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* NonIndicativeName: Reg Mombassa has no particular connection with Mombasa, Kenya. He just liked the sound of the name.
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* NonIndicativeName: Reg Mombassa has no particular connection with Mombasa, Kenya. He just liked In fact, the sound stage names of both Reg Mombassa and Wayne DeLisle were given to them as a lark by the name.band -- at early gigs, band members would jokingly introduce each other with strange pseudonyms they'd invent on the spot. One recurring bit was to give another band member an identity that was a combination of an extremely common, slightly old-fashioned Australian first name (Reg, Wayne) and a very ''non''-Australian last name (Mombassa, DeLisle). Those particular names stuck. "Brett Orlando" (for Peter O'Doherty) did not.
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* LandDownUnder: The video for "Rock and Roll Music". The Mentals play in front of Sydney Harbour with a kangaroo, a koala, a sulphur-crested cockatoo, a flock of merino sheep and a [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers ballerina]]. This is interspersed with clips from ''Film/YoungEinstein'', set in rural Tasmania.
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* LandDownUnder: The video for "Rock and Roll Music". The Mentals play in front of Sydney Harbour with a kangaroo, a koala, a sulphur-crested cockatoo, a flock of merino sheep and a [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers ballerina]].ballerina. This is interspersed with clips from ''Film/YoungEinstein'', set in rural Tasmania.
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Mental As Anything are an UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}n [[Main/NewWaveMusic new wave]] pop/pub rock band that formed in 1976 and continued playing to the late 2010s. Beloved by local fans for their fun, quirky, infectious style, clever lyrics, and humourous video clips, they achieved twenty Top 40 singles on the Australian charts. Their biggest hit, "Live It Up", also reached #3 on the UK charts and #6 in Germany. Other big local hits include "The Nips Are Getting Bigger", "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?", "Too Many Times" and "Rock and Roll Music".
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Mental As Anything are an UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}n [[Main/NewWaveMusic new wave]] pop/pub rock band that formed in 1976 and continued playing to the late 2010s. Beloved by local fans for their fun, quirky, infectious style, clever lyrics, and humourous video clips, they achieved twenty Top 40 singles on the Australian charts. Their biggest hit, "Live It Up", was also reached #3 on a success in the UK charts and #6 in Germany.Europe. Other big local hits include "The Nips Are Getting Bigger", "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?", "Too Many Times" and "Rock and Roll Music".
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* StageNames: Of their LongRunnerLineUp, only Peter O'Doherty typically went by his birth name.
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* StageNames: Of their LongRunnerLineUp, only Peter O'Doherty typically went by his birth name. (He was occasionally referenced with the nickname "Yoga Dog", but only sporadically.) Drummer David Twohill went by "Wayne 'Bird' Delisle" until the mid-1990s, when he also started using his real name. He still kept the nickname 'Bird'.
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* AddictionSong: "The Nips Are Getting Bigger" and "Splashing". In both cases the personae know their behaviour is bad for them but are unwilling to stop.
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** "Too Many Times" is a bright, jaunty pop song about a post-breakup man who has trouble sleeping and spends his days sitting around drinking alone. Oh, at one point he takes too many sleeping pills.
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Their [[LongRunnerLineUp core line-up stayed the same from 1977 until 2000]], when brothers Pete O'Doherty and Reg Mombassa left the group. Several changes followed over the next two decades, with the band still touring and performing regularly.
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Their [[LongRunnerLineUp core line-up stayed the same from 1977 until 2000]], when brothers Peter O'Doherty[[note]]not to be confused with [[Music/TheLibertines Pete O'Doherty Doherty]][[/note]] and Reg Mombassa left the group. Several changes followed over the next two decades, with the band still touring and performing regularly.
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* FakeNationality: Martin Plaza would sometimes joke that his real name is "Martinez Jesus del Plaza".
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* LandDownUnder: The video for "Rock and Roll Music". [[FanNickname The Mentals]] play in front of Sydney Harbour with a kangaroo, a koala, a sulphur-crested cockatoo, a flock of merino sheep and a [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers ballerina]]. This is interspersed with clips from ''Film/YoungEinstein'', set in rural Tasmania.
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* TheGrovel: "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?"
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* ShoutOut: “Berserk Warriors” is about a turbulent relationship between Viking couple [[Music/{{ABBA}} Bjorn and Anna]]. In case you miss the reference, the lyrics mention Waterloo.
