About the founders


The Cantina de Hell was founded in Sylvania, Ohio in 1996 by Bartolo Mahler, Arturo Schwartz, and Gerardo Timperly. Since then, they have spread the message of the Cantina to almost all the corners of this state.


Pictured above, from left to right are Arturo Schwartz, Gerardo Timperly, and Bartolo Mahler.

Arturo Schwartz

Born in Bogata, Columbia in 1968, Arturo found himself on the cusp of a counter-revolutionary movement. He worked in his early teens as a coffee importer. Unfortunately, he lived in Columbia, and the coffee import market was very low. He had to turn to Cocaine importation, which also had a very low market in Columbia. Feeling unloved, he moved to the United States, and tried his hand at an acting career, only resulting in one movie.

Realesed in 188, Skin Deep II gave meaning to Arturo's life. Because of the Alien Sedition act, Arturo had to change his name to Aaron for the credits of the film, and started to bury his Latin past. After a three-year relationship with Milla Jovovich, Aaron bit the bullet and moved to Sylvania, where he met Bartolo and Gerardo.

Bartolo Mahler

Direct descendent of famous composer, Gustav Mahler, Bartolo is the diablolical genious that formulated the Cantina De Hell. Through his communications with Dark Lord of the Overworld, Lou Siefer, he recieved a message that the beginning of the end will happen in Sylvania. He bought a spacious house wiht plenty of yard-space, and began arming his tape-recorder arsenal. His plan, to use tape-recorders to fend off any undesireables that would try and enter his house. Because of increasing anti-latino sentiment in the white-bred town of Sylvania, Bartolo changed his name to Brad and converted from his devout Roman-Catholic background to worship a small God that lived in the trunk of his '88 Taurus.

Gerardo Timperly

Gerardo hasn't been seen since June, 1997.

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Last Updated March 3, 1998 by Arturo Schwartz