Vinnie Moore

Vincent Moore (born April 14, 1964) is an American guitarist and a former member of the British hard rock band UFO.

Biography Moore was born in New Castle, Delaware. He began his professional career at age 12 after receiving a guitar as a Christmas present. During a 2018 interview, Moore stated, "I got my first guitar for Christmas when I was like 12, basically just because I saw a picture of a guitar in a catalog, a JCPenney's catalog. I thought, 'Hey that looks pretty cool. I want that.' That was my motivation at the time, and I got it for Christmas, and really didn't bother with it a whole lot. Then, I started taking lessons for the next year. Then I really started to get obsessed with it." During that same interview, Moore was asked who his earliest teachers were, and he stated, "The first teacher was Mary Biddle, and I studied for a year with her, just some basic lessons at the local music shop. After about a year, I had advanced, and she referred me to another guy named Nick Bucci, a great player in my area. He was studying jazz guitar with Pat Martino, and was also a rock guy, and he just taught me a lot of stuff; theory, and exercises, and all different kinds of stuff to make me become a better player and musician." (only Vinnie's hands appeared in the commercial as his guitar playing is heard). Following this, Moore recorded his first solo album, Mind's Eye (1986), released on Shrapnel Records and featuring Tony MacAlpine on keyboards. The album received several awards from guitar magazines and sold over 100,000 copies.

Moore played lead guitar with the heavy metal band Vicious Rumors on their debut album, Soldiers of the Night (1985). Moore released two instructional videos on guitar playing, in 1987 and 1989.

Moore had been the lead guitarist of UFO for 21 years, joining in June 2003 and remaining until their breakup in April 2024. He performed on six studio albums with the band: You Are Here (2004), The Monkey Puzzle (2006), The Visitor (2009), Seven Deadly (2012), A Conspiracy of Stars (2015) and the covers album The Salentino Cuts (2017).

On August 5, 2013, Moore came on stage to perform live with Peter Frampton on Frampton's Guitar Circus concert at Musikfest in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Moore played guitar on Red Zone Rider's debut album Red Zone Rider released on September 16, 2014.

Released: 1986 Label: Shrapnel Records Formats: CD, CS, LP, DL | – US: 6,719+ | – US: 5,852+

Released: July 10, 2001 Label: Shrapnel Records Formats: CD, DL | –

Released: May 26, 2009 Label: Mascot Formats: CD, DL | –

Released: October 23, 2015 Label: Mind's Eye Music Formats: Digital, CD | –

Released: October 4, 2019 Label: Mind's Eye Music Formats: Digital, CD | –

Released: November 8, 2022 Label: Mind's Eye Music Formats: | – "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums Title Album details Collection: The Shrapnel Years Released: March 14, 2006 Label: Shrapnel Records Formats: CD, DL

Live albums Title Album details Live! Released: January 25, 2000 Label: Shrapnel Records Formats: CD, DL

Instructional videos Title Album detailsAdvanced Lead Guitar Techniques Released: 1987 Label: Hot Licks Formats: VHSSpeed, Accuracy, & Articulation Released: 1989 Label: Hot Licks Formats: VHS

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