Live It Up: The Mental As Anything Story 2026
"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."
Overview
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
Director: Matthew Walker
Cast
Greedy Smith
self
Reg Mombassa
self
Peter O'Doherty
self
Martin Plaza
self
Neil Finn
Self
Colin Hay
Self
Claudia O'Doherty
Self
Dave Graney
Self