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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|date=May 2007}} Moore also began performing with other hard rock and heavy metal bands.{{Citation needed|date=May 2007}} He joined [[Alice Cooper]]'s band for a tour and then appeared on the ''[[Hey Stoopid]]'' album.<ref>[http://www.vinniemoore.com/vm/bio.htm]</ref> Following this Moore released two instructional videos on guitar playing.<ref>http://www.vinniemoore.com/discography/hotlicks1.html</ref><ref>http://www.vinniemoore.com/discography/hotlicks2.html</ref> He has been the lead guitarist for UFO since June 2003, releasing the studio album 'You Are Here' the following year in 2004.
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|date=May 2007}} Moore also began performing with other hard rock and heavy metal bands.{{Citation needed|date=May 2007}} He joined [[Alice Cooper]]'s band for a tour and then appeared on the ''[[Hey Stoopid]]'' album.<ref>[http://www.vinniemoore.com/vm/bio.htm]</ref> Following this Moore released two instructional videos on guitar playing.<ref>http://www.vinniemoore.com/discography/hotlicks1.html</ref><ref>http://www.vinniemoore.com/discography/hotlicks2.html</ref> He has been the lead guitarist for UFO since June 2003, releasing the studio album 'You Are Here' the following year in 2004.

==Guitar equipment==
Moore has endorsed numerous guitar companies over the years,the first being the Ibanez "Vinnie Moore VM1" and then his most well known being [[Music Man (company)|Music Man]] guitars. In 2007 Moore left Music Man and began endorsing [[Dean guitars]]. At the winter [[NAMM]] show in January 2008, [[Dean Guitars]] unveiled a Vinnie Moore signature model. The ''Dean VM-2000'' features a Vinnie Moore "ShredHead" Humbucker in the bridge position. Moore also has an endorsement contract with [[Engl]] amplification.


[[File:VinnieMooreWithTwoGuitars.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Vinnie Moore in a concert with UFO in [[Cercemaggiore]].]]
[[File:VinnieMooreWithTwoGuitars.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Vinnie Moore in a concert with UFO in [[Cercemaggiore]].]]

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Vinnie Moore
Vinnie Moore, 2011
Vinnie Moore, 2011
Background information
Born (1964-04-14) April 14, 1964 (age 60)
New Castle, Delaware, USA
GenresNeo-classical metal, hard rock, heavy metal, instrumental rock[1]
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter
InstrumentGuitar
Years active1986–present
Websitehttp://www.vinniemoore.com

Vincent "Vinnie" Moore (born April 14, 1964) is an American heavy metal guitarist, and a member of the English hard rock band UFO. Along with Yngwie Malmsteen, Tony MacAlpine, and others, Moore is known as a shred guitarists.[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] Following this 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.

Vinnie Moore in a concert with UFO in Cercemaggiore.

Solo albums

Videos

Vinnie Moore playing in Brusque, SC, Brazil - 06-02-2010.

Appears on

References

  1. ^ allmusic ((( Vinnie Moore > Biography )))
  2. ^ allmusic ((( Vinnie Moore > Biography )))
  3. ^ YouTube - 80's Pepsi Commercial
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ [2]
  6. ^ http://www.vinniemoore.com/discography/hotlicks1.html
  7. ^ http://www.vinniemoore.com/discography/hotlicks2.html

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