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The hair maybe less boulfant hutVinnie M00re continues t0 record and perlorm hoth s0l0 and
with UF0. A newalbum minesthe inlluences ftom a zs-year caleer.lnteruiew: [aveWalsh

h€ C easywor d of rock nto is


oiten at odds tothevislon olthe
re.luslvevl tuoso,lo.k€d away and
end esnyweiBlrlng uDthe variors ne its
oidifieing brards oJAA battery. h nark
.ontranto this lmage, vinnie Moore is
one ol tlre boys...justonewho happens
to po$esta ta ertforBultarthat lrae €ft
admireE na.k.jawed sln.e the s0s.
Ask Vlrnlewhich muslclans hewou d
hand-pl.kio be in lrlsdreanr band, and
h s re5ponse is de ivered without pause
todredgehis memorylo tre rippest
p aye6 to name{ rop:'Th€ way ! tlrink,

who cares abouttlre mrsi..Jrst put me


in a band w ih a bun.lr ollrot.hlcks! Take
aLl the chrhtina Aguileras, Britney5 and

Carmen E ectras and put me in a band


wiih them...l'd bea rappyman, heroa6.
A recentcold snap ln vlnnie! home
town oi Delawar€ rasitdampened ris
bido nor hiswillingressto.halabout
a thlngs guitarrelated. A European
5o o toor n Febtrary.olrided witr the
coldest winterfor years, orlvlor hlm to
retdrn hometowoEe. w€ did t9 showe
n 24 days.overlngthe uK, Turkey,

creeceand otherplacesthat venever


been to ata soio act. twasgrue ing, and ?epsi wanteil €ddie TJan J{alen. That
'
got ba.k hometo 24ln.hes ol snow
the mon ever in De awa.e,' rues vlnnle.
didn't happen andT got the call, and the
The hakyon day5 ofshred may be
beh nd usbutwitlr a rewa bum out, a
nert daj'I was on the first flight to toA'
permanentgiCwith Brlt rock legends l.lF0
ln ris ba.k po.ket and a egionofloya tsa a ongwayfromafamousv a bum t4ind3 Eyc which cemexed his
faE, v rnie has p enty to smle about. bombastnAmerican PepsiTV p ace in gultar hierarhy. twa5n dream
The new a bu m ro trc Corc featu les 10 commercla.'Man, thatwas back in 85, come trueto have my own re.o.d, and I
lnsttr menta s tlrat draw frorn a b.oad remembers Vinnle. Idid the muscand got such agreat rcsponse. suddenly had
ange of lnf uences while referedcidg ny handsarelnthedose upshot, Back a prcsen.e ln the music busine$ and the
the panwith flo dead passages. llust then, d say tlrat nry lrands wercfamousl gultar wor d, and couldit haveaskedfor
think lm a rock guy whos into a lot of Theywanted Edd e Van rlalen butwlren anything better Tothis day peop e nl
diJferent nyles of nLrsicand h a ways that d dn'i lrapoen rgota ca ask ng me menUoi that record.lts notone of my
experlnrentine and tying new th ngs. I to aud tion,andthe nexiday wasontlre iavouriies, but peop e stil likeit.
nay be a httle on the progress ve s de Further releases inc ud ns IiDe
brt lm baslca y a songwriter who p avs The flzzy pop exposure led io workfor odrssey. Meltdown and out 0f Nowherc
gr tarand expiores a lot.' shrapnel Records and Vinnieb 87soo !o dified vinnies reputat on as a O
musicalinnovator,asdidreg!arclinics itsall digita. AnalogLre sounds lantani.
and tuiUon vld€osthroughout the posl but it! too d ffcultto do at home.'
srunse 90s a timewlren but the Dhrase Early muskal iniluences bieed througlr
'praclice regime became a dirtywo.d. ontothe album. oyerlryHeadcalh to A MuslcMan endorser for
'Deep purple, Led zeD and Queen mind the fluld. me odlctone of rcfrBF.k rhe vinnan 2ooo has a
made me wantt! play cuit and rtook whereas Pari. Alll.l has an abundance re.entlv swaDDed to Dean
lessons loraboutflve yea6, so rthlnk ofde aved lines remlniscentoia certain and was rewarded uith his
itt good to studyand learn lrom peop e perma-hatted rrlsh player. own slSnature model, the naFleneck, all finished ir
who know mare than you, Virnie opines. 'Thefirstthing I earned to plaVotrer vinnan tooo.,t knew the
'Practice as moch as you can.The more than chords was leflBeckb little melody ovner of Dean way back ln Floyd Rose and a signature
timeyou put in, the bettei Music is in the song R/ue tud
from Wred. and the'80ewhen heouned bridge pickup,the DMT
iniinite, so Vor can evenlearnfrom Ive been into him eversince.Para the Florlda musi. store, thredH6d hunbu.kei
peop e who arenl as accomolished as I4ackusesiwodifferentdeays ove rhoroughbred Musi.. td
yoo are. rdon t rea v havea roLrtine I Th€ Edge s D ayinc. A these thines done sone clinics for him, pickupsand we went back
and when he bought Dean andforth talkingabout
'T don't reaQg haae a routine * T just he had all these idea for
neq excltlry things. I liked
hpedan.e, the size of the
wlre and howmanywinds
picllup the guitar and start noodling thedirection hera going
in so I b€cane intErested little crazy. I re.orded each
around unti.l something good comes out' in dolng a signature nodel pickup on a separate track
and joinlng them in their
differentsounds, which
just pick up tlre guitarand naft nood ing are unintentiona but your heroesand 'l don'tcollect $itarg
around until sometring good.omes iniluencestend to came out. but like everyone, when I
out. ltl
erplor ng, not real V honing mV Less obv ous areihe subt e,laidback
te.hnique, so if lm preparingfor a tour, sounds ol lr?rscederre and so!/ hann€randchisel to ny nlddleandaDi arzioFart
my.hops are thereand itju5t happens aaravan.l like those be.ause sty isticallV Thck l lnthe neckwith a
from playing be. serplayalot, thevte things that I haven't done before. humbucker and ruined it. sinsl€ volum€and tone
anvwhere f rom on€ to eight haurs a dar' Monoftlre record is tuned down a ha f Ihere was al50 a '65Gibson conplete the design. But
Tlie newalbumwas re.orded in step but lrars.erder.e is dropped down 335 that I sold ao buy some what about the name?'rt's
Vinniesown home studio, apt V named two wholesteps to C. ttsounds more an old enail addre5s I had
The Co.e,ltsjuna little pc set up with beefy and changesih€ temperofthe
some ampsand aconirolroom. he savs guilarso it resonates different v. Thats that got ne a record deal, thought lt woold be a great
modestiy, ove playingin lront
ofa what keeps t fresh and excitingior me so I can't .onplaln about nane for the gritar, so r
crowd, but r ove thecr€ativity ofmakinC I fee a greatersense ofa..omplishment just kinda rolled wlth it.'
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