Vinnie Moore
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| Vinnie Moore | |
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.jpg) Vinnie Moore, 2011 |
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| Background information | |
| Born | April 14, 1964 New Castle, Delaware, USA |
| Genres | Neo-classical metal, hard rock, heavy metal, instrumental rock[1] |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Associated acts | UFO, Alice Cooper |
| Website | http://www.vinniemoore.com |
| Notable instruments | |
| Dean VM-2000 Signature model | |
Vincent "Vinnie" Moore (born April 14, 1964) is an American guitarist and a member of the English hard rock band UFO. Vinnie Moore is one of the most influential and important guitarists to emerge out of the virtuoso boom in the mid to late eighties.[2]
Biography
Moore was born in New Castle, Delaware. He began his professional career at age of 12 and played clubs and bars until Shrapnel executive Mike Varney discovered him through a magazine article. His connection to Varney led to an opportunity to appear in a Pepsi commercial in 1985,[3] (only Vinnie's hands appeared in the commercial as his guitar playing is heard.[4] Following this, Moore recorded his first solo album, Mind's Eye, released on Shrapnel Records and featured Tony MacAlpine on keyboards. The album received several awards from guitar magazines and sold over 100,000 copies.[citation needed]
Vinnie Moore played lead guitar with the heavy metal band Vicious Rumors on their debut album, Soldiers of the Night. The album features Moore's solo-song, "Invader", which was in the style of Van Halen's "Eruption". The shred guitar craze of the late eighties led to more releases for Shrapnel.[citation needed] Moore also began performing with other hard rock and heavy metal bands.[citation needed] He joined Alice Cooper's band for a tour and then appeared on the Hey Stoopid album.[5] Moore released two instructional videos on guitar playing.[6][7] He has been the lead guitarist for UFO since June 2003, releasing the studio album 'You Are Here' the following year in 2004.
Solo albums
- 1986: Mind's Eye
- 1988: Time Odyssey
- 1991: Meltdown
- 1996: Out of Nowhere
- 1999: The Maze
- 2000: Live! (live)
- 2001: Defying Gravity
- 2006: Collection: The Shrapnel Years (compilation)
- 2009: To the Core
Videos
- Advanced Lead Guitar Techniques (1987)
- Speed, Accuracy, & Articulation (1989)
- 'SHOWTIME' 2-CD and 2-DVD set from UFO's European tour (2005)
Appears on
- 1985 - Vicious Rumors - Soldiers of the Night
- 1989 - Guitar's Practicing Musicians - Free
- 1991 - Alice Cooper - Hey Stoopid
- 1994 - Various Artists - Smoke on the Water: a Tribute to Deep Purple
- 1997 - Various Artists - Black Night: Deep Purple Tribute
- 1998 - Sega - "Burning Rangers" Game soundtrack for the 'Saturn' video game
- 2004 - UFO - You Are Here
- 2004 - Jordan Rudess - Rhythm of Time
- 2005 - Various Artists - Subdivisions: A Tribute to the Music of Rush
- 2005 - UFO - "Showtime" - A double-live DVD and music CD release recorded earlier on in the year
- 2006 - UFO - The Monkey Puzzle
- 2009 - UFO - The Visitor
- 2012 - UFO - Seven Deadly
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