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 band the Mentors. Broy has also collaborated in related bands and released solo records under the Dr. Heathen Scum moniker.

Career

As a teenager, Broy co-founded The Mentors in Seattle, Washington, in 1976 with two classmates at Roosevelt High School, guitarist Eric Carlson, and drummer/vocalist Eldon Hoke. The band later relocated to Los Angeles, California, and gained extensive notoriety for their extreme shock rock aesthetic.
Broy was in and out of Mentors during their early career due to his preoccupation with pursuing degrees in engineering. 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!. Thereafter, Broy was briefly replaced by bassists Ed Danky and Zippy, but returned to the group in 1989. The band continued after Hoke's 1997 death and presently remain active, with Broy often acting as the group's unofficial spokesman. As of Carlson's death in December 2024, Broy is the only surviving member of the You Axed for It! lineup.
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.

Discography

With The Mentors

  • Get Up and Die
  • You Axed for It!
  • Up the Dose
  • Rock Bible
  • To The Max
  • Over The Top
  • ''Ducefixion''

    With The Mantors

  • Lust Muscle
  • ''Matando Emo''

    With El Duce

  • ''Musical Pornography''

    With Hammerhawk / Mentorhawk

  • ''Motel 7''

    As Pope Heathen Scum

  • Lady Killer
  • ''Top Notch Rock''

    As Dr. Heathen Scum with Hammergirl

  • ''Songs of Sex and Love''

    With Church of El Duce

  • ''The Devils Hand''

    With Mentor Heathen Scum's Church of El Duce

  • Not Suitable For Anyone
  • ''Ladies Man''

    With Kill Allen Wrench

  • My Bitch Is A Junky
  • ''Full Metal Messiah''

    Videography

  • Get Up and Die
  • Mentors Fuck Movie
  • A Piece of Sinema
  • The Wretched World of The Mentors
  • Mentors Tour De Max '91
  • El Duce, The Man. The Myth. The Video.
  • ''Mentors – El Duce Vita DVD''