Eric Carlson (musician)
Encyclopedia
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
(Dr. Heathen Scum) and singer/drummer Eldon Hoke
(El Duce) who attended Roosevelt High School together.
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When performing, Wifebeater wears a black executioner
’s hood, according to a Guitar World
article "probably to avoid public beat-downs by pissed-off feminists
and offended prison guards".
with checkerboard speaker cabinets. Originally, he used the fullstack as pictured on the Get Up and Die
album cover but in later years he mainly ran it as a halfstack.
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
of American heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band The Mentors
The Mentors
The Mentors are an American heavy metal band noted for its deliberately sexist shock rock lyrics.They formed in 1977 in Seattle, Washington and relocated to Los Angeles, California in 1979, where their irreverent attitude aligned them with the city's punk rock scene. Their music has developed...
. Under the stage name Sickie Wifebeater, Carlson started The Mentors in Seattle in 1976 with bass guitarist Steve Broy
Steve Broy
Steven Broy 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...
(Dr. Heathen Scum) and singer/drummer Eldon Hoke
Eldon Hoke
El Duce redirects here. The Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was known as "Il Duce."Eldon Wayne Hoke was an American musician. Nicknamed El Duce, he was best known as the drummer and lead singer of the self-described "rape rock" band The Mentors...
(El Duce) who attended Roosevelt High School together.
Style
Wifebeater's playing style when soloing (with hand above and over the fretboard) is one of the things that gave the Mentors' guitars a unique sound. His signature sound is fluid with alternating bottom-heavy crunch with fast-noted metal runsShred guitar
Shred guitar or shredding is lead electric guitar playing that relies heavily on fast guitar solos. While some critics argue that shred guitar is associated with "... sweep-picked arpeggios, diminished and harmonic minor scales, finger-tapping and ... whammy-bar abuse", several guitar...
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When performing, Wifebeater wears a black executioner
Executioner
A judicial executioner is a person who carries out a death sentence ordered by the state or other legal authority, which was known in feudal terminology as high justice.-Scope and job:...
’s hood, according to a Guitar World
Guitar World
Guitar World is a monthly music magazine devoted to guitarists. It contains original interviews, album and gear reviews and guitar and bass tablature of approximately five songs each month. The magazine is published 13 times per year...
article "probably to avoid public beat-downs by pissed-off feminists
Feminism
Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights...
and offended prison guards".
Guitars
Wifebeater plays or has played the following guitars- A 1964 red Gibson SGGibson SGAt the launch of the SG in 1961, Gibson offered four variants of the SG; the SG Junior , the SG Special, the SG Standard, and the top-of-the-line SG Custom. However, Gibson's current core variants as of 2010 are the SG Standard and the SG Special...
with one P-90P-90The P-90 is a single coil electric guitar pickup produced by Gibson since 1946. Having a more complex architecture and larger dimensions than Fender's single coils, it is occasionally mistaken for a humbucker.- History :...
pickup and one DiMarzio super distortion HumbuckerHumbuckerA humbucker is a type of electric guitar pickup, first patented by Seth Lover and the Gibson company, that uses two coils, both generating string signal. Humbuckers have higher output than a single coil pickup since both coils are connected in series... - A 1965 red Gibson SGGibson SGAt the launch of the SG in 1961, Gibson offered four variants of the SG; the SG Junior , the SG Special, the SG Standard, and the top-of-the-line SG Custom. However, Gibson's current core variants as of 2010 are the SG Standard and the SG Special...
stock P-90P-90The P-90 is a single coil electric guitar pickup produced by Gibson since 1946. Having a more complex architecture and larger dimensions than Fender's single coils, it is occasionally mistaken for a humbucker.- History :...
pickups - Early 1980s silver Boogiebodies Stratocaster
- A 1970s black Ventura Les Paul Copy (used in early 1980s)
Amplifiers
Sickie Wifebeater uses a 1978 or 1979 Marshall MKII 100 Watt LeadMarshall Amplification
Marshall Amplification is a British company, founded by drummer Jim Marshall, that designs and manufactures music amplifiers, brands personal headphones/earphones , and, after acquiring Natal Drums, drums and bongos. Marshall amplifiers, and specifically their guitar amplifiers, are among the most...
with checkerboard speaker cabinets. Originally, he used the fullstack as pictured on the Get Up and Die
Get Up and Die
Get Up and Die is an EP released by the American rape rock group The Mentors.Get Up and Die was later repackaged as Trash Bag with different track order in 1982, and again as Value Pack and another different track order.-Track listing:#"Peepin' Tom" #"Get Up and Die" #"Woman From Sodom" #"Going...
album cover but in later years he mainly ran it as a halfstack.
With The Mentors
- Get Up and DieGet Up and DieGet Up and Die is an EP released by the American rape rock group The Mentors.Get Up and Die was later repackaged as Trash Bag with different track order in 1982, and again as Value Pack and another different track order.-Track listing:#"Peepin' Tom" #"Get Up and Die" #"Woman From Sodom" #"Going...
(1981 Mystic Records) - Live at the Whiskey/Cathey de GrandeLive at the Whiskey (1983 album)-Track listing:#"Adultery"#"Going Through Your Purse" #"Free Fix for a Fuck" #"Rock'em Sock'em" #"Get Up and Die" #"Peepin' Tom" #"Woman from Sodom" #"Baby You'll Regret Me" #"Get Up and Die"-Line-Up:* El Duce — drums, lead vocals...
(1981 Mystic Records) - You Axed for It!You Axed For It!You Axed For It! is the first album by American "rape rock" band The Mentors.-Track listing:#"Sandwich of Love" - 4:22#"Shocked and Grossed" - 3:42#"Four F Club" - 5:35#"Herpes Two" - 5:21#"Judgement Day" - 4:56 #"Sleep Bandits" - 4:35...
(1985 Metal Blade/Death Records) - Up the Dose (1986 Metal Blade/Death Records)
- Sex Drugs and Rock 'n' RollSex Drugs and Rock 'n' RollSex, Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll is the third album by American "rape rock" band the Mentors.Tracks 1 to 9 were recorded in Seattle in the late '70s.-Track listing:#"Northwest Breeder" - 3:09 #"Big Baby Boy" - 1:59#"Oblivion Train" - 1:59...
(1989 Ever Rat Records) - Rock BibleRock BibleRock Bible is the fourth album by American "rape rock" band the Mentors.Was only available on cassette on its original release. Rick Lomas plays drums on most tracks due to El Duce's inability to control his alcohol intake....
(1990 Mentor Records) - To The MaxTo The Max (album)To The Max is American "rape rock" band The Mentors fifth album and final album with lead singer El Duce.-Track listing:#"When You're Horny, You're Horny" - 2:41#"God's Gift to Women"- 2:57#"Donkey Dick" - 3:18#"Forty Ouncer" - 2:52...
(1991 Mentor Records) - Over The Top (2005 Mentor Records)
- DucefixionDucefixionDucefixion is an album released in summer 2009 by the American rape rock group The Mentors.The last track of the album "Masturbation Illness" features El Duce on vocals and was recorded in the 1990s.-Track listing:#"Black Snatch" - 5:17...
(2009 Mentor Records)
With other groups
- Jesters of Destiny - Fun at the Funeral 1986
- Mentorhawk - Motel 7 1999
- Northwest Breeders - Northwest Breeders EP 2001
Videography
- Get Up and Die (1983)
- Mentors Fuck Movie (1987)
- A Piece Of Sinema (1990)
- The Wretched World of The Mentors (1990)
- Mentors Tour De Max '91 (1991)
- El Duce, The Man. The Myth. The Video. (1993)
- Mentors - El Duce Vita DVD (2007)
Sources
External links
- Sickie Wifebeater at MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
- The Mentors Official Website
- Church of El Duce
- Mentors @ the Metal Archives