Clorox Girls in Umea, Sweden, 2007 (photo by Mateus Mondini)
I taught myself to play guitar at 11 or 12 after my family moved from Los Angeles to Washington State. By 13 I had started my own punk band, and embarked on my first tour at 15. Our heroes were Black Flag, Minor Threat, Buzzcocks and a bunch of local bands (The Rickets, PUD, The Cleavers, The Unabombers, The Displacements). We put on our own shows at the Bainbridge Island Teen Center and in garages and living rooms. My first vinyl 7″ record came out in 1998 and since then, I haven’t looked back.
My “main squeeze” was Clorox Girls. From 2003-present we’ve released 3 albums on LP/CD, ten 7″ singles, one cassette, and 1 CD discography. In our “prime” we toured 10 months out of the year and lived in our van. We frequently toured Europe, Canada, and the U.S., and were fortunate enough to tour Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina.
In the last few years, while spending time living in Europe, I enjoyed playing in side projects Red Dons, Mano De Mono, , Suspect Parts and Role Models. My most recent musical project is LA Drugz which is a 70s punk/60s pop band with some great harmonies. Our influences are the music we love, but namely The Nerves, Buzzcocks, The Kids, Stones, Small Faces, Love, Seeds, Lollipop Shoppe, and the Zombies. I was also convinced to join up with a couple of nogoodniks in the L.A. punk/glam band Maniac.
Here’s my discography listed below; all of the records, mostly vinyl, a few CD’s, a couple of cassettes. Most of this stuff is out of print although plenty is still available. If you want to track any of these records down, feel free to email me.
JUSTIN MAURER DISCOGRAPHY:
L.A. DRUGZ (Los Angeles, CA)
L.A. Drugz 12″ EP (Hovercraft Records, 2013)
MANIAC (Los Angeles, CA)
“Dim Sum” 7″ (La Ti Da Records, Canada, 2013)
Clorox Girls, Jonny Cat Lair, Portland, OR 2006 (Photo by Jonny Cat)
CLOROX GIRLS
(Portland, OR/Los Angeles, CA)
Albums:
“Clorox Girls” LP/CD (SmartGuy Records, USA) – 2004
“This Dimension” LP/CD (SmartGuy Records, USA) – 2005
“Toda Discografia” CD (Patche Costas, Brazil) – 2006
“J’aime Les Filles” LP/CD (BYO Records, USA) – 2007
“Demos, Rarities, & Early 7′s” Cassette (Burger Records, USA) – 2010
Singles:
“Baby” 7″ (17 Television/Jonny Cat Records, USA) – 2003
“This Dimension” 7″ (Jonny Cat Records, USA) – 2004
“Novacain” 7″ (Bachelor Records, Austria) -2005
“Eva Braun” 7″ (Burning Sensation Records, Netherlands) -2005
“Von Grapa” Split 7″ (Holy Cobra Society, Spain) – 2005
“Double Mao” 7″ (Bachelor Records, Austria) -2006
“Kissin Cousins” Split 7″ (Beat Generation, Carnus Records, Spain) – 2006
“All I Wanna Do” 7″ (Discos Subterraneos, Spain) – 2006
“Boys/Girls” 7″ (Prugel Prinz Records, Germany) – 2006
“Genocide/Bad Girls” 7″ (17 TV, 45 RPM, Hovercraft Records, USA/Taken By Surprise Records, Germany) – 2011
Suspect Parts in Leeds, England 2009 (Photo by Anna Powell)
SUSPECT PARTS
(London, UK/Berlin, Germany)
“Suspect Parts” 7″ (17 Television, USA, Deranged Records, Canada) – 2008
“City Burning” 7″ (No Front Teeth Records, UK) – 2009
“Maneater” 7″ (Hovercraft Records, USA/Taken By Surprise Records, Germany) – 2009
“Change Your Mind” 7″ (House Party Records, Canada) – 2009
“Suspect Parts” Cassette (Ggnzla Records, USA) – 2010
RED DONS
(Portland, OR)
Red Dons, London, England 2007 (Photo by Mateus Mondini)
“Escaping Amman” 7″ (Deranged Records, Canada) – 2007
“Death To Idealism” LP/CD (Deranged Records, Canada) – 2007
LA MANO DE MONO
(Madrid, Spain)
“Mano De Mono” 7″ (Discos Humeantes, Spain) – 2008
ROLE MODELS
(London, UK)
Role Models, Soho, London 2010
Role Models 12″ EP, 2011, Taken By Surprise Records (Germany)
DEADLY WEAPONS
(San Francisco, CA)
“Deadly Weapons” 7″ (Lipstick Records, USA) – 2003
“You’re So Selfish” 7″ (Rapid Pulse Records, USA) – 2003
“Get Right In There” LP/CD (Jonny Cat Records, USA) – 2004
“The Husbands” split 7″ – 2004 (Not A Problem Records, USA) – 2004
MAURICE’S LITTLE BASTARDS
(Bainbridge Island, WA)
Maurice’s Little Bastards, Aberdeen, WA 1998 (Photo by Dan Halligan)
“Rampage” Split 7″ – 1998
“Greatest Hits” CD – 1999
“Rampage” -On Ten Things Jesus Wants You To Know magazine’s Northwest Punk Compilation #2 – USA – 2000
“Rock & Roll Will Never Diet Soda” Split CD – 2000
Los Sanguis (Justin Maurer & Cezar Mora) – May 2012
“Lagrimas de Maria” (AKA “Chinga tu madre”)
