Vinnie Moore: knac interview and tour dates

News:
15-03-2009:
KNAC interview Vinnie Moore about his upcoming release:



Vinnie Moore - Guitar
Van Romaine - Drums
John JD Deservio - Bass
Tim Lehner - Keys

available from 18th May 2009

TO THE CORE
2009 - Mascot Records

Fly (4:51)
Panic Attack (6:19)
Off The Hook (5:15)
Transcendence (3:53)
Soul Caravan (5:55)
Jigsaw (3:41)
Remorse (7:02)
Tailspin (5:33)
Over My Head (3:57)
Into the Open Highway (6:47)
Into the Sunset (5:41)

KNAC.COM: You have a new solo release coming out May 18th titled “To the Core”; tell me about that.

Moore: It has been a while since I have done a solo CD. I have been on the road so much that is has taken me quite a while to finish this. I think it is my best record yet by far. I went in some directions stylistically that I havent done before. I like to explore. It's an instrumental guitar record but it's not just a bunch of wankin off...I like to write songs a create moods.

KNAC.COM: What directions did you go in?

Moore: Well it's basically a rock record of course....but I don’t wanna be limited by that. I like to mix it up. I have a tune with an R&B vibe, some tunes with a little bit of a techno vibe.....and I think I may have showed more of my funky side too. I have a lot of bebop in my phrasing also. And there is the sound of a motorcycle in "Into the Open Highway"....just that there is worth the price of the CD. hahah

KNAC.COM: Is it hard coming up with a title for your songs, being there are no lyrics? How about for the album?

Moore: I find it very difficult to come up with a record title. I would come up with something I thought was cool and then an hour later think,"nah, thats not good enough”. Then I would see titles that other bands had used and think…"did they really call their CD that? That absolutely sucks". haha. In the end....you can second guess forever but the title really doesn’t matter a whole lot.

KNAC.COM: Will you be touring your solo release?

Moore: Yes. At the moment, I have some shows lined up for Italy. That's all I know for now but there will be more. I cant wait to play some solo shows. It has been a while.


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UFO tour dates
31st May - Rock Hard Festival - Gelsenkirchen - Germany
5th June - Sweden Rock Festival - Solvesborg - Sweden
9th June - Concorde 2 - Brighton - England
10th June - The Junction - Cambridge - England
12th June - Spring & Airbrake - Belfast - N.Ireland
13th June - 02 Academy - Glasgow - Scotland
14th June - 02 Academy - Newcastle - England
16th June - 02 Academy - Leeds - England
17th June - Rock City - Nottingham - England
19th June - Wulfrun Hall - Wolverhampton - England
20th June - Academy 2 - Manchester - England
21st June - 02 Academy - Bristol - England
23rd June - The Brook - Southampton - England
24th June - Shepherd's Bush Empire - London - England
27th June - Ulmer Zelt - Ulm - Germany
7th August - Bulldog Bash - Stratford-Upon-Avon - England

plus a really great Vinnie Moore fan site: http://www.beatsworking.tv/UFO/vinnie.html

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