John Maurer (born July 14, 1961) is an American musician who was a longtime bass guitarist for Social Distortion[1] from 1984 to 2004.
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 Social Distortion.
He stated in an interview with HM Magazine that, while in Social Distortion, he became a devout Christian.
[citation needed] According to the Social Distortion website, Maurer was replaced by Rancid's Matt Freeman in August 2004.