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* PleaseDontLeaveMe: "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?"
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Mental As Anything are an UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}n [[Main/NewWaveMusic new wave]] pop/pub rock band that formed in 1976 and continued playing to the late 2010s. Beloved by local fans for their fun, quirky and infectious style, often accompanied by humourous video clips, they achieved twenty Top 40 singles on the Australian charts. Their biggest hit, "Live It Up", also reached #3 on the UK charts and #6 in Germany. Other big local hits include "The Nips Are Getting Bigger", "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?", "Too Many Times" and "Rock and Roll Music".
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Mental As Anything are an UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}n [[Main/NewWaveMusic new wave]] pop/pub rock band that formed in 1976 and continued playing to the late 2010s. Beloved by local fans for their fun, quirky and quirky, infectious style, often accompanied by clever lyrics, and humourous video clips, they achieved twenty Top 40 singles on the Australian charts. Their biggest hit, "Live It Up", also reached #3 on the UK charts and #6 in Germany. Other big local hits include "The Nips Are Getting Bigger", "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?", "Too Many Times" and "Rock and Roll Music".
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!!!Non-Album Singles:
* "(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet" (1980)
* "I Didn't Mean to be Mean" (1982)
* "Working For the Man" (1983)
* "Apocalypso (Wiping the Smile off Santa's Face)" (1984)
* "Sloppy Croc" (1986)
* "Love Me Tender" (1987)
* "(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet" (1980)
* "I Didn't Mean to be Mean" (1982)
* "Working For the Man" (1983)
* "Apocalypso (Wiping the Smile off Santa's Face)" (1984)
* "Sloppy Croc" (1986)
* "Love Me Tender" (1987)
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* XylophonesForWalkingBones: "Spirit Got Lost" is full of macabre imagery including skeletons. The video also features skeletons prominently, in the video, walking and dancing around. The main riff is played on a xylophone, or an instrument sounding like it.
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->''"Hey there you with the sad face\\
Come up to my place and live it up"''
-->-- '''Mental As Anything''', "Live It Up"
Mental As Anything are an UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}n [[Main/NewWaveMusic new wave]] pop/pub rock band that formed in 1976 and continued playing to the late 2010s. Beloved by local fans for their fun, quirky and infectious style, often accompanied by humourous video clips, they achieved twenty Top 40 singles on the Australian charts. Their biggest hit, "Live It Up", also reached #3 on the UK charts and #6 in Germany. Other big local hits include "The Nips Are Getting Bigger", "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?", "Too Many Times" and "Rock and Roll Music".
Their [[LongRunnerLineUp core line-up stayed the same from 1977 until 2000]], when brothers Pete O'Doherty and Reg Mombassa left the group. Several changes followed over the next two decades, with the band still touring and performing regularly.
The last founding member remaining in the band, Greedy Smith, died of a heart attack on December 2nd 2019. He was 63. The group has not been active since.
Not to be confused with the ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' episode of the same name.
!!Principal Members (founding members in '''bold'''):
* '''Martin Plaza''' (b. Martin Murphy) - guitar, vocals (1976–2016)
* '''Greedy Smith''' (b. Andrew Smith) - keyboards, vocals, harmonica (1976–2019)
* '''Reg Mombassa''' (b. Chris O'Doherty) - guitar, vocals (1976–2000)
* Peter O'Doherty - bass, vocals (1977-2000)
* '''Wayne [=DeLisle=]''' (b. David Twohill) - drums (1976–2004)
* David Barraclough - bass, vocals, guitar, keyboards (2000–2011)
* Mike Caen - guitar, vocals (2002–2013)
* Robbie Souter - drums (2004-2011)
* Zoltan Budai - bass (2011-present)
* Martin Cilia - guitar, vocals (2014–present)
* Jacob Cook - drums (2011-present)
!!Discography:
!!!Studio Albums:
* ''Get Wet'' (1979)
* ''Espresso Bongo'' (1980)
* ''Cats & Dogs'' (1981)
* ''Creatures of Leisure'' (1983)
* ''Fundamental'' (1985)
* ''Mouth to Mouth'' (1987)
* ''Cyclone Raymond'' (1989)
* ''Liar Liar Pants on Fire'' (1995)
* ''Garàge'' (1998)
* ''Beetroot Stains'' (2000)
* ''Road Case'' (2002)
* ''Plucked'' (2005)
* ''Tents Up'' (2009)
!!!Compilation Albums:
* ''Greatest Hits Volume 1'' (1986)
* ''Chemical Travel'' (1993)
* ''Best of'' (1999)
* ''Essential As Anything - 30th Anniversary Edition'' (2009)
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!! "Whoa-oah, the tropes are getting bigger":
* AntiChristmasSong: "Apocalypso (Wiping the Smile off Santa's Face)".
