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FAR from being a garage band, Australian rock stalwarts MENTAL AS ANYTHING has decided to celebrate its 21st anniversary together with a new CD called GARAGE. The release coincides with a tour on the BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN TOUR, which revives the greats of Aussie rock from the 1970s and ...

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Aussie Rock Icons Nip Back into Town

SINCE their formation more than 23 years ago, Mental As Anything have become icons of Australian rock. Commonly known as The Mentals, the group will perform at Wests Leagues Club on August 22. Often described as the world's greatest garage band, Mental As Anything burst onto the scene in ...

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New Members But They're Still Mental

MENTAL As Anything has managed to remain one of Australia's greatest rock acts since it stepped on the music scene in 1976. In April this year the band announced the first change of line-up in its 25-year history. Peter O'Doherty and Reg Mombassa moved on to pursue art careers and ...

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Never Too Many Times For The Mentals

AFTER 27 years of playing its brand of party rock to the world, MENTAL AS ANYTHING remains one of the Australia's premiere live acts. The band performs an average of 100 gigs a year and will return to the Hunter later this month to perform a string of dates. Fans can expect to hear most of ...

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Mentals On Another Crazy Tour

THERE will be plenty of chances to party when classic Australian band MENTAL AS ANYTHING presents three dates across the Hunter Region this week. After 27 years of playing their Australian brand of party music around the nation and the world, the five-piece has embarked on yet another tour. This ...

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Enjoyment: Mental As Anything Will Be At The Cambridge Hotel On Tuesday.

GOOD TIME PROMISED BY THE MENTALS AFTER 27 years MENTAL AS ANYTHING are doing things differently. For starters the band has taken a new approach to touring. ``We're touring sporadically this summer,'' singer, songwriter and keyboard player GREEDY SMITH said. Where traditionally ...

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Mentals: From Free Beer To Free Spirits

THERE is an urban myth about a group of art students who passed themselves off as a band to con a publican into giving them a gig in exchange for free beer. That group came to be known as Mental as Anything . More than two decades later they are still touring with their brand of garage ...

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Mentals Still Living It Up

ONE of Australia's most enduring pop bands is on its way back to the Hunter. Mental As Anything has been delivering the goods since it performed for the first time in 1977. The band will crank out its long list of hits at Edgeworth Bowling Club on April 8. The Mentals, now comprising ...

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