About Mental Floss

Mental floss formed in an emergency in 2000, put together at the last minute by drummer Bernie Watts to fill a cancellation.

The initial band also consisted of Maroondogs frontman Bob Coltart (guitar/vocals) and Brian Heffernan (bass and vocals).

Sadly, Bob died from cancer during 2001 and since then at each gig the band has played one of his songs and continues in his style by accepting requests from the audience. The lineup has changed from time to time, Mental Floss consists of Bernie Watts (drums/vocals) , Chris Barwell (guitar/vocals) and various bass player's sitting in.

Their versatility sees them playing material from the beatles, to the ferocious sounds of the jam, on to the legendary police.

And their repetoire doesn't end there. They also do covers from the stereophonics and loudmouth rock stars Oasis.

The band write their own material which is occasionally dropped into their gigs.

Don't miss them.

Bernie has left Mental Floss in August 2007.