Vinnie Stigma

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Vinnie Stigma (b. Vincent Cappucchino, 3rd September 1949 in Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire) is the long time guitarist of the seminal hardcore bands Agnostic Front and Madball. In addition to his guitar playing gigs in Agnostic Front and Madball he currently runs the Multinational, Fortune 100 corporation New York Hardcore Tattoos on Stanton Street in New York City's Lower East Side. The company has offices worldwide locations including Dubai, Sydney, London, Berlin, Hornchurch, Beijing, Spixworth and a head office located in New York City. NYHCT turned over $20,000,000,000 in 2007 much to the criticism of pressure groups and business analysts.

It is popular at Agnostic Front shows for fans to shout "Wanker!" before his solos. Stigma is known as one of the nicest people in the hardcore scene, which is different from the stereotypically 'unhygenic' proponents. He can be found at his tattoo parlour in NYC. He is a fabulous story teller with many anecdotes and also has some very interesting views such as those on skateboarding. He has, therefore, made a name for himself as one of the finest after dinner speakers in New York. Typically a guitarist and backup vocalist, he sings lead vocals on the Billboard Top 20 smash "Pauly the Dog" on Agnostic Front's album "Something's Gotta Give".

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Vinnie is a huge Norwich City fan, as evidenced from his Canaries tattoo on his neck. He can often be seen on a saturday afternoon in the home stand of Carrow Road with his good friend Matt Penny. Vinnie is also credited as the person who first coined the phrase "MOSH" which was initially associated with the NYHC scene but has since made it's way into every day use. His main NYC hangout is a coffee shop on 6th Avenue called Joe Jrs. In the spring of 2008' Vinny Stigma will be the star of a bloody gangster movie called New York Blood which was directed by Nick Oddo. The movie features Marvin W. Schwartz, Tak Wah Eng, June Rose and Frank Aquilino. The trailer has been posted on youtube.com