is the most frequently cited example of the instrument in pop music. The song actually features a similar-sounding instrument invented by [[Paul Tanner]] called an [[Electro-Theremin]].{{sfn|Brend|2005|p=16}} Upon release, the single prompted an unexpected revival in theremins and increased the awareness of [[analog synthesizer]]s.{{sfn|Pinch|Trocco|2009|pp=102–103}} In response to requests by the band, [[Moog Music]] began producing its own brand of [[ribbon controller|ribbon-controlled]] instruments which would mimic the sound of a theremin.{{sfn|Pinch|Trocco|2009|pp=102–103}}

[[Frank Zappa]] also included the theremin on the albums ''[[Freak Out!]]'' (1966) and ''[[We're Only in It for the Money]]'' (1967).<ref name=Hayward />

[[Jimmy Page]] of [[Led Zeppelin]] used a variation of the theremin (pitch antenna only) during performances of "[[Whole Lotta Love]]" and "[[No Quarter (song)|No Quarter]]" throughout the performance history of Led Zeppelin, an extended multi-instrumental solo featuring theremin and bowed guitar in 1977, as well as the soundtrack for ''[[Death Wish II]]'', released in 1982.<ref name="Met2022">{{cite web|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/780211|title=Sonic Wave|year=2022|publisher=[[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]|access-date=10 October 2022}}</ref>

[[Brian Jones]] of [[the Rolling Stones]] also used the instrument on the group's 1967 albums ''[[Between the Buttons]]'' and ''[[Their Satanic Majesties Request]]''.<ref>[http://online.physics.uiuc.edu/courses/phys498pom/Student_Projects/Spring01/JMehl/Jared_Mehl_Theremin1.pdf A Simple Theremin Project] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821203958/http://online.physics.uiuc.edu/courses/phys498pom/Student_Projects/Spring01/JMehl/Jared_Mehl_Theremin1.pdf |date=2010-08-21 }}. [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]].</ref>

[[Tesla (band)|Tesla]] guitarist [[Frank Hannon]] used a theremin in the band's song "Edison's Medicine" from the 1991 album ''[[Psychotic Supper]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.soundslikeburns.com/New_Items/zep.html|title = Burns Zep Theremin}}</ref> Hannon is also seen using the instrument in the song's music video at the 2:40 mark.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/-2zwBRa0YhA Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20100612184044/http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=-2zwBRa0YhA Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2zwBRa0YhA| title = Tesla – Edison's Medicine | via=YouTube| date = 16 June 2009 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

The Lothars are a Boston-area band formed in early 1997 whose CDs have featured as many as four theremins played at once – a first for pop music.<ref>{{Cite news
| last=Pomerantz
| first=Dorothy
| title=The Lothars revive the spooky sounds of the theremin
| newspaper=[[Somerville Journal]]
| date=17 September 1998}}
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Although credited with a {{sic|"Thereman"}} on the track "Mysterons" from the album ''Dummy'', [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]] actually used a [[monophonic synthesizer]] to achieve theremin-like effects, as confirmed by [[Adrian Utley]], who is credited as playing the instrument;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Jonathan |date=June 1995 |title=Adrian Utley: Portishead Sound Shaper |url=https://www.soundonsound.com/people/adrian-utley-portishead-sound-shaper |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=[[Sound on Sound]]}}</ref> on the songs "Half Day Closing", "Humming", "The Rip", and "Machine Gun" he has actually used a custom-made theremin.<ref>{{cite web |date=2008-04-01 |title=Auction of No 1 Electronics theremin, A. Utley. |url=http://www.spheremusic.com/Bargaindtl.asp?Item=5859print=yes |access-date=2018-08-18 |publisher=spheremusic.com}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023}}</ref>

[[Page McConnell]], keyboardist of the American rock band [[Phish]], plays the theremin on rare occasions. His last notable performance was on 6 August 2017, the final evening of the band's 13-night residency at [[Madison Square Garden]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/phishs-bakers-dozen-residency-breaking-down-all-13-blissful-nights-197436/|title=Phish's 'Baker's Dozen' Residency: Breaking Down All 13 Blissful Nights|last=Jarnow|first=Jesse|date=2017-08-07|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-27}}</ref>

When [[Simon and Garfunkel]] performed their song "[[The Boxer]]" during a concert at Madison Square Garden in December 2003, they utilized a theremin. The original recording of the song had featured a steel guitar and a piccolo trumpet in unison in the solo interlude, but for this performance, thereminist Rob Schwimmer played the solo.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/pMrYvFTfIGI Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20131214212044/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMrYvFTfIGI Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMrYvFTfIGI&ab_channel=MarcMacLellan| title = Simon & Garfunkel – The Boxer (from Old Friends) | via=YouTube| date = 14 December 2012 }}{{cbignore}}</ref><!-- 
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