Tuber (band)
Tuber is an instrumental rock band formed in Crete, Greece, but currently located in Serres, Greece.
Australian Made
Australian Made was a festival concert series held during 1986 – 1987 in the six state capitals of Australia and featured local rock acts Mental as Anything, I'm Talking, The Triffids, The Saints, Divinyls, Models, Jimmy Barnes and INXS.
The series started in Hobart on 26 December 1986 and concluded in Sydney on 26 January 1987.
Rock journalist
Jeff Jenkins rated it as one of his 50 most significant events in Australian music history," It was n't a huge success, but it showed that an all- Australian festival could work."
Australian Made was conceived to counter tours of international acts, like Dire Straits' 1985 – 1986 world tour, which were drying up funds for Australian groups.
As from October 2010, the following artists have been inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame: INXS and The Saints( both in 2001), Barnes( as a member of Cold Chisel in 1995 and solo in 2005), Divinyls( 2006), The Triffids( 2008), Mental As Anything( 2009), and Models( 2010).
To promote the tour, INXS and Barnes recorded a cover of The Easybeats song" Good Times" which was released in December 1986 as a single and used as the theme song.
" Good Times" peaked at No. 2 on the Australian charts.
The single peaked at No. 47 in the United States" Billboard" Hot 100 on 1 August 1987.
At the Sydney concert, Peter Trotter, playing saxophone for Mental As Anything, collapsed on stage and died a week later.
The tour had a budget of$ 3.25 million, and was announced with claims of Australian mateship and cooperation; however arguments ensued between various band managers over the proposed concert series film.
The tour ended in acrimony with two managers, Chris Murphy( for INXS) and Jeremy Fabinyi( for Mental As Anything), arguing backstage in Sydney and coming to blows.
A film of the tour,, directed by Richard Lowenstein, was released in July 1987, but contained no footage of Mental As Anything performing.
Rock historian Glenn A. Baker and Bob King wrote" Australian Made, Gonna Have a Good Time Tonight: The Authorised Documentary of the Event" in 1987 with detailed notations by Baker and photographs by King.
According to rock music historian, Ian McFarlane," the tour drew record crowds across the country.
It was the first travelling festival tour to feature exclusively Australian bands".
Dog Trumpet
Dog Trumpet or Reg& Peter's Dog Trumpet is an Australian rock band, formed by brothers Reg Mombassa( aka Chris O'Doherty) and Peter O'Doherty.
Both Mombassa and O'Doherty were formerly members of the iconic Australian band Mental as Anything, and they formed Dog Trumpet as an outlet for their original material.
The Dog Trumpet sound reflects a sincere affection for classic 1960s pop and whimsical psychedelia.
Fundamental (Mental As Anything album)
Fundamental or Fundamental
As Anything is the fifth studio album released by Australian rock/ pop group Mental As Anything.
The album, produced by Richard Gottehrer was released on Regular Records in March 1985, which peaked at# 3 on the Australian Kent Music Report albums charts.
The Stetsons
The Stetsons are an Australian country and western band formed by members of GANGgajang, Mental As Anything and Flying Emus.
They released a self- titled album in 1987.
In 1997 some of the original members got back together and released a second album called" Their Most Successful Album ... Ever".
Their single" There's A Train In My Head" from their self- titled debut album was used in" Crocodile Dundee II".
Best Of (Mental As Anything album)
Best Of is the third compilation album by Australian band Mental As Anything, released in 1999.
The album reached number 42 on the ARIA Charts.
The Dingoes
The Dingoes are an Australian country rock band initially active from 1973 to 1979, and reformed in 2009.
Initially based in Melbourne, the band relocated to the United States from 1976.
The most stable line- up comprised John Bois on bass guitar, John Lee on drums, Broderick Smith on vocals and harmonica, Chris Stockley on guitar, and Kerryn Tolhurst on guitar.
Mal Logan( who provided keyboards on the first LP) on keyboards joined after Stockley was hospitalised when shot in the stomach by Melbourne drug- dealer, Dennis Allen, who was attempting to gate crash a party.
The Dingoes' debut single," Way Out West", was released in November 1973, and peaked in the top 40 of the Australian Kent Music Report singles chart.
Subsequent singles were" Boy on the RunSmooth Sailing", and" Into the Night", which did not reach the top 50.
They had three top 40 albums," The Dingoes" in 1974," Five Times the Sun" in 1977, and" Orphans of the Storm" in 1979.
On 27 August 2009, The Dingoes were inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association( ARIA) Hall of Fame alongside Kev Carmody, Little Pattie, Mental As Anything, and John Paul Young.
The Dingoes reformed in late 2009 and released a new album," Tracks" in 2010 which was followed by a tour of Australia.
A live album" Live at Last" came out after the tour, which prompted another tour- this time without Bois who could not get away from his day job.
LaBrassBanda
LaBrassBanda is a Bavarian brass band originating from Übersee( Chiemgau), near Chiemsee, Bavaria, Germany.
The name of the band is a portmanteau of the Italian words" la banda" and the English term" brass band", both meaning the same.
Mental As Anything
Mental As Anything are an Australian new wave/ pop rock band that formed in Sydney in 1976.
It s most popular line- up( which lasted from 1977 to 1999) was Martin Plaza( birth name Martin Murphy) on vocals and guitar; Reg Mombassa( birth name Christopher 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 the UK, No. 4 in Norway, and No. 6 in Germany, after it featured in the 1986 Australian film Crocodile" Dundee".
All of the early members are visual artists and have had combined studio displays, some have had solo studio displays with Mombassa's artwork also used as designs by the Mambo clothing company.
The majority of the group's record covers, posters and video clips have been designed and created by the band members or their art school contemporaries.
On 27 August 2009, Mental As Anything was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association( ARIA) Hall of Fame alongside Kev Carmody, The Dingoes, Little Pattie and John Paul Young.
Reg Mombassa
Christopher O' Doherty, also known by the pseudonym Reg Mombassa, is an Australian New Zealand- born artist and musician.
He is a founding member of the band Mental As Anything and member of Dog Trumpet( alongside his brother Peter O'Doherty).

Question: Are Mental As Anything and Tuber (Band) both from the same country?
Answer: no