Timothy Robert Maurer (born October 10, 1980) is an American singer, best known as the former lead singer of

third-wave ska Ska (; ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Ska is characterized by a walki ...

band

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. He has left the band on two occasions. The first was in 2000 after the recording of

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. He rejoined the band in early 2002 after his replacement singer

Chris Batstone Chris Batstone was the 2000–2002 lead singer of the third-wave ska band, Suburban Legends. He joined the band in 2000 as the replacement for Tim Maurer, who had left the band after the recording of Origin Edition. Batstone's first and only offici ...

left the band. He officially left the band again in September 2005 after the band's third consecutive appearance on the

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, performing a new song entitled "Moving Closer." The band's former trumpet player,

Vincent Walker Vincent Francis Walker (born March 2, 1980), better known as Vince Walker, is an American multi-instrumentalist, best known as the lead singer of third-wave ska band Suburban Legends. He was formerly the lead trumpet player, and left sometime aft ...

, rejoined the band for the performance, then took over as lead singer afterward. Maurer returned for a final performance with the band on November 29, 2005 at

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for a benefit show for the Ryan Dallas Cook Memorial Fund, which was set up following the death of Suburban Legends' trombonist

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. Maurer has one son and he is the brother of

Chris Maurer Chris Maurer (Born August 3, 1984) was the bassist for the third-wave ska band Suburban Legends. After years of watching his older brother sing for the band, he joined the band August 3 of 2000, replacing Justin Meacham who left the band. He le ...

, who played bass in the band before his departure. In 2009, Maurer performed in a

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tribute group called PopBritannica, along with past members of

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Maurer appeared with ska group Starpool at DiPiazza's in

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on May 28, 2010, performing guest lead vocals on covers of

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' "Nite Klub" and "Little Bitch."

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