Mental As Anything

Mental As Anything
Mental As Anything in a 1983 publicity shot
Background information
Also known as	The Death Barrels
Origin	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genres	New wave, pop, rock
Years active	1976–present
Labels	Regular/Festival Liberation WEA/Warner CBS BMG
Members	Martin Plaza Greedy Smith Jacob Cook Martin Cilia James Gillard
Past members	Steve Coburn Wayne de Lisle Reg Mombassa Peter O'Doherty David Barraclough Murray Cook Mike Caen Robbie Souter Zoltan Budai

Mental As Anything are an Australian new wave/pop-rock band that formed in Sydney in 1976. Its most popular line-up (which lasted from 1977-1999) was Martin Plaza (birth name Martin Murphy) on vocals and guitar; Reg Mombassa (birth name Chris O'Doherty) on lead guitar and vocals; his brother Peter "Yoga Dog" O'Doherty on bass guitar and vocals; Wayne de Lisle (birth name David Twohill) on drums; and Andrew "Greedy" Smith on vocals, keyboards and harmonica. Their original hit songs were generated by Mombassa, O'Doherty, Plaza and Smith, either individually or collectively; they also hit the Australian charts with covers of songs by Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry.

Their top ten Australian singles are "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?" and "Too Many Times" (both from 1981), "Live It Up" (1985) and "Rock and Roll Music" (1988). Internationally, "Too Many Times" made the Canadian top 40 in 1982, and "Live It Up" peaked at No. 3 in UK, No. 4 in Norway, and No. 6 in Germany, after it featured in the 1986 Australian film "Crocodile" Dundee.