Vinnie Moore (April 14 1964, New Castle, Delaware) is a guitarist and a member of the British hard rock band UFO. Along with Yngwie Malmsteen, Tony MacAlpine, and others, Moore is known as one of the most influential guitarists to emerge out of the shredder boom in the mid 1980s.[LINK: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:m72vad4kv8w3~T1] [4] Moore has endorsed numerous guitar companies over the years, his most well known being Music Man guitars. In 2007 Moore left Music Man and began endorsing Dean guitars. He also has an endorsement contract with Engl amplification. Biography Moore 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,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgbZ02TE2iY (only Vinnie's hands a

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