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Sickie Wifebeater
Sickie Wifebeater is credited on 55 releases across 15 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1982–2018 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
55
Pressings credited
15
Albums
4
Decades active
3
In collections
Biography
Eric Carlson (May 22, 1958 – December 29, 2024) was an American musician who was a founding member and lead guitarist of heavy metal band 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. On December 30, 2024, the Mentors announced via their official Facebook page that Carlson died from cancer the night before. He was 66.
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Credited work
55 releases · 15 albums · active 1982–2018
- Performance · 64
- Other credits · 8
Studios: Track Record (3) · Portnow's Porn Palace · Whisky A Go Go · Cathay De Grande
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Mentors
- Various
- The Raunchous Brothers
- Pungent Stench
- Zoetrope
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