Vinnie Moore
| Vinnie Moore | |
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.jpg) Vinnie Moore, 2011 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Vincent Moore |
| Born |
April 14, 1964 New Castle, Delaware, United States |
| Genres | Neoclassical metal, hard rock, heavy metal, instrumental rock[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Associated acts | UFO, Alice Cooper, Red Zone Rider |
| Website |
vinniemoore |
| 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.[2] Moore is one of the most influential and important guitarists to emerge from the virtuoso boom in the mid to late eighties.[1]
Biography
Moore was born in New Castle, Delaware, only a couple miles from fellow musicians George Thorogood (and The Delaware Destroyers). He began his professional career at age 12 and played clubs and bars until Shrapnel executive Mike Varney discovered him via a demo and bio that Vinnie submitted to the Spotlight column, which Varney headed for Guitar Player Magazine. 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.[2][4] Following this, Moore recorded his first solo album, Mind's Eye (1986), released on Shrapnel Records and featured Tony MacAlpine on keyboards. The album received several awards from guitar magazines and sold over 100,000 copies.
Vinnie Moore played lead guitar with the heavy metal band Vicious Rumors on their debut album, Soldiers of the Night (1985). 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. Moore also began performing with other hard rock and heavy metal bands.
Moore joined Alice Cooper's band for a tour and then appeared on the Hey Stoopid (1991) album.[5] Moore released two instructional videos on guitar playing.[6][7]
Moore has been the lead guitarist for UFO since June 2003, releasing his first studio album with them You Are Here the following year in 2004. This has been followed by The Monkey Puzzle (2006), The Visitor (2009), Seven Deadly (2012) and A Conspiracy of Stars (2015).
On August 5, 2013, Moore joined the stage to perform live with Peter Frampton on Frampton's Guitar Circus concert at Musikfest in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Moore is playing guitar on Red Zone Rider's debut album Red Zone Rider released September 16, 2014.[2]
Discography
Solo albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||||||
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| US [8] | |||||||||
| Mind's Eye |
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| Time Odyssey |
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147 |
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| Meltdown |
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– |
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| Out of Nowhere |
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– |
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| The Maze |
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– |
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| Defying Gravity |
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– | |||||||
| To the Core |
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– | |||||||
| Aerial Visions |
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– | |||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Collection: The Shrapnel Years |
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Live albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Live! |
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Instructional videos
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Advanced Lead Guitar Techniques |
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| Speed, Accuracy, & Articulation |
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Other appearances
| Title | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Vicious Rumors – Soldiers of the Night | 1985 | band member |
| Alice Cooper – Hey Stoopid | 1991 | band member |
| UFO – You Are Here | 2004 | band member |
| Jordan Rudess – Rhythm of Time | 2004 | guest |
| UFO – Showtime | 2005 | band member |
| UFO – The Monkey Puzzle | 2006 | band member |
| Destruction – D.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N. | 2008 | guest |
| Michael Angelo Batio – Hands Without Shadows 2 – Voices | 2009 | guest |
| UFO – The Visitor | 2009 | band member |
| Glen Drover – Metalusion | 2011 | guest |
| UFO – Seven Deadly | 2012 | band member |
| Red Zone Rider – Red Zone Rider | 2014 | band member |
| UFO – A Conspiracy of Stars | 2015 | band member |
References
- 1 2 Vinnie Moore. "Vinnie Moore | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- 1 2 3 "Vinnie Moore Interview". Guitarhoo!. Guitarhoo.com. December 15, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2014.
- ↑ "80's Pepsi Commercial". YouTube. April 6, 2006. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ↑ "Vinnie Moore". Vinnie Moore. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ↑ Archived March 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Vinnie Moore". Vinnie Moore. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ↑ "Vinnie Moore". Vinnie Moore. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ↑ "Vinnie Moore - Chart history | Billboard". billboard.com. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
- ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/minds-eye/id306058387
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Sludge Scan As of January 16, 2000". www.metalsludge.tv. Retrieved February 16, 2014.
- ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-maze/id306402715
- ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/defying-gravity/id308457397
- ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/to-the-core/id316391700
- ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/vinnie-moore-collection-shrapnel/id287776102
- ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live!/id306397639