ASSORTED "THANK YOUS" / MATT'S EQUIPMENT

- THE LOOKS THAT KILL -

• Dana Scott (aka Mick Mars) - Lead Guitar
• Joe Burgio (aka Nikki Sixx) - Bass Guitar
• Jeff Nalepka (aka Tommy Lee) - Drums/Percussion
• Lauren Smith (aka Nasty Habit) - Keys/Effects/Backing Vocals
• Chuck Weber (aka CBC Concussion Bomb Chuck) - Pyros/Lights

- WHISKEY CITY -

• Lloyd Sarno - Lead/Rhythm Guitars
• Shaun Boilanger - Bass Guitar (#1)
• Joe Burgio - Bass Guitar (#2)
• Chad Robinson - Bass Guitar (#3)
• John "Wild Dutch" Boehnlein - Lead/Rhythm Guitars
• Dale Stevanus - Drums/Percussion (#1 & #4)
• Shawn Teece - Drums/Percussion (#2)
• Mark Mancini - Drums/Percussion (#3)

- WILD CHILD -

• Lloyd Sarno - Lead/Rhythm Guitars
• John Perotti - Lead/Rhythm Guitars
• Shaun Boilanger - Bass Guitar
• Dale Stevanus - Drums/Percussion

* I would like to thank the following people/bands/organizations for their help, support, loyalty and dedication. *(in no particular order)*

Scott Caputa, (for the phone call & ad), Joe Burgio, Jeff Nalepka, Lloyd and Cathy Sarnowski, Shaun Boilanger, Tommy Brady, (for living out my dream!!! Love ya, bro), Dale Stevanus, Mark Mancini, Chad and Melissa Robinson, (for WAY too many things to mention), Chuck Weber, (the best joke teller I know), Lauren Smith, (for always believing and supporting this venture, as well as stepping up tp the plate for us), Shawn Teece, (for your love of  our craft), Dana S., (I'm sorry God made me this way), Denise Matz, (for being truely my #1 fan since high school), Todd and Melanie Shane, (for always being honest and introducing me to a lot of what I know), Rick Lytle, (for always being up fpr a "ride on the wild side"!), Colleen, Diane Q., (for being you), Robert Hutchens, (for never missing a show...EVER!),"Dirty Bob", Sherry and the Bottom Line crew,  Scene Magazine, the Free Times, Exciting City Magazine, Backpage.com, Angi Clark & ALL associated with Northshore Cruefest, Neil Wharton, Vince Neil & Nikki Sixx, (for the awesomely kind words of inspiration), Skid Row, Sebastian Bach, Motley Crue, Poison, Queensryche, hair & metal bands everywhere, Granny, (my perverbial rock), Skip Roberts Entertainment, Theresa, Jason, Mike & Family at the Greenleaf Tavern, Sassy Entertainment, Summit Entertainment, Vanity Productions, karaoke bars everywhere including: The Dogpatch, Bradley's, Longfellows, Scortcher's, Rittman Bowling Alley (my 1st experience), the list goes on..., Julie & Bill, (my 1st "via-cell phone" broadcast), 1988, (for letting me come up & jam at every show even though the general public says we're supposed to be "rival musicians".....shhhhh, I won't tell!), Badd Intent, Fiasko, SNM, The Threat, The Erotics, ("Who the fuck is Mike Trash")?, Pretty Suicide/Future 86, Motley.com, Shouters everywhere, Jack Daniels, MGD, Marlboro and the Phillip-Morris Company, Bic, Zippo, duct tape and most of all........YOU! THE FANS AND FRIENDS!

* Matt Maurer exclusively uses/prefers:  Audio-Technica and Seinheiser microphones, Energizer 9-volt batteries,Yamaha, Ovation and Indiana acoustic and acoustic/electric guitars, Peavy PA head units, any PA speaker that is LOUD and crisp, monitors that allow delay to be heard, mic stands that don't break, Aquanet, Vidal Sassoon, Maybelene, NIKE, AVIA, Tylenol Headache, Exederine Migraine.

(TOP) Hangin' Out at Cruefest 2004 atop a huge pirate ship inside The Phantasy Night Club in Lakewood, Ohio.

(LEFT/CENTER) Custom-made Neil Wharton hat

(BELOW) Chillin' with Joe Burgio, (aka Nikki Sixx), at Cruefest 2004.  I think that this is the only picture of us together without our Motley costumes and make-up!