Started Out Just Drinking Beer is the official biography of Mental as Anything. It captures the Riotous Rollercoaster Ride of one of Australia's greatest bands, The Mentals, from 1976-2019 as they went from the top of a pool table to the top of the charts. VOTED ONE OF THE TOP 10 MUSIC BOOKS OF 2023 by Australian Financial Review. Enjoy the untold stories behind Aussie classics Live It Up, Too Many Times, If You Leave Me Can I Come Too?, Berserk Warriors, Egypt, The Nips are Getting Bigger, Whole Wide World, Concrete & Clay, and a whole lot more. Plus tales from the road as told by Greedy Smith, Martin Plaza, Bird Twohill, Peter O'Doherty & Reg Mombassa—and a star-studded cast including Colin Hay (Men at Work), Richard Gottehrer, Mark Opitz, Ross Wilson (Mondo Rock), Swanee, Anthony Field (The Cockroaches and the Wiggles), Wreckless Eric, Kirk Pengilly (INXS) and many more.