* ChekhovsGun: The fire extinguisher by Greedy's keyboard stand, in the video for "Rock and Roll Music".
* CoverVersion: "(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet" (original by Music/TheReflections); "Working For the Man (Music/RoyOrbison); "Love Me Tender" (Music/ElvisPresley); "Rock and Roll Music" (Music/ChuckBerry).
** Martin Plaza's solo cover of Unit 4+2's "Concrete and Clay" may also count, as the band would play it at their live shows.
* DownerBeginning: ''Oh by the way Nigel died yesterday''.
* DrowningMySorrows: Possibly averted by "The Nips Are Getting Bigger". The protagonist insists his solitary drinking binge was "nothing to do with [[NoodleIncident the letter]]."
* FakeNationality: Martin Plaza would sometimes joke that his real name is "Martinez Jesus del Plaza".
* FanNickname: The Mentals.
* GranolaGirl: "Mr Natural", sung from the POV of a male version.
* TheGrovel: "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?"
* IAmSong: "Mr Natural".
* IntercourseWithYou: "Live It Up"; "Close Again".
* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: Of their LongRunnerLineUp, only Peter O'Doherty typically went by his birth name.
* LandDownUnder: The video for "Rock and Roll Music". The Mentals play in front of Sydney Harbour with a kangaroo, a koala, a sulphur-crested cockatoo, a flock of Merino sheep and a [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers ballerina]]. This is interspersed with clips from ''Film/YoungEinstein'', set in rural Tasmania.
* LyricalColdOpen: "He's Just No Good For You"; "Working For the Man"; "Apocalypso (Wiping the Smile off Santa's Face)".
* LyricalDissonance:
** "Too Many Times" is a bright, jaunty pop song about a post-breakup man who has trouble sleeping and spends his days sitting around drinking alone. Oh, and one night he takes too many sleeping pills.
** "Nigel" is a very upbeat-sounding GriefSong about an implied junkie who had been estranged from his openly disapproving parents.
* TheOner: The video for "He's Just No Good For You", which follows the band on a jaunt down a suburban street.
* SillyLoveSongs: "Let's Go to Paradise".
* StepUpToTheMicrophone:
** Peter O'Doherty, "Surf and Mull and Sex and Fun" and "Nigel".
** On a larger scale, Greedy Smith. Prior to 1985, Martin Plaza sang lead vocals on most of their singles, with Greedy stepping up in occasional numbers like "Too Many Times" and "Spirit Got Lost". Come ''Fundamental'' they became more of a VocalTagTeam, Greedy fronting their next five hits.
* XylophonesForWalkingBones: "Spirit Got Lost" is full of macabre imagery including skeletons. The video also features skeletons prominently, in the video, walking and dancing around. The main riff is played on a xylophone, or an instrument sounding like it.
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->''"And I'm just about to get lost too."''
->''"Hey there you with the sad face\\
Come up to my place and live it up"''
-->-- '''Mental As Anything''', "Live It Up"
Mental As Anything are an UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}n [[Main/NewWaveMusic new wave]] pop/pub rock band that formed in 1976 and continued playing to the late 2010s. Beloved by local fans for their fun, quirky and infectious style, often accompanied by humourous video clips, they achieved twenty Top 40 singles on the Australian charts. Their biggest hit, "Live It Up", also reached #3 on the UK charts and #6 in Germany. Other big local hits include "The Nips Are Getting Bigger", "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?", "Too Many Times" and "Rock and Roll Music".
Their [[LongRunnerLineUp core line-up stayed the same from 1977 until 2000]], when brothers Pete O'Doherty and Reg Mombassa left the group. Several changes followed over the next two decades, with the band still touring and performing regularly.
The last founding member remaining in the band, Greedy Smith, died of a heart attack on December 2nd 2019. He was 63. The group has not been active since.
Not to be confused with the ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' episode of the same name.
