Editing Vinnie Moore (section)

== 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 [[J. C. Penney|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."<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/user-90858124/ryan-91819-vinnie-moore-aetrim1541018464727-aemerge1541018512786|title=R.Y.A.N. - Season 2, Episode 5: Vinnie Moore|access-date=July 20, 2021|website=Soundcloud.com|archive-date=May 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504212010/https://soundcloud.com/user-90858124/ryan-91819-vinnie-moore-aetrim1541018464727-aemerge1541018512786|url-status=live}}</ref> 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, who was a great player in my local 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."<ref name="auto" /> Moore played clubs and bars until Shrapnel executive [[Mike Varney]] discovered him via a demo and biography that Moore submitted to the Spotlight column, which Varney headed for ''Guitar Player''. His connection to Varney led to an opportunity to appear in a [[Pepsi]] commercial in 1985<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgbZ02TE2iY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/KgbZ02TE2iY| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=80's Pepsi Commercial |publisher=YouTube |date=April 6, 2006 |access-date=June 28, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> (only Vinnie's hands appeared in the commercial as his guitar playing is heard).<ref name="guitarhoo" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vinniemoore.com/discography/pepsi.html |title=Vinnie Moore |publisher=Vinnie Moore |access-date=June 28, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209021929/http://www.vinniemoore.com/discography/pepsi.html |archive-date=December 9, 2012 }}</ref> Following this, Moore recorded his first solo album, ''[[Mind's Eye (album)|Mind's Eye]]'' (1986),<ref name="LarkinHR">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1999|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0257-7|pages=301/2}}</ref> released on [[Shrapnel Records]] and featuring [[Tony MacAlpine]] on keyboards. The album received several awards from guitar magazines and sold over 100,000 copies.{{Citation needed|date=May 2007}}

Moore played lead guitar with the heavy metal band [[Vicious Rumors]] on their debut album, ''[[Soldiers of the Night]]'' (1985).<ref name="LarkinHR" /> The album featured Moore's solo-song "Invader", which was in the style of Van Halen's "Eruption". The shred guitar craze of the late 1980s 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}}

Moore joined [[Alice Cooper]]'s band for a tour and then appeared on the ''[[Hey Stoopid]]'' (1991) album.<ref name="LarkinHR" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vinniemoore.com/vm/bio.htm|title=Vinnie Moore's Official Web Site|date=March 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328093541/http://www.vinniemoore.com/vm/bio.htm|access-date=July 20, 2021|archive-date=March 28, 2010}}</ref> Moore released two instructional videos on guitar playing, in 1987 and 1989.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vinniemoore.com/discography/hotlicks1.html |title=Vinnie Moore |publisher=Vinnie Moore |access-date=June 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713060952/http://www.vinniemoore.com/discography/hotlicks1.html |archive-date=July 13, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vinniemoore.com/discography/hotlicks2.html |title=Vinnie Moore |publisher=Vinnie Moore |access-date=June 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713060306/http://www.vinniemoore.com/discography/hotlicks2.html |archive-date=July 13, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Moore had been the lead guitarist of [[UFO (band)|UFO]] for 21 years, joining in June 2003 and remaining until their breakup in April 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/phil-mogg-ufo-lights-out-interview-2024/|title=How UFO Aimed for the Stars With 'Lights Out'|website=ultimateclassicrock.com|date=13 April 2024|access-date=18 April 2024}}</ref> He performed on six studio albums with the band: ''[[You Are Here (UFO album)|You Are Here]]'' (2004), ''[[The Monkey Puzzle (UFO album)|The Monkey Puzzle]]'' (2006), ''[[The Visitor (UFO album)|The Visitor]]'' (2009), ''[[Seven Deadly (UFO album)|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.<ref name="guitarhoo" />