Mental As Anything Singer Andrew 'Greedy' Smith Passes Away
The band's manager confirmed Smith's passing today.
Smith performing with Mental As Anything at Meredith festival, 2018. Pic by Joshua Braybrook
Mental As Anything singer Andrew 'Greedy' Smith is confirmed to have passed away on Monday at the age of 63.
In a statement posted to the Sydney group's Facebook today, band manager Grant Bartlett confirmed Smith passed away after suffering a heart attack.
"It is with an incredibly heavy heart to announce that one of the founding members of Mental As Anything, Andrew Greedy Smith passed away last night from a heart attack," the statement reads.
"Greedy, the only remaining member of the group was currently on a national tour.
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"Our grief and confusion at this time are little compared to what Andrew’s family will be feeling – our hearts and prayers go out to them.
"Andrew is survived by his son Harvey, fiancée Fiona Docker and brother Stuart."
According to The Daily Telegraph, Smith suffered the heart attack while in his car and passed away later after being treated by an ambulance.
Mental As Anything were currently touring in support of the 40th anniversary of their debut album, Get Wet, and had last performed at the Band Together music festival in Wolumla this past weekend.
Since the release of Get Wet in November 1979, Mental As Anything have had 25 top 40 singles in the country, a record the band owned until the mid '90s. They also enjoyed international success with 1985's Live It Up (written by Smith) which charted at #1 in Scandinavia, #3 in the UK and #6 in Germany.
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