!!Principal Members (founding members in '''bold'''):
* '''Martin Plaza''' (b. Martin Murphy) - guitar, vocals (1976–2016)
* '''Greedy Smith''' (b. Andrew Smith) - keyboards, vocals, harmonica (1976–2019)
* '''Reg Mombassa''' (b. Chris O'Doherty) - guitar, vocals (1976–2000)
* Peter O'Doherty - bass, vocals (1977-2000)
* '''Wayne [=DeLisle=]''' (b. David Twohill) - drums (1976–2004)
* David Barraclough - bass, vocals, guitar, keyboards (2000–2011)
* Mike Caen - guitar, vocals (2002–2013)
* Robbie Souter - drums (2004-2011)
* Zoltan Budai - bass (2011-present)
* Martin Cilia - guitar, vocals (2014–present)
* Jacob Cook - drums (2011-present)
!!Discography:
!!!Studio Albums:
* ''Get Wet'' (1979)
* ''Espresso Bongo'' (1980)
* ''Cats & Dogs'' (1981)
* ''Creatures of Leisure'' (1983)
* ''Fundamental'' (1985)
* ''Mouth to Mouth'' (1987)
* ''Cyclone Raymond'' (1989)
* ''Liar Liar Pants on Fire'' (1995)
* ''Garàge'' (1998)
* ''Beetroot Stains'' (2000)
* ''Road Case'' (2002)
* ''Plucked'' (2005)
* ''Tents Up'' (2009)
!!!Compilation Albums:
* ''Greatest Hits Volume 1'' (1986)
* ''Chemical Travel'' (1993)
* ''Best of'' (1999)
* ''Essential As Anything - 30th Anniversary Edition'' (2009)
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!! "Whoa-oah, the tropes are getting bigger":
* AntiChristmasSong: "Apocalypso (Wiping the Smile off Santa's Face)".
* ChekhovsGun: The fire extinguisher by Greedy's keyboard stand, in the video for "Rock and Roll Music".
* CoverVersion: "(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet" (original by Music/TheReflections); "Working For the Man (Music/RoyOrbison); "Love Me Tender" (Music/ElvisPresley); "Rock and Roll Music" (Music/ChuckBerry).
** Martin Plaza's solo cover of Unit 4+2's "Concrete and Clay" may also count, as the band would play it at their live shows.
* DownerBeginning: ''Oh by the way Nigel died yesterday''.
* DrowningMySorrows: Possibly averted by "The Nips Are Getting Bigger". The protagonist insists his solitary drinking binge was "nothing to do with [[NoodleIncident the letter]]."
* FakeNationality: Martin Plaza would sometimes joke that his real name is "Martinez Jesus del Plaza".
* FanNickname: The Mentals.
* GranolaGirl: "Mr Natural", sung from the POV of a male version.
* TheGrovel: "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?"
* IAmSong: "Mr Natural".
* IntercourseWithYou: "Live It Up"; "Close Again".
* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: Of their LongRunnerLineUp, only Peter O'Doherty typically went by his birth name.
* LandDownUnder: The video for "Rock and Roll Music". The Mentals play in front of Sydney Harbour with a kangaroo, a koala, a sulphur-crested cockatoo, a flock of Merino sheep and a [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers ballerina]]. This is interspersed with clips from ''Film/YoungEinstein'', set in rural Tasmania.
* LyricalColdOpen: "He's Just No Good For You"; "Working For the Man"; "Apocalypso (Wiping the Smile off Santa's Face)".
* LyricalDissonance:
** "Too Many Times" is a bright, jaunty pop song about a post-breakup man who has trouble sleeping and spends his days sitting around drinking alone. Oh, and one night he takes too many sleeping pills.
** "Nigel" is a very upbeat-sounding GriefSong about an implied junkie who had been estranged from his openly disapproving parents.
* TheOner: The video for "He's Just No Good For You", which follows the band on a jaunt down a suburban street.
* SillyLoveSongs: "Let's Go to Paradise".
* StepUpToTheMicrophone:
** Peter O'Doherty, "Surf and Mull and Sex and Fun" and "Nigel".
** On a larger scale, Greedy Smith. Prior to 1985, Martin Plaza sang lead vocals on most of their singles, with Greedy stepping up in occasional numbers like "Too Many Times" and "Spirit Got Lost". Come ''Fundamental'' they became more of a VocalTagTeam, Greedy fronting their next five hits.
* XylophonesForWalkingBones: "Spirit Got Lost" is full of macabre imagery including skeletons. The video also features skeletons prominently, in the video, walking and dancing around. The main riff is played on a xylophone, or an instrument sounding like it.
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->''"And I'm just about to get lost too."''
