About this episode
HardLore is joined by close friend of the show and vocalist of the first ever band on the HardLore Records roster: Mac Miller (real name) of COSMIC JOKE. Fresh off of their brand new 12" EP "Forced Perspective", we hear all about their goal as a band to carry the torch for the classic style of California Hardcore Punk made famous by their influences (Bad Religion, Adolescents, Circle Jerks, etc...) and the long road as lifelong touring musicians and crew that got them there. From growing up at the Cobalt Cafe, connecting the dots between Ska and Hardcore, doing Warped Tour with The Sheds, finally playing Sound & Fury, transitioning into being a career merch guy for bands like Wallows, Death Cab, Denzel Curry and MUCH, much more. Pick up one of the last few copies of HardLore's exclusive color of Forced Perspective on our store while you still can: https://closedcasketactivities.com/products/cosmic-joke-forced-perspective Edited by Steven Grise (@iamoneonenineseven) • Title sequence by Nicholas Marzluf (@marzluf) HardLore: A Knotfest Series Join the HARDLORE PATREON to watch every single weekly episode early and ad-free, alongside exclusive monthly episodes: https://patreon.com/hardlorepod Join the HARDLORE DISCORD: https://discord.gg/jA9rppggef Cool links: HardLore Official Website/HardLore Records store: https://hardlorepod.com Get 15% off MADD VINTAGE with code HARDLORE15! https://maddvintage.com/ FOLLOW COSMIC JOKE: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/cosmicjokela TWITTER | https://twitter.com/cosmicjokela FOLLOW MAC: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/macxmiller TWITTER | https://twitter.com/macxmiller FOLLOW HARDLORE: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/hardlorepod/ TWITTER | https://twitter.com/hardlorepod SPOTIFY | https://spoti.fi/3J1GIrp APPLE | https://apple.co/3IKBss2 FOLLOW COLIN: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/colinyovng/ FOLLOW BO: INSTAGRAM | https://www.instagram.com/bosxe/ TWITTER | https://www.twitter.com/bosxe #HARDLORE #HARDCORE 00:00:00 - Start 00:02:47 - Colin Meets Mac 00:08:22 - Cosmic Joke Self Titled 00:11:01 - Finally Playing Sound & Fury 00:13:42 - Forced Perspective 00:16:31 - Finding Punk, Hardcore, and Ska 00:22:01 - First Show Ever 00:23:20 - Young Morgan Miller 00:26:37 - Feeding the Band With $5 00:27:40 - Clean House 00:31:36 - First Tour 00:34:41 - First time attending Warped Tour 00:39:42 - PLAYING Warped Tour 00:50:09 - Mediaskare 00:53:40 - Top 4 Bald Guys 00:59:20 - Tony Hawk 01:03:17 - Attila Shirt... 01:05:40 - Highs and Lows of doing Merch 01:15:12 - Pardon This Interruption 01:16:01 - Worst venue In the Country 01:22:50 - Merch Cuts And How To Navigate Them 01:30:20 - Merch Pet Peeves 01:32:11 - Whats Hot? Whats Not? 01:36:15 - 2025/26 Plans for Cosmic Joke 01:41:27 - Top 4 HC records of All Time 01:42:07 - Top 4 Ska Records of All Time 01:44:43 - Who Do You Do? 01:45:42 - Ghosts? 01:52:10 - Patreon Q&A 01:56:15 - Favorite Punk Covers 01:58:06 - Bands He Works For? 02:02:35 - Favorite Bad Religion Track From Each Record 02:06:16 - Favorite T Shirt of All Time Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.