Vinnie Stigma (born Vincent Cappucchio) 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 New York Hardcore Tattoos on Stanton Street in New York City's Lower East Side. It is popular at Agnostic Front shows for fans to shout "Stigma!" before his solos. Stigma is known as one of the nicest people in the hardcore scene. Typically a guitarist and backup vocalist, he sings lead vocals on the song "Pauly the Dog" on Agnostic Front's album "Something's Gotta Give".
Trivia
Vinnie is a huge Pittsburgh Steelers fan, as evidenced from his Steelers tattoo on his neck. 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. 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
