If you’re lucky, the only time you’ve been looking up at bassist Joe Escalante on a raised platform is when you getting crushed in the pit at a Vandals show. If you’re unlucky, it’s been in small claims court when he declares you guilty for vandalism charges. Escalante currently serves as a temporary judge, presiding over small claims, traffic, unlawful detainment, limited civil, and limited criminal matters.
Escalante now seeks to be a permanent county-paid judge, and to do so must run in an upcoming June 5th election.
While it certainly isn’t commonplace, it’s not absolutely unheard of for a punk musician to run for public office. Jello Biafra of The Dead Kennedys ran for mayor of San Francisco.
There is a huge difference between Jello running for mayor in a campaign that outright mocked the players within the power structure and a clean cut career goals musician doling out the man's "justice" by the book.
The Honorable Joe Escalante? The Vandals bassist running for LA County judge – Dying Scene
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