THE MENTORS

The Mentors is a legendary shock rock band, who formed in 1976 at Seattle, then moved to Los Angeles in 1979. They billed themselves as the inventors of what they called Rape Rock: early 1970s style heavy metal with extremely sexist lyrics. The Mentors were known outside of West Coast heavy metal and underground rock circles chiefly for their lyrics being cited by Tipper Gore during the Parents Music Resource Center hearings in Congress, and then being used by Frank Zappa on his album Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention. El Duce later appeared in Nick Broomfield's documentary about the death of Kurt Cobain, Kurt and Courtney. In 1991, The Mentors' cult appeal translated to a large worldwide following, and the band released a series of classic LPs on labels such as Mystic and Metal Blade. In the early 1990s, they started their own record company to release their music, Mentor Records. Their self-produced releases included Rock Bible and To The Max, as well as the El Duce solo projects, which include the Karaoke King series which featured Hoke singing karaoke and substituting dirty lyrics to classic songs such as "Little Surfer Girl" and "New York, New York". In the 1990s, they did a collaboration CD with Dutch heavy metal band Hammerhawk, called Mentorhawk. Also self-released were their videos, consisting mostly of dirty humor, interviews, and music videos. In the mid-1990s, Moosedick was brought in on drums allowing El Duce to party even harder without the constraints of having to actually keep a beat. On April 19, 1997, El Duce was hit by a train (some[who?] say under mysterious circumstances) and thus ended the classic Mentors line-up. The Mentors made a comeback in 2002 by touring. They were the subject of a tribute album on the Clambake label and then in 2005 released the album Over the Top produced by Bill Metoyer and Jack Endino (Nirvana's Bleach). October 2008 will see more touring, with a stop on October 16, 2008 at JC Dobb's in Philadelphia Original members ▪ El Duce (Eldon Hoke) — drums, lead vocals ▪ Sickie Wifebeater (Eric Carlson) — guitar ▪ Dr. Heathen Scum (Steve Broy) — bass

Current members ▪ Sickie Wifebeater - lead guitar, ▪ Dr. Heathen Scum - bass guitar, ▪ Mad Dog Marc Duce (Marc DeLeon)- Vocals ▪ Sickie J. - guitar ▪ Moosedick (Clark Johnson) - drums