Live It Up: The Mental As Anything Story

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Live It Up: The Mental As Anything Story

Live It Up celebrates Mental As Anything - an art-school band whose warmth, wit and irreverent spirit captured Australian suburban life and left an enduring cultural legacy.

Live It Up is a feature documentary celebrating Mental as Anything, the art-school band whose irreverent humour, visual art and clever pop songs made them one of Australia's most distinctive cultural forces. Following the release of Nips Are Getting Bigger in 1979, the Mentals rose quickly from inner-city Sydney pubs to national fame, becoming masters at capturing Australian suburban life with warmth, wit and playfulness. While success came fast, they never treated it with reverence. Funny, warm and unexpectedly moving, Live It Up explores how Mental as Anything navigated fame, longevity and the pressures of the music industry while holding fast to their humour and creative spirit - revealing why their music continues to resonate today.

Release Date

2026-03-05

Year

2026

Duration

1h 30m

Status

Released

Score

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Cast

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Greedy Smith

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Reg Mombassa

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Peter O'Doherty

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Martin Plaza

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Neil Finn

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Colin Hay

Colin Hay

Claudia O'Doherty

Claudia O'Doherty

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Dave Graney