{{short description|American musician|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist |name = Steve Broy |image = |caption = |background = non_vocal_instrumentalist |birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|04|01|mf=y}} |alias = Dr. Heathen Scum, Pope Heathen Scum |origin = Seattle, Washington, United States |instrument = Electric bass, guitar |genre = Heavy metal, punk rock |label = | years_active = 1976–present |associated_acts = The Mentors, El Duce, Mentor Heathen Scum's Church of El Duce, Hammergirl, Kill Allen Wrench, Mentorhawk, The Mantors }}
'''Steve Broy''' (born April 1, 1958), 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 band the Mentors. Broy has also collaborated in related bands and released solo records under the Dr. Heathen Scum moniker.<ref name="Mentorsall">[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4898|pure_url=yes}}|1 The Mentors], at AllMusic</ref>
==Career== {{main|The Mentors}} As a teenager, Broy co-founded The Mentors in Seattle, Washington, in 1976 with two classmates at Roosevelt High School, guitarist Eric Carlson (Sickie Wifebeater), and drummer/vocalist Eldon Hoke (El Duce).<ref name="Mentorsall" /> The band later relocated to Los Angeles, California, and gained extensive notoriety for their extreme shock rock aesthetic.<ref name=Mentorsall />
Broy was in and out of Mentors during their early career due to his preoccupation with pursuing degrees in engineering.<ref name=face>[https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Mentors/80684623655?v=info Official Facebook bio]</ref> His replacement, Mike Dewey, also used the Dr. Heathen Scum moniker during his time with the band, causing confusion regarding contribution credits. Broy returned to the bass in 1985 when The Mentors signed to Death Records, a subsidiary of Metal Blade, and released their debut studio LP, ''You Axed For It!''.<ref name=face /> Thereafter, Broy was briefly replaced by bassists Ed Danky ("Poppa Sneaky Spermshooter") and Zippy, but returned to the group in 1989. The band continued after Hoke's 1997 death and presently remain active,<ref name="Mentorsall" /> with Broy often acting as the group's unofficial spokesman.<ref name="ElDuceVitaReview">Lana Cooper: [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/the-mentors-el-duce-vita-dvd/ The Mentors El Duce Vita DVD], PopMatters</ref> As of Carlson's death in December 2024, Broy is the only surviving member of the ''You Axed for It!'' lineup.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/mentors-founding-guitarist-eric-carlson-a-k-a-sickie-wifebeater-dead-at-66|title=MENTORS Founding Guitarist ERIC CARLSON, a.k.a. SICKIE WIFEBEATER, Dead At 66|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=December 30, 2024|date=December 30, 2024}}</ref>
Broy has also performed as Dr. Heathen Scum with Hoke on his solo albums, collaborated with many groups, and has made solo albums as Dr. Heathen Scum and Pope Heathen Scum. According to Broy, his band Church of El Duce was formed "immediately after the resurrection of our Lord, El Duce" and Hoke came to him in a dream, telling him to "keep rockin{{' "}}.<ref name=ChurchBand>[http://www.churchofelduce.com/church%20of%20el%20duce%20the%20band/index.htm The Band, The Church of El Duce, is the Official Band of the Church of El Duce.]</ref>
==Discography==
===With The Mentors=== * ''Get Up and Die'' (1981 Mystic Records) * ''You Axed for It!'' (1985 Metal Blade/Death Records) * ''Up the Dose'' (1986 Metal Blade/Death Records) * ''Rock Bible'' (1990 Mentor Records) * ''To The Max'' (1991 Mentor Records) * ''Over The Top'' (2005 Mentor Records) * ''Ducefixion'' (2009 Mentor Records)
===With The Mantors=== *''Lust Muscle'' (2008 Mad Dog/Mentors Records) *''Matando Emo'' (2009 Mad Dog/Mentors Records)
===With El Duce=== *''Musical Pornography'' (1993 Mind Boggler Records)
===With Hammerhawk / Mentorhawk=== *''Motel 7'' (2000 HMF Records)
===As Pope Heathen Scum=== *''Lady Killer'' (2008 Mind Boggler Records) *''Top Notch Rock'' (2010 Mentors Records)
===As Dr. Heathen Scum with Hammergirl=== *''Songs of Sex and Love'' (2009 Mind Boggler Records)
===With Church of El Duce=== *''The Devils Hand'' (2005 Usmetal Records)
===With Mentor Heathen Scum's Church of El Duce=== *''Not Suitable For Anyone'' (2006 Usmetal Records) *''Ladies Man'' (2006 Usmetal Records)
===With Kill Allen Wrench=== *''My Bitch Is A Junky'' (1998 Wanker Records) *''Full Metal Messiah'' (2002 Devil Vision Motion Picture Company Records)
==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) * ''The Mentors: Kings of Sleaze Rockumentary'' (2018)
==References== <references />
==External links== {{Wikiquote}} *[http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=3540263676 Pope Heathen Scum] at Encyclopaedia Metallum *[http://www.churchofelduce.com Dr. Heathen Scum's Church of El Duce] *[http://www.churchofelduce.com Church Of El Duce] *[https://www.youtube.com/user/sbroy Dr. Heathen Scum's channel] at YouTube *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160208133355/http://www.thementors.us/ The Mentors Official Website] *[http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=15788 Mentors @ the Metal Archives] *[https://www.myspace.com/30934183 Dr. Heathen Scum] at MySpace *[https://www.myspace.com/churchofelduce Church of El Duce] at MySpace *[https://www.myspace.com/killallenwrench Kill Allen Wrench] at MySpace
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