Roger Joseph Manning Jr.

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Roger Joseph Manning Jr.

Background information
Genre(s)	Power pop Alternative rock
Occupation(s)	Keyboardist, Singer-songwriter, Songwriter
Years active	1988-present
Associated acts	Beatnik Beatch, Imperial Drag, Jellyfish, Malibu, Moog Cookbook, TV Eyes
Website	Official website

For other persons named Roger Manning, see Roger Manning (disambiguation).

Roger Joseph Manning Jr. is a keyboard player and founding member of bands Jellyfish, Imperial Drag, Moog Cookbook, and TV Eyes. He has also spent several years as an integral member of Beck's backing band, and made contributions to several recordings by the band Air. He is known for his distinctive style playing various analog and digital synthesizers. Electronica, power pop, psychedelia and jazz are his primary genres although he also does session work with a number of artists as well as commercial and soundtrack music. As well as providing session work, he works frequently with producer Jerry Finn, through whom he is credited as keyboardist on a number of recordings with pop-punk band blink-182.

In early 2006, Manning released his long-awaited first solo album in Japan only. That album, Solid State Warrior, was eventually issued in the U.S. under a different title The Land Of Pure Imagination, along with an altered song content. In March 2008, Manning released his second solo album in Japan only. That album, Catnip Dynamite, is planned for U.S. release at a later, but as of yet unknown, date.

Roger lists his influences as keyboard-centric artists Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Jean-Luc Ponty, Chick Corea, Frank Zappa, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Brian Eno and Roxy Music, Steely Dan, Mahavishnu Orchestra as well as punk rock and New Wave bands like Gang of Four, Thomas Dolby, Peter Gabriel, Talking Heads, Elvis Costello, Buzzcocks, Dead Kennedys, Talk Talk, The Damned, XTC, Tears for Fears, Suicidal Tendencies, Madness and Wall of Voodoo.