The Mentors are an American heavy metal band, known for their deliberate shock rock lyrics. Originally formed in Seattle, Washington in May 1976, they relocated to Los Angeles, California in 1979.
Eldon Wayne Hoke, nicknamed El Duce, was an American musician best known as the drummer and lead singer of the shock rock band the Mentors, as well as other acts, including Chinas Comidas and the Screamers.
Supercharger is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Machine Head. The release was ill-timed, and, as a result of little promotion, fell far short of the success of The Burning Red, which has sold about 134,000 copies in the US to date. Supercharger has sold about 45,000 copies in the US to date, making it a commercial failure. It is the band's last release to feature lead guitarist Ahrue Luster.
Chimaira is the third studio album by Chimaira, released on August 9, 2005. It debuted No. 74 on the Billboard 200 charts and sold 14,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The album would be the band's final release under Roadrunner Records and the only one to feature Kevin Talley on drums.
Eric Carlson is a founding member and lead guitarist of American heavy metal band The Mentors. Under the stage name Sickie Wifebeater, Carlson started The Mentors in Seattle in 1976 with bass guitarist Steve Broy and singer/drummer Eldon Hoke who attended Roosevelt High School together.
The following discography is a catalogue of the albums and singles released by the Canadian entertainment company Cirque du Soleil.
Grace Under Pressure Tour is a live album by Canadian progressive rock band Rush, first released as the bonus CD of Rush Replay X 3.
You Axed for It! is the first studio album by American heavy metal band, the Mentors.
Up the Dose is American heavy metal band The Mentors' second studio album. The cover features adult model and singer Candye Kane.
Get Up and Die is the debut EP released by American heavy metal group The Mentors.
Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll is a live album by American heavy metal band the Mentors. Tracks 1–9 were recorded in Seattle in 1977.
Rock Bible is the third studio album by American heavy metal band the Mentors. The lyrical content changed from sexism to the band's personal turmoil, although there were some sexist songs and one, "My Daughter Is a Strawberry", had racist lyrics :
Gonna get my shotgun out tonight
And show her the power of the White
A bullet in the gun
And down to Compton to have some fun
To the Max is a 1991 American heavy metal band the Mentors fourth album, and final studio album with original lead singer El Duce.
Over the Top is American heavy metal band the Mentors' fifth album. Released in 2005, it marks the first full-length album since To the Max in 1992, and the first without founding member and drummer-vocalist El Duce, who died in 1997.
Steve Broy, also known by the stage names Dr. Heathen Scum and Pope Heathen Scum, is an American musician, best known as a founding member and current bassist of the heavy metal band the Mentors. Broy has also collaborated in related bands and released solo records under the Dr. Heathen Scum moniker.
Live at the Blue Note is a live album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded at The Blue Note nightclub in Chicago for the Roulette label in 1959.
Live at Hollywood High is a recording by Elvis Costello and the Attractions from a 1978 concert at Hollywood High School in Los Angeles, California. Three songs from the concert were originally included as a bonus 7" vinyl EP that sold with initial pressings of the Armed Forces album in 1979. A 2002 re-issue of Armed Forces added six tracks to the three from the EP and placed them in proper running order. In 2010, the Hip-O Select label released a full version of Live at Hollywood High with all 20 tracks from the concert on one CD.
Houses of the Horny is a studio album by the Mentors released in 1994, containing demo versions of tracks from what would have been their next album. The album was the last Mentors release in El Duce's lifetime, and was sold at Mentors concerts and via mailorder. It was only available on cassette. The title parodies the Led Zeppelin album Houses of the Holy.
Anniversary! is a live album by saxophonist Stan Getz which was recorded at the Jazzhus Montmartre in 1987 and released on the EmArcy label in 1989.
