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Vandal activity in the Mediterranean was so substantial that the sea's name in Old English was Wendelsæ (i. e. Sea of the Vandals). [72] After Attila the Hun 's death, however, the Romans could afford to turn their attention back to the Vandals, who were in control of some of the richest lands of their former empire.
The Vandals formed in 1980 in Huntington Beach, California, by guitarist Jan Nils Ackermann. [3] Soon vocalist Steven Ronald "Stevo" Jensen (1959 – August 21, 2005) [4] was found and he and Ackermann practiced and performed with a rotating cast of other members before a permanent lineup coalesced to include bassist Steve "Human" Pfauter and drummer Joe Escalante.
Steven Ronald "Stevo" Jensen (April 29, 1959 – August 21, 2005) was an American musician and an original founding member of The Vandals, alongside Jan Nils Ackermann.The band was based out of Huntington Beach, California, United States.
The Vandal Kingdom (Latin: Regnum Vandalum) or Kingdom of the Vandals and Alans (Latin: Regnum Vandalorum et Alanorum) was a confederation of Vandals and Alans, which was a barbarian kingdom established under Gaiseric, a Vandalic warlord. It ruled parts of North Africa and the Mediterranean for 99 years from 435 to 534 AD.
[40] [d] Although history remembers the Vandal sack of Rome as extremely brutal—making the word vandalism a term for any wantonly destructive act—in actuality, the Vandals did not wreak great destruction in the city; they did, however, take gold, silver and many other things of value.
He is best known for being the guitarist of The Vandals and Oingo Boingo. He is also co-founder of Kung Fu Records , along with his Vandals band-mate Joe Escalante . Early life
Many of his life’s most headline-making moments — his industry-defining success at Microsoft, his marriage to Melinda French Gates, the launch of their international charity and his personal ...
Joseph Patrick Escalante (born January 30, 1963) is an American [1] musician, television writer, film and television director, radio host, and former television executive. He is known professionally as the bassist and songwriter for the punk rock band The Vandals, and creator and episodic director of the paranormal travel series Monsters Across America on Fox Nation.