Steven Ronald Jensen

Steven Ronald "Stevo" Jensen
Steven Ronald "Stevo" Jensen
Background information
Birth name	Steven Ronald Jensen
Also known as	Stevo
Born	(1959-04-29)April 29, 1959 Los Angeles County, California, United States
Died	August 20, 2005(2005-08-20) (aged 46) Maui, Hawaii [3]
Genres	Punk rock
Occupation(s)	Singer, Composer, Actor
Instruments	Vocals, scratch box, flute.
Years active	1980–1986, 1989.
Labels	Epitaph, National Trust, Restless Records, Posh Boy Records.
Associated acts	The Vandals, S.N.I.V. (Stevo's New Improved Vandals)

Steven Ronald Jensen A.K.A.:"Stevo" (April 29, 1959—August 20, 2005) was an original founding member (along with Jan Nils Ackermann) of the Huntington Beach, California Punk Rock Band The Vandals. After Performing for some time in different bands in Southern California, Jan Nils Ackermann decided to form The Vandals, enlisting Steven Ronald "Stevo" Jensen as vocalist, and the band's comical character took shape. A love for surfing had prompted Jensen to move from Buena Park to Huntington Beach. He became a protege of T.S.O.L. founders Mike Roche and Ron Emory, a couple of surfers who had veered into punk.

"I admired the way Mike Roche and Ron and Bob Emory (Ron's older brother) dressed and acted, and I followed in their footsteps," Jensen recalled. But before long, he developed his own outrageous take on punk that was far from T.S.O.L.'s glowering style.

"I said, 'We're going to have a good time with it. We're going to make fun of everybody and we're going to have fun doing it,' " Jensen said. "That's what I wanted--fun." After performing with Steve Gonzalez and Vince Mesa, The Original Line-up of The Vandals performed at the now World-Famous Costa Mesa Club the Cuckoo's Nest owned by early Punk Rock club owner Jerry Roach. Stevo and the Vandals performed that night with China White and Shattered Faith before Gonzalez and Mesa left the initial group. Steve Soto from Adolescents and Agent Orange fame rehearsed with Jan Nils Ackermann on Bass Guitar previous to the Peace Thru' Vandalism line-up of The Vandals recording, constructing bass parts for many future songs along with early notables on bass who helped write songs such as Bob Emory, Steve Gonzalez and Steve "Human" Pfauter. Stevo died in 2005 in Maui, Hawaii.

In mid-1981, Steven Ronald "Stevo" Jensen and Jan Nils Ackermann sought a lineup for their band that could consistently both record and perform live shows for possible touring purposes. After many bassists came and went, The Vandals eventually recruited Steve "Human" Pfauter as their full-time permanent bassist before adding Joe Escalante (a former bandmate of Human's) on the drums. Escalante's presence completed the original Peace Thru' Vandalism era lineup of the band, which went on to perform and record for the remainder of 1981 throughout Southern California. Stevo then entered the studio with this Vandals' lineup in 1982 and recorded the Peace Thru Vandalism E.P. with Thom Wilson as producer. Released later that year on Epitaph Records, Peace Thru Vandalism is the only E.P. that The Vandals have recorded as of 2017.