A popular urban myth concerns a group of art students who passed themselves off as a band in order to con the local publican into giving them a gig in exchange for free beer. The deception worked better than intended, and the group came to be known as Mental as Anything. Nearly three decades later, they are still loved by the public with their highly listenable, idiosyncratic brand of garage pop.

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 UK, No. 4 in Norway, and No. 6 in Germany, after it featured in the 1986 Australian film ``Crocodile`` Dundee.

Mental as Anything still tour estensively today and have just released their latest ``5 Track EP.``

The rock ‘n’ roll road to stardom is a dangerous road indeed littered with the corpses of starry eyed hopefuls, wannabes, one hit wonders and jaded “if onlys”…while many bands self-implode before they even leave the garage, victims of classic clashing egos and personalities. Few survive.

One of these survivors is Australian band the RADIATORS who in 2013 celebrated 35 years together since their very first show.

The Radiators still tour extensively playing an average of 100 shows per year and the band’s fans young and old, still flock to grab a slice of living Aussie rock history and dance the night away to the great catchy songs and classic hits that make the RADIATORS a household name in Australia.

BOB’BONGO’STARKIE guitarist with the legendary SKYHOOKS performs the
classic songs and a few more that need to be heard, in a personal celebration of one
of Australia's most beloved bands. In between songs Bob shares Humorous
anecdotes and Insights into the inner workings of the SKYHOOKS.