''Get Up and Die'' is the debut
EP released by American
heavy metal group
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 ...
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''Get Up and Die'' was later repackaged as ''Valu Pack'' in 1987 along with
a free 7" containing three tracks from a concert in San Francisco in 1983. In 2009, it was re-released on a single 12", with the original EP tracks on one side and the live tracks, plus a spoken track where El Duce talks about the Mentors' early years, on the B-side. The spoken track previously appeared on a CD re-release of the ''Live at the Whisky'' album in 2004.
The tracks from the EP were re-recorded in 1989, appearing on that year's ''
Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n Roll'' album.
Track listing
Personnel
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El Duce
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 ...
— drums, lead vocals
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Sickie Wifebeater
Eric Carlson (born May 22, 1958, in Seattle, Washington, Seattle, Washington (U.S. state), Washington) is a founding member and lead guitarist of American Heavy metal music, heavy metal band The Mentors. 1 The Mentors at Allmusic Under the sta ...
— guitar
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Dr. Heathen Scum — bass
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1981 EPs
Mentors (band) albums