John Maurer (born July 14, 1961) is an American musician who was a longtime

bass guitarist A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), keyboard bass (synth bass) or a low bra ...

for

Social Distortion Social Distortion is an American punk rock band formed in 1978 in Fullerton, California. It consists of Mike Ness (vocals, guitar), Jonny Wickersham (guitar), Brent Harding (bass), David Hidalgo Jr. (drums), and David Kalish (keyboards). Emerg ...

from 1984 to 2004.

Career

He joined

in early 1984 following the departure of

Brent Liles Brent Harold Liles (September 7, 1963 – January 18, 2007) was an American musician who was the bassist for Social Distortion from 1981–1984 and later was the bassist for Agent Orange from 1988 – 1992. Early life Liles was born on Septembe ...

. He played on every album from ''

Prison Bound ''Prison Bound'' is the second studio album by Social Distortion, released in 1988. It was the first album with bass guitarist John Maurer and drummer Christopher Reece. It expands the punk rock sound of the band's first album, '' Mommy's Littl ...

'' to '' Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll''. He has a songwriting credit on the song "So Far Away" from Social Distortion's 1990 eponymous album along with frontman Mike Ness. In his later career he started two bands, Foxy and Fuel, while still playing for

. He also started his own record company called Slip Records. He stated in an interview with

HM Magazine ''HM Magazine'' is a monthly, digital and print on demand publication focusing on hard music and alternative culture of interest to Christians. It is based in Houston, Texas. Originally published as ''Heaven's Metal'', it was renamed to ''HM'' in ...

that, while in

, he became a devout Christian. According to the Social Distortion website, Maurer was replaced by Rancid's

Matt Freeman Roger Matthew Freeman, also known as Matt McCall, (born April 23, 1966) is an American musician best known as the bassist of punk rock band Rancid. After forming several bands with guitarist and vocalist Tim Armstrong in the late 1980s and e ...

in August 2004.

Discography with Social Distortion

*''

'' (1988) *''

'' (1990) *''

Somewhere Between Heaven And Hell ''Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell'' is the fourth studio album by American punk rock band Social Distortion, released on February 11, 1992. Following up on the surprise success of their breakthrough singles " Ball and Chain" and " Story of My L ...

'' (1992) *'' White Light, White Heat, White Trash'' (1996) *'' Live at the Roxy'' (1998) *'' Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll '' (2004)

References

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