Dog Trumpet

Dog Trumpet is a family affair spearheaded by brothers Peter O’Doherty and Reg Mombassa, former founding members of of iconic Aria award winning and Hall of Fame band Mental As Anything.

Over the last thirty years as Dog Trumpet they have released eight critically acclaimed albums:
Two Heads One Brain, Suitcase, Dog Trumpet, Antisocial Tendencies, River of Flowers, Medicated Spirits, Great South Road and Shadowland.

Parallel to their music careers Reg is well known too for his idiosyncratic work for Mambo Graphics and as a fine artist. Peter is also a successful and much sought after painter. For over three decades the brothers have exhibited in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, USA and Asia.

Our new single Live Forever is an uptempo pop rock song. The lyrics are impressionistic and slightly ambivalent, expressing a fear of good and bad things and questioning any desire to live forever. The song is the title track from the new album our 9th which will be out on 11th July 2025.

"Although Reg Mombassa and Peter O’Doherty have been creating music for 50+ years, their passion and desire to create something new and exciting still burns bright in Dog Trumpet. For many years, they scaled the upper regions of the Australian charts as members of Mental as Anything, yet their music has always remained down-to-earth and honest. With warmth, humour, and love, they deliver “Live Forever”, a melodic slice of laid-back, Blues-inspired Rock… or is it Rock-inspired Blues? In either case, this is a song that is as comforting as the smell of the beer-soaked wooden floors at your local pub and as warm as a late-night chat with the spirit of your dearly departed beloved. In short, this is exactly what you want from Dog Trumpet. Bless ‘em!” - Stephen Schnee U.S.A.


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