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I sure hope that I'm not the only New Waver who appreciates Mental As Anything's music? They were at the top of my list of favorites of New Wave artists from Australia,and still are,along with other top contenders from the time such as,the following.
Beatfish(Martin Plaza from The Mentals,and James Fraud from The Models)
Mi-Sex
Flash And The Pan
The Sports
The Reels
Jo Jo Zep And The Falcons
Hoodoo Gurus
Split Enz(Although not Australian,but from New Zealand,which is pretty close)
Kylie Minogue(she's more New Wave now than back in the 80's that's for sure)
The Models
Real Life
Divinyls

etc,I can go on and on.

I'd like to add a few of my faves from Oz, along with the ones you mentioned:

The Church
Screaming Tribesmen
Angels (aka Angel City in America) not really New Wave but they have been called a mixture of New Wave and Hard Rock
The Hummingbirds
The G

*rubs hands together*

The Stems
The Wreckery
Painters & Dockers
The Lime Spiders
Huxton Creppers
Not Drowning, Waving
Sea Stories
Severed Heads
The Chuch
Mondo Rock
Goanna
Midnight Oil
Cold Chisel
Australian Crawl
Hunters & Collectors
Th

Yes, the Aussie music scene was truly unbelievable...

In regards to MENTAL AS ANYTHING, I've been a huge fan since "Get Wet" came out over 25 years ago. I have all the Mentals CDs (up to their 2002 release, "Road Case") plus CDs from side projects inc

I always thought Mental As Anything couldn't have been as big as Madness in a lot of ways. Their singles were very good quality and they always produced great pop music. Unlike Madness, Mental As Anything didn't just stick to their regular formula. The

Austrailian music was great! Was happy to see Boom Crash Opera listed. How can you not love Onoinskin?

another Australian act to add would be Wendy and the Rockettes !
("Play the Game"--yummy ! ).
it's funny to see the Australian thread here...when i first got into New Wave back in '81-ish, Men At Work were my very FIRST faves...i loved them so much...in

Live IT uP is a great song by them but I am not up on any other songs by them. Is it a good representation of their music?

"Live It Up" is fairly representative in that it is upbeat, however their material is typically more eccentric and quirky. I recommend their Australian singles collection (an cheap import you should be able to get from www.whammo.com.au). You can't go wro

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Kylie Minogue(she's more New Wave now than back in the 80's that's for sure.