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Eldon Hoke (March 23, 1958—April 19, 1997), was an American musician.
Nicknamed El Duce, he was best known as the drummer and lead singer of the self-described "rape rock" band The Mentors.
He was part of other acts, including The Screamers before that.
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A wilfully offensive band, The Mentors gained infamy for performing in black executioner hoods and spewing cartoonishly racist, homophobic and misogynistic lyrics in the 1980s and ‘90s—but was their use of shock meant to propagate hate or confront it?
After rocker Kurt Cobain's death, ruled a suicide, a film crew arrives in Seattle to make a documentary. Director Nick Broomfield talks to lots of people. Portraits emerge: a shy, slight Kurt, weary of touring, embarrassed by fame, hooked on heroin; an out-going Courtney, dramatic, controlling, moving from groupie to star.
The Mentors short "Fuck Movie" where El Duce plays a couch test caster up to typical Mentors practice of "peaceful rape" as well as showing where inspirations for "Goin' Thru Your Purse", "Sleep Bandits" & "On The Rag" come from. The Mentors short "Get Up & Die" about killing New Wavers and Glam Rockers. The Mentors on Hot Seat with Wally George. Conversation with El Duce & The Mentors.
As next in line to take over his father's law firm, Ohio rich kid Joey's life is all planned out. But a chance encounter with a gorgeous, free-spirited female rock drummer inspires Joey to chuck his plans and move to Los Angeles, where he hooks up with an all-girl rock band and learns the ins and outs of the L.A. music underground.
Idiots Taylor Dupp and Murphy Wegg flee their humdrum existence in Dayton, Ohio for the glamour of Hollywood. Murphy turns his complete lack of talent into a career as a television producer ("The Pac-Man Show"), while Taylor is unjustly accused of murder.