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Eric Carlson (born May 22, 1958, in
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,
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) is a founding member and lead
guitarist A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselv ...
of American heavy metal band
The Mentors 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. The band garnered attention both from noted h ...
. Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...
_Under_the_stage_name_Sickie_Wifebeater,_Carlson_started_The_Mentors_in_Seattle_in_1976_with_bass_guitarist_
Steve_Broy 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 music, heavy metal band the Mentors (band), Mentors. Broy has also ...
_(Dr._Heathen_Scum)_and_singer/drummer_
Eldon_Hoke Eldon Wayne Hoke (March 23, 1958 – April 19, 1997), 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 Sc ...
_(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_runs.Lana_Cooper
The_Mentors:El_Duce_Vita_[DVD]
_PopMatters,_16_May_2007 When_performing,_Wifebeater_wears_a_black_executioner.html" ;"title="VD]">The_Mentors:El_Duce_Vita_[DVD]
_PopMatters,_16_May_2007 When_performing,_Wifebeater_wears_a_black_executioner">VD]">The_Mentors:El_Duce_Vita_[DVD]
_PopMatters,_16_May_2007 When_performing,_Wifebeater_wears_a_black_executioner’s_hood,_according_to_a_''Guitar_World'
"Behind_the_Mask:_A_Brief_History_of_Guitarists_with_an_Identity_Crisis"
_''Guitar_World'',_September_5,_2008


_Equipment


_Guitars

Wifebeater_plays_or_has_played_the_following_guitars *_A_1964_red_
Gibson_SG The Gibson SG is a solid-body electric guitar model introduced by Gibson in 1961 as the Gibson Les Paul SG. It remains in production today in many variations of the initial design. The SG (where "SG" refers to Solid-Body Guitar) Standard is Gib ...
_with_one_
P-90 The P-90 (sometimes written P90) is a single coil electric guitar pickup produced by Gibson since 1946. Gibson is still producing P-90s, and there are outside companies that manufacture replacement versions. Compared to other single coil desig ...
_pickup_and_one_DiMarzio_super_distortion_
Humbucker A humbucking pickup, humbucker, or double coil, is a type of guitar pickup that uses two wire coils to cancel out the noisy interference picked up by coil pickups. In addition to electric guitar pickups, humbucking coils are sometimes used in d ...
*_A_1965_red_
Gibson_SG The Gibson SG is a solid-body electric guitar model introduced by Gibson in 1961 as the Gibson Les Paul SG. It remains in production today in many variations of the initial design. The SG (where "SG" refers to Solid-Body Guitar) Standard is Gib ...
_stock_
P-90 The P-90 (sometimes written P90) is a single coil electric guitar pickup produced by Gibson since 1946. Gibson is still producing P-90s, and there are outside companies that manufacture replacement versions. Compared to other single coil desig ...
_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_Lead_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.


_Discography


_With_The_Mentors

*'' Get_Up_and_Die''_(1981_Mystic_Records) *_'' Live_at_the_Whiskey/Cathey_de_Grande''_(1981_Mystic_Records) *_'' You_Axed_for_It!''_(1985_Metal_Blade/Death_Records) *_'' Up_the_Dose''_(1986_Metal_Blade/Death_Records) *_'' Sex_Drugs_and_Rock_'n'_Roll''_(1989_Ever_Rat_Records) *_'' Rock_Bible''_(1990_Mentor_Records) *_'' To_The_Max''_(1991_Mentor_Records) *_''
Over_The_Top Over the top may refer to: Music * "Over the Top", a 2017 song by Hey! Say! JUMP * ''Over the Top'' (Cozy Powell album), 1979 album by British drummer Cozy Powell * ''Over the Top'' (Infinite album), 2011 album by South Korean band Infinite * ...
''_(2005_Mentor_Records) *_'' Ducefixion''_(2009_Mentor_Records) *_'' Illuminaughty''_(2017_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_


Church_Of_El_DuceMen_In_The_Hood:_Mentors_Site


__References_


_External_links


Sickie_Wifebeater
at_ MySpace
The_Mentors_Official_WebsiteChurch_of_El_DuceMentors_@_the_Metal_Archives
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carlson,_Eric Living_people 1958_births American_heavy_metal_guitarists American_punk_rock_guitarists Mentors_(band)_members Musicians_from_Seattle Guitarists_from_Washington_(state) American_male_guitarists 20th-century_American_guitaristshtml" ;"title="1 The Mentors], at
Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...
Under the stage name Sickie Wifebeater, Carlson started The Mentors in Seattle in 1976 with bass guitarist
Steve Broy 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 music, heavy metal band the Mentors (band), Mentors. Broy has also ...
(Dr. Heathen Scum) and singer/drummer
Eldon Hoke Eldon Wayne Hoke (March 23, 1958 – April 19, 1997), 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 Sc ...
(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 runs.Lana Cooper
The_Mentors:El_Duce_Vita_[DVD]
_PopMatters,_16_May_2007 When_performing,_Wifebeater_wears_a_black_executioner.html" ;"title="VD]">The Mentors:El Duce Vita [DVD]
PopMatters, 16 May 2007 When performing, Wifebeater wears a black executioner">VD]">The Mentors:El Duce Vita [DVD]
PopMatters, 16 May 2007 When performing, Wifebeater wears a black executioner’s hood, according to a ''Guitar World'
"Behind the Mask: A Brief History of Guitarists with an Identity Crisis"
''Guitar World'', September 5, 2008


Equipment


Guitars

Wifebeater plays or has played the following guitars * A 1964 red
Gibson SG The Gibson SG is a solid-body electric guitar model introduced by Gibson in 1961 as the Gibson Les Paul SG. It remains in production today in many variations of the initial design. The SG (where "SG" refers to Solid-Body Guitar) Standard is Gib ...
with one
P-90 The P-90 (sometimes written P90) is a single coil electric guitar pickup produced by Gibson since 1946. Gibson is still producing P-90s, and there are outside companies that manufacture replacement versions. Compared to other single coil desig ...
pickup and one DiMarzio super distortion
Humbucker A humbucking pickup, humbucker, or double coil, is a type of guitar pickup that uses two wire coils to cancel out the noisy interference picked up by coil pickups. In addition to electric guitar pickups, humbucking coils are sometimes used in d ...
* A 1965 red
Gibson SG The Gibson SG is a solid-body electric guitar model introduced by Gibson in 1961 as the Gibson Les Paul SG. It remains in production today in many variations of the initial design. The SG (where "SG" refers to Solid-Body Guitar) Standard is Gib ...
stock
P-90 The P-90 (sometimes written P90) is a single coil electric guitar pickup produced by Gibson since 1946. Gibson is still producing P-90s, and there are outside companies that manufacture replacement versions. Compared to other single coil desig ...
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 Lead 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.


Discography


With The Mentors

*'' Get Up and Die'' (1981 Mystic Records) * '' Live at the Whiskey/Cathey de Grande'' (1981 Mystic Records) * '' You Axed for It!'' (1985 Metal Blade/Death Records) * '' Up the Dose'' (1986 Metal Blade/Death Records) * '' Sex Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll'' (1989 Ever Rat Records) * '' Rock Bible'' (1990 Mentor Records) * '' To The Max'' (1991 Mentor Records) * ''
Over The Top Over the top may refer to: Music * "Over the Top", a 2017 song by Hey! Say! JUMP * ''Over the Top'' (Cozy Powell album), 1979 album by British drummer Cozy Powell * ''Over the Top'' (Infinite album), 2011 album by South Korean band Infinite * ...
'' (2005 Mentor Records) * '' Ducefixion'' (2009 Mentor Records) * '' Illuminaughty'' (2017 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


Church Of El DuceMen In The Hood: Mentors Site


References


External links


Sickie Wifebeater
at MySpace
The Mentors Official WebsiteChurch of El DuceMentors @ the Metal Archives
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carlson, Eric Living people 1958 births American heavy metal guitarists American punk rock guitarists Mentors (band) members Musicians from Seattle Guitarists from Washington (state) American male guitarists 20th-century American guitarists>1 The Mentors at
Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...
Under the stage name Sickie Wifebeater, Carlson started The Mentors in Seattle in 1976 with bass guitarist
Steve Broy 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 music, heavy metal band the Mentors (band), Mentors. Broy has also ...
(Dr. Heathen Scum) and singer/drummer
Eldon Hoke Eldon Wayne Hoke (March 23, 1958 – April 19, 1997), 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 Sc ...
(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 runs.Lana Cooper
The_Mentors:El_Duce_Vita_[DVD]
_PopMatters,_16_May_2007 When_performing,_Wifebeater_wears_a_black_executioner.html" ;"title="VD]">The Mentors:El Duce Vita [DVD]
PopMatters, 16 May 2007 When performing, Wifebeater wears a black executioner">VD]">The Mentors:El Duce Vita [DVD]
PopMatters, 16 May 2007 When performing, Wifebeater wears a black executioner’s hood, according to a ''Guitar World'
"Behind the Mask: A Brief History of Guitarists with an Identity Crisis"
''Guitar World'', September 5, 2008


Equipment


Guitars

Wifebeater plays or has played the following guitars * A 1964 red
Gibson SG The Gibson SG is a solid-body electric guitar model introduced by Gibson in 1961 as the Gibson Les Paul SG. It remains in production today in many variations of the initial design. The SG (where "SG" refers to Solid-Body Guitar) Standard is Gib ...
with one
P-90 The P-90 (sometimes written P90) is a single coil electric guitar pickup produced by Gibson since 1946. Gibson is still producing P-90s, and there are outside companies that manufacture replacement versions. Compared to other single coil desig ...
pickup and one DiMarzio super distortion
Humbucker A humbucking pickup, humbucker, or double coil, is a type of guitar pickup that uses two wire coils to cancel out the noisy interference picked up by coil pickups. In addition to electric guitar pickups, humbucking coils are sometimes used in d ...
* A 1965 red
Gibson SG The Gibson SG is a solid-body electric guitar model introduced by Gibson in 1961 as the Gibson Les Paul SG. It remains in production today in many variations of the initial design. The SG (where "SG" refers to Solid-Body Guitar) Standard is Gib ...
stock
P-90 The P-90 (sometimes written P90) is a single coil electric guitar pickup produced by Gibson since 1946. Gibson is still producing P-90s, and there are outside companies that manufacture replacement versions. Compared to other single coil desig ...
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 Lead 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.


Discography


With The Mentors

*'' Get Up and Die'' (1981 Mystic Records) * '' Live at the Whiskey/Cathey de Grande'' (1981 Mystic Records) * '' You Axed for It!'' (1985 Metal Blade/Death Records) * '' Up the Dose'' (1986 Metal Blade/Death Records) * '' Sex Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll'' (1989 Ever Rat Records) * '' Rock Bible'' (1990 Mentor Records) * '' To The Max'' (1991 Mentor Records) * ''
Over The Top Over the top may refer to: Music * "Over the Top", a 2017 song by Hey! Say! JUMP * ''Over the Top'' (Cozy Powell album), 1979 album by British drummer Cozy Powell * ''Over the Top'' (Infinite album), 2011 album by South Korean band Infinite * ...
'' (2005 Mentor Records) * '' Ducefixion'' (2009 Mentor Records) * '' Illuminaughty'' (2017 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


Church Of El DuceMen In The Hood: Mentors Site


References


External links


Sickie Wifebeater
at MySpace
The Mentors Official WebsiteChurch of El DuceMentors @ the Metal Archives
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carlson, Eric Living people 1958 births American heavy metal guitarists American punk rock guitarists Mentors (band) members Musicians from Seattle Guitarists from Washington (state) American male guitarists 20th-century American guitarists