No Need To Pump The Brakes With MACKA From COSMIC PSYCHOS

Interview by Kris Peters
It's not like they have ever needed an excuse for a party, but you
can be rest assured when a legitimate reason rears its festive head
that the Cosmic Psychos won't fall over themselves
complaining.
After four decades of delivering their own brand of brutally honest
punk rock humour, Cosmic Psychos have dared to allow themselves
time for reflection with three massive shows over three ever more
massive nights at the Theatre Royal in Castlemaine over December 1,
2 and 3.
In true Psychos fashion there will be much fun and merriment to
commemorate the occasion, with a Cosmic Psychos branded beer being
released to ensure everyone is in the right mood for a party.
Each night will see a different selection of bands hand-picked by
the Cosmic Psychos themselves, with The Chats, Amyl & The
Sniffers and Dune Rats each taking their opportunity to close their
chosen night of entertainment while the Cosmic Psychos savour their
own beer after giving themselves the second last slot on the
nightly run sheet.
Pretty clever for a bunch of old fellas.
But the party doesn't stop there.
Before the fat bloke in a red suit gets stuck in your chimney this
December the trio would have also hit South Australia and Western
Australia before regrouping for a massive run of East Coast shows
in January with Zeke.
