# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-escalante
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:38:43.046Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-escalante"
name: "Joe Escalante"
slug: "joe-escalante"
description: "Joseph Patrick Escalante is an American 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."
tagline: "American television writer, film and television director, musician, radio host, and former television executive"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JoeEscalante_Indianopolis04.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1963-01-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.04
  momentum:             2.298947368421053
  historical:           7.771822666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0260122/"
    handle:    "nm0260122"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.joeescalante.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/447157"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA"
    title: "چو اسكالانت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C"
    title: "جو اسکلنتی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Escalante"
    title: "Joe Escalante"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Escalante"
    title: "Joe Escalante"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88_%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C"
    title: "جو اسکلنتی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Escalante"
    title: "Joe Escalante"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE"
    title: "Эскаланте, Джо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/84d4e880-0ac2-4cf9-8bf1-d13eb45070eb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2571504"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump