


The official MaulerMania Video has been posted!
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Offline since 2007, the website is back- renewed, rejuvenized, reanimated and resurrected for your browsing pleasure. If you already know about the Maulers, then the return of the website will be like getting reacquainted with a long lost friend. On the other hand, you could be asking the question: Who the fuck are the Maulers? Don't worry, read on and all your questions will be answered.
The old site was a multi-page, database driven behemoth using a PERL coded backend with plenty of JavaScript for good measure. There will no longer be any of that, now there is exactly one page, this one. All the necessary information is here, just keep scrolling down. Thanks for visiting and enjoy the new maulers.com!


Early details of the Maulers are bit foggy- probably due to beer, Jack Daniels, Boone's Farm, cannabis and all of us now being in our sixties. However, at a recent gathering, the genesis was discussed, and although we don't agree on every detail, we do agree that without the Maulers we probably wouldn't be the close group of friends we are today.


You may be thinking- "Gee, this kinda sounds like Spinal Tap." We would agree to an extent, but we thought of it first around 1980 or so which predates the great Rob Reiner film by about four years, so fuck off.


Oh, almost forgot to mention, there also had to be pyrotechnics- lots of pyrotechnics.





We realize it's a juvenile double entendre made up by guys with an average age of about 20 at the time. Now our average age is about 64 and we make no apologies. Pete is a combination of the great front men of rock- Johnson, Tyler, DLR, Halford with an extra helping of Jim Dandy.
Pete and Alex wishing a fan Happy Birthday.

Alex and his brother, Eddie Vas Deferenz, were founding members of the Maulers. We absolutely borrowed this from the soundtrack of Monty Python and the Holy Grail where a nuclear scientist named Reginald Vas Deferens is referenced (0:21). Because of this, we would sometimes refer to a certain band as Vas Deferens. It is unknown why the ending "s" was changed to "z" except it looks more bad ass.

After the first couple of performances, the friend who was Eddie Vas Deferenz decided his life needed a new direction and no longer wanted to participate. So EVD was retired, written out of the story and replaced with Bitch Pastey. The friend that stepped in to fill the role did not get a choice in the name, it was sort of assigned to him.

Slats came from Slats Grobnik a character created by Mike Royko of the Chicago Tribune and Magnum from Jeff Magnum of the punk band Dead Boys. Magnum P.I. premiered on December 11, 1980 on CBS the show writers were probably fans of the Dead Boys as well. Slats has been described as the "rudest man alive" and he takes great pride in living up to that honor.

There is no recollection by anyone on the origin or reasoning why the drummer was named Jim Smith and we have agreed to never discuss it again.
Pictures of Jim Smith are not currently available and it is unclear if his name can legally be on this web site.
This is the last known photo of Eddie Vas Deferenz before his disappearance. From the left are: Peter Thruster (crotch enhanced), Deryk St. Derrick, Eddie and Slats Magnum.
If this picture looks somewhat familiar, here's where we got the inspiration.

Again, this was borrowed and repurposed for our own use. Where did it come from? IYKYK. Deryk St. Derrick was added as the Manager of the Maulers and is in charge of the Penisaurus empire and he occasionally fills in when Bitch is absent. He immediately hired his friend Harv Crater as Production Manager and Harv can be spotted at Mauler shows stage right pushing the pyro buttons.

Special thanks to the ladies that have appeared as the pregnant Girl Scouts, the Saturday (SAAYTURD) Girls, the Shake Weight Girls, Go-Go Dancers and the St. Mauli Girl.
Before starting the next next section, here's some pictures from the archive.


Why would you guys continue to do this after all these years? You're not getting any younger, you know. To have fun.
Why would people take time out of their lives to come watch a band that doesn't even really play their instruments? To have fun.
Why would real bands and musicians play for free and agree to be the opening act for a band that isn't real? To have fun.
So we would like to say thank you and acknowledge all the bands and musicians that participated over the years. You were the reason Mauler shows were a success and why so many people showed up. It should be noted that many of these bands/ musicians have played at multiple Mauler events.

Whole Nine Yards
Red Hot Ruby
Dynamo Humm
Porselain
Longshot
The Strange
Brien Murphy
Steve Herrington
The Deciders
Rodney Hart
Jonny 7
Hartlyss and Hartless
Pete Magliocco
Marcy Inman Phillips
Keith Franks
The Sixteen Strings
Human Element
Cameran
Midnite Cruze
Flat Wrabit
The Pat Riot Act
Boosh!
The Availables
To the right: Made up band names used to sometimes (usually) pad the lineup.
Dutch Oven
The Fux
Who Stabbed Jerry
The Festers
Tacklebox
The Wagenmasters
Der VagenMeisters
Zog
Lord Squatney
The Harshmellows
Dandysnatch
Diarrhea Jim
The Napster Division
Hitler's Camaro
Switchpiss
Lumps of It
Too Much Hair
Sack Wagon
Shaggy Fudge
Murder of Cows
Viper Figgis
Lipshitz
WhöreMönger
J Christ
Song Count: 71
Cover Versions: 25
Bands with 3 or more songs on the list:
Van Halen- 7
Kiss- 7
Aerosmith- 6
Cheap Trick- 4
Sammy Hagar- 3
AC/DC- 3
Toys in the Attic, Nine Lives, What it Takes, Road Runner (Bo Diddley cover), Baby Please Don't Go, Helter Skelter (Beatles cover) - Aerosmith
Barracuda (Heart cover) - Adrenaline Mob
Elected, School's Out - Alice Cooper
Hip to be a Sandman (Metallica and Huey Lewis and the News mashup) - Bill McLintock
Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
Hello There, Day Tripper (Beatles cover), Surrender, Can't Stop the Music, Clock Strikes 10 - Cheap Trick
King Contrary Man - The Cult
Join Together (Who cover) - Dead Daisies
Baba O'Reilly (Who cover) - Dropkick Murphys
I Want to Hold Your Hand (Beatles cover) - Emmett Lee Stang
Stone Blue - Foghat
All my Life, Fortunate Son (with John Fogarty) - Foo Fighters
Back to Wentzville - George Thorogood and The Destroyers
99 Red Ballons (Nena cover) - Goldfinger
Hair of the Dog (Nazareth cover) - Guns N' Roses
Rockin' at Midnight - Honey Drippers
Barracuda Intro (Heart cover) - Jack Black
I Saw Her Standing There (Beatles cover) - John Corabi
You Got Another Thing Coming - Judas Priest
Deuce, Cold Gin, Guitar Solo from Alive!, Heaven's on Fire, Rock and Roll all Night, Rock and Roll Radio (Ramones cover), Strutter - Kiss
Ballroom Blitz (Sweet cover) - Krokus
BBC (Austin Powers Soundtrack) - Ming Tea
Great Balls of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis cover) - The Misfits
Kick out the Jams (MC5 cover) - Monster Magnet
Bad Motor Scooter, Rock the Nation - Montrose
Kickstart my Heart, Smokin' in the Boys Room (Brownsville Station cover) - Mötley Crüe
Louie Louie (Kingsmen cover) - Motörhead
Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting (Elton John cover) - Nickelback
Boom Boom Out Go the Lights, Whole Lotta Rosie (AC/DC cover) - Pat Travers Band
Talk Dirty to Me - Poison
Do You Feel Like I Do (Peter Frampton cover) - Night Ranger
Metal Health - Quiet Riot
We're an American Band (Grand Funk Railroad cover) - Rob Zombie
Red, Mas Tequila, There's Only One Way to Rock, My Generation (Who cover) - Sammy Hagar
Help (Beatles cover) - Silverstein
Fat Bottomed Girls (Queen cover) - Small Town Titans
Rock and Roll High School (Ramones cover) - Tommy and the Rockets
Eruption (Van Halen cover on banjo) - The Reverend Ed Broms
Uncontrollable Urge (Devo cover) - Van Goat
Panama, Unchained, Big Fat Money, Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love, Hot for Teacher, Rock and Roll (Led Zepplin cover), There's Only One Way to Rock - Van Halen
1981- 1986 The Beginning
The first performances were Quincy College air band contests followed by performances at The Landing at Mark Twain Lake, Puzzles Pub, Quincy Motor Inn, an air band contest in Kirksville and several appearances as special guests of the (real) band Black Tie. After 1986, the Maulers disappeared for over 10 years.
1997- 2000 If You Build a Stage, They Will Come
There was a man named Lloyd who had a huge backyard in rural Quincy that had a natural slope away from the back of the house. A stage was built at the bottom of the hill and his backyard was transformed into Lloyd's Amphitheater. This was the home of five events in four years: Maulerpalooza (1997), Maulerstock (1998), Mauloween (1998), Maullennium (1999) and Lloyd's Monsters of Rock (2000).
These were festival type events where local musicians and bands were invited to perform. Music would usually start mid-afternoon with the Maulers going on around 10:00 for their electrifying 15-20 minute set.
It was during this time that the internet really took off. In 1997 the domain maulers.com was registered and the website was created to bring the Maulers into cyberspace. We created content and tried to keep it fresh for about 10 years but when there were no updates for over a year the decision was made to take down the site around 2007. Fortunately, the registration was kept current and maulers.com is back and it's back with a fucking vengeance.
In the decade after the shows at Lloyd's Amphitheater, there would be only one performance which was at South Side Boat Club- Mauloween '05.
2010-2024 The Swinegrass Years
There was a nice couple who lived in a barn on a farm near Camp Point, IL. They decided to get married in 2010 and asked the Maulers to perform at their wedding reception. After that, a stage was constructed (picture right) and Swinegrass, as the farm was named, hosted several events including Live at Swinegrass (2013), Sheer Shart Attack (2014), Mauleroo (2016), Stinko de Maulo (2018), The End (2021) and MaulerMania (2024). These continued the tradition of festival type events featuring local musicians and bands with the Maulers closing out the evening.


Unfortunately, not much media from the early days has survived. The pictures to the right are screen shots from the Maulers "Bad Motor Scooter" video made in the early '80s on high quality VHS.
Here is a link to the Bad Motor Scooter video.
There was not good record keeping during this time. Although the venues are known (listed above), the exact dates are uncertain.
Another video from Puzzles Pub in 1983.




November 1, 1997
Lloyd's Amphitheater
Maulerpalooza was the triumphant return of the Maulers after a 10+ year absence and was the first of five shows at Lloyd's Amphitheater.
Alex premiered his signature guitar, the "Flying VD", at this event which he still uses to this day.


June 27,1998
Lloyd's Amphitheater
The first of two shows during 1998, Maulerstock built on the success of Maulerpalooza and the pyrotechnics were upgraded for this and future events.
This video shows the stage set up at Lloyd's which included a huge projection screen with some pyro for good measure.

October 10,1998
Lloyd's Amphitheater
Mauloween was the second event of 1998 and there would be no more years with multiple shows.
Here's a video typical of a closing finale of a show at Lloyd's.


July 10,1999
Lloyd's Amphitheater
Bitch Pastey was unable to attend so Deryk St. Derrick filled in and amazingly sounded exactly the same as Bitch. St. Derrick would continue to fill in as needed which was fine with him because in addition to his usual 87.5%, he could also claim 20% of the remaining 12.5% artist's share.
This was the first show billed as "the Maulers final performance".


Monsters of Rock
July 15, 2000
Lloyd's Amphitheater
The fifth and last show at Lloyd's was named for the man himself. It was recognition well deserved for hosting five of these events.




October 29, 2005
South Side
Boat Club
Listen to the radio ad for the event.
Youtube Video Links
Kickstart My Heart
Saturday Night's Alright
Eruption on Banjo




October 30, 2010
The Lakeside
Wedding Pavilion
at Swinegrass
After the wedding, negotiations were ongoing to bring the Maulers back to Swinegrass and eventually all parties were in agreement but it took almost three years.




July 6, 2013
The Stage
at Swinegrass
Here's the video of the show.
To open a large version of the poster click here.


June 28, 2014
The Stage
at Swinegrass
This was the first time since 1999 and 2000 there were shows in consecutive years and that would never happen again.
To open a large version of the poster click here.




June 25, 2016
The Stage
at Swinegrass
Here is the complete Mauleroo video with intro and includes the meme "Hitler Gets Mauler Tickets".
To open a large version of the poster click here.




June 30, 2018
The Stage
at Swinegrass
To open a large version of the poster click here.




September 11, 2021
The Stage
at Swinegrass
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September 7, 2024
Camp Point
Slackerdome
Declaring The End was the end didn't really work out too well. So strap yourself in and get really for one more!
The official MaulerMania Video has been posted!
Four days after the show, there's already a shit-load of pics posted on the MaulerMania page.
On the right is the top part of the poster. What, there's more? There sure is- click here to view.








It's rewarding to know that so many people got the joke, appreciated the humor and had a good time at Mauler events over the years. Knowing people appreciated what we were doing helped us continue even as we became sexagenarians (Alex thinks this means sexy people that don't eat meat). This website serves as an online tribute to the Maulers, all the real bands and musicians that performed and everyone who attended over the years. Thank you!
Contact the bastard responsible for this website at: themaulersrock@gmail.com
