Vince DiFiore

{{short description| American musician (born 1965)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2010}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Vince DiFiore | image = WWDC09-Cake-6 (4694797719).jpg | caption = DiFiore performing with Cake in 2009 | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Vincent Robert DiFiore Jr. | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1965}} | alias = | death_date = | origin = | genre = | occupation = Musician | years_active = | label = | associated_acts = Cake | website = | instrument = {{hlist|Trumpet|keyboards|vocals}} | birth_place = Torrance, California, U.S. }}

'''Vincent Robert DiFiore Jr.''' (born 1965 in Torrance, California) is an American musician. He has been a member of the band Cake since 1991, in which he plays trumpet and keyboards and sings backing vocals.<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p24137/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Cake|last=Huey|first=Steve|publisher=AMG|access-date=14 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://diffuser.fm/cakes-vince-difiore-music-parenting-interview/|title=Cake's Vince DiFiore Muses Over the Music Industry, Parenting + More|last=Kim|first=Dave|website=Diffuser.fm|date=16 May 2012 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://americannoise.com/interview-with-vince-difiore-of-cake/|title=Interview with Vince DiFiore of Cake|last=Thanki|first=Juli|date=2018-11-09|website=American Noise|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://madison.com/entertainment/music/for-cake-success-is-the-frosting/article_05b7e805-a356-505c-a76b-a33c43469c9f.html|title=For Cake, success is the frosting|author=ROB THOMAS {{!}} The Capital Times {{!}}|website=madison.com|date=10 May 2011 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-28}}</ref>

== Education == DiFiore earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from University of California, Los Angeles and a Master of Arts in psychology from California State University, Sacramento.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammyconnect.com/people/vince-difiore|title=Discover hidden connections {{!}}{{!}} GRAMMYconnect|website=Discover hidden connections {{!}}{{!}} GRAMMYconnect|access-date=2020-02-28|archive-date=28 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228223139/https://www.grammyconnect.com/people/vince-difiore|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Career == DiFiore is a founding member of Cake, along with John McCrea and Greg Brown, Shon Meckfessel, and Frank French. The band released their first album, ''Motorcade of Generosity,'' in 1994, and have since released five more.

Since 2019, DiFiore has been a member of the That, with whom he plays trumpet and keyboards, as well as singing accompanying vocals.

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