Mental as Anything were always special to me for one simple reason. Years ago I bought a guitar from Peter O’Doherty. Peter is the bass player of the Mentals. At the time that I bought that guitar from him he was playing lead guitar in a High School band that a mate of mine played in.
Mental as Anything had not formed at that stage. Peter O’Doherty’s big brother is “Reg Mombassa” Reg is his stage name.
The Mentals became famous as a pub pop rock band with lots of good times. I only saw them once in Sydney at somewhere like the Enmore Theatre. A good gig.
Some of their zany songs included. “If you leave me can I come too” “the nips are getting bigger” amongst others. Mental as Anything are a great Aussie Rock band of the 80’s and 90’s
Nowadays Pete and Reg perform as Dog Trumpet.
Tags: Enmore Theatre, Guitar, High school, Mental as Anything, Peter O'Doherty, Pop rock, Reg Mombassa, Rock
Blogging about John Mellencamp could be a long blog. I will keep it short. Great music and great musicians. I heard a rumour years ago that Mellencamp insisted that his band all learn a new instrument for one of the albums. I think it might have been his Scarecrow album.I don’t know how true this is but it rang true to what sort of person Mellencamp is.
I saw John Mellencamp in concert in Sydney back in the 80’s I think. Great gig. This was at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. He certainly rocked and rolled. A big band complete with fiddles and keyboards and lots of guitars. The band was the same band that John Mellencamp had been using for most of his career. They rocked.
Would I go and see him again? You bet! John Mellencamp who used to go by Johnny Cougar is a favorite of mine.
Tags: Album, Concert, Guitar, John Mellencamp, Keyboard instrument, Music, Sydney Entertainment Centre
Chisel getting back together is always worth a trip down memory lane.
I first heard of Cold Chisel back in 1978 when my friend Ray Cochrane (now of Pygmy Beat)lent me an audio tape of the new band with the banned from radio song Khe Sanh. 3 weeks later I still had the tape and Ray asked for it back. I had to to listen one more time and he got it back the next day! Cold Chisel had made an impact on me. the lyrics, the guitar, the driving rhythms, the energy.
All this and I hadn’t seen them live.
Here are some reviews of their gig. Shame I am thousands of miles away!
Cold Chisel live up to expectations
1 Dec 2009
Cold Chisel fans ignited with excitement Saturday night when rumours blared true with the band reuniting for a special “rehearsal performance” at the Live at the Crossroads concert. |
Tags: Concert, Guitar, Radio, Sound recording and reproduction
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