You Axed for It

This is the first Full Length Studio Album recorded by The Mentors in 1984, and released in 1985 on of course vinyl. The original release on vinyl contained only the first 10 songs on this release, but in a subsequent European reissue we added four additional tracks that were recorded a much later date. The album was named as the most offensive album at the time by the PMRC (Parents Music Resource Center), in which the wifes of prominent politicians in Washington DC, such as Tipper Gore, wife of Vice President Al Gore, attempted to ban and censor The Mentors and other groups. The lineup on this recording was the original members, Sickie Wifebeater (Eric Carlson) on guitar, El Duce (Eldon Hoke) on drums and vocals, and Dr. Heathen Scum (Steve Broy) on bass. This band originally started playing together in 1974 at Roosevelt High School in Seattle, Washington.