Vinnie MacArthur

Vincent Jonathan MacArthur (born. 1962-) is an American musician, most notably as the frontman of Californian thrash metal band Townsend Sacrifice. He goes by his stage name Vinnie MacArthur. During shows he is know for his elaborate "biker" outfits and plays a different guitar every show.

Early life
Vincent Jonathan MacArthur was born in Blue Rock, California, in 1962, to Italian-English steelworker James "Jimmy" Beaupatrick MacArthur and unemployed house mother Eleanora Fitzpatrick Joanne Entwhistle (born. 1939), the first and only child. His father Jimmy died in a work accident in 1973, whereupon his mother took up a job running a dinner inherited from her father, Vincent's grandfather, Jeffrey Fitzpatrick Entwhistle (born. 1901-died. 1974).

Music
MacArthur began listening to the likes of Black Sabbath and Led Zepellin in his early and late teen years. He took up the guitar in 1977, and began playing minor gigs around Blue Rock. In 1983 he met high school graduate Mark MacKinley, and they began jamming together. Three years later they met Larry Jefferson and Joe Turner, and Townsend Sacrifice was born. For more information, see Townsend Sacrifice.

Personal life
MacArthur has been married two times. His first wife Amie Masters divorced him in 1994 after two years of marriage, and one child, his oldest son Jack Vincent MacArthur (born. 1992). He married his second, and current wife, Elizabeth Maria Leeds in 1997, and they have three children: his second son Michael Fitzpatrick MacArthur (born. 1997), and his twin daughters Elise and Ruby (born. 1999). He lives in Blue Rock with his wife and four children, and owns over 500 guitars, one hundred of which are custom made for Townsend Sacrifice.