Dave played drums & Bill played guitar, bass and vocals on Maelstrom's first demo. Jeremy "Troll" Taylor came from his previous project called The Lovely Lads. Oldschool Thrash with Crossover influences. Lovely Lads released 1 demo back in 1988 as well.

Not to be confused with:

Maelstrom (US) - Thrash/Death Metal from West Hampstead, New York, United States
Maelström (BR) - Progressive Gothic/Dark Metal from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Maelstrom (CA) - Black/Thrash Metal from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Maelstrom (IT) - Heavy Metal from Chiavari (Genoa), Ligury, Italy
Maëlstrom (FR) - Technical Death Metal from Rhône-Alpes, France
Maelstrom (IT) - Doom/Death Metal from Cirié (Turin), Piedmont, Italy
Maelstrom (HU) - Thrash Metal from Sopron, Hungary
Maelstrom (IT) - Black/Gothic Metal (early), Death Metal (later) from Potenza, Basilicata, Italy
Maelstrom (GB) - Thrash Metal from Huddersfield, United Kingdom
Maelstrom (ES) - Death Metal from Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain
Maelström (CZ) - Heavy/Speed Metal from Plzeò, Czech Republic
Maelstrom (JP) - Heavy Metal from Japan
Maelstrom (GB) - Melodic Black Metal from Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Maelstrom (IT) - Black/Death Metal from Porto Mantovano (Mantua), Lombardy, Italy
Maelstrom (AU) - Thrash Metal from Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
Maelstrom (US) - Black Metal from United States
Maelstrom (IT) - Thrash Metal from Velletri (Rome), Lazio, Italy
Maelstrom (US) - Thrash Metal from Chicago, Illinois, United States
Maelstrom (US) - Heavy Metal from Miramar, Florida, United States
Maelstrom (CA) - Progressive Thrash Metal from British Columbia, Canada
Maelström (IT) - Melodic Death Metal from Verona, Veneto, Italy
Maelstrom (CA) - Heavy Metal from Toronto,ONT, Canada
Maelstrom (US) - Death Metal from South Bay, California, United States
Maelström (NO) - Death Metal from Trondheim, Norway