Live It Up: The Mental As Anything Story

Live It Up: The Mental As Anything Story

2026
1h 30m
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"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 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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Countries
Australia
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date March 5, 2026
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt39368625

Cast

Greedy Smith
Greedy Smith

self

Reg Mombassa
Reg Mombassa

self

Peter O'Doherty
Peter O'Doherty

self

Martin Plaza
Martin Plaza

self

Neil Finn
Neil Finn

Self

Colin Hay
Colin Hay

Self

Claudia O'Doherty
Claudia O'Doherty

Self

Dave Graney
Dave Graney

Self

Key Crew

Matthew Walker
Director

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