Party: Mental As Anything

Party: Mental As Anything

Mental as Anything

6th January - 8pm

The story of Mental As Anything is a heroic tale of a pop band that rose from the ashes of Elvis Presley and conquered time itself. It was August 1977 when Mental As Anything debuted their line-up of Martin Plaza (guitar, voice), Reg Mombassa (guitar, voice), Peter O'Doherty (bass, voice), Greedy Smith (keyboards, harmonica, voice) and David "Bird" Twohill, previously known as Wayne "C-Bird" Delisle (drums).

At the time, they were art students at East Sydney Technical College and their gig at the CellBlock Theatre became a homage to the dead "King".

The Mentals wore their influences on their sleeve - a little bit of country, some blues, some 60s pop gems by the likes of the Monkees. It was a time when punk rock was reshaping the flatulence of 70s rock and while the Mentals were not punk rockers, they shared a love of simple, sweaty rock & roll.

There's a part of Mental As Anything that hopefully will never grow up, but they also have a clear idea of what makes the group itself. Self-knowledge. The true sign of a man.



Web Site: http://www.mentals.com.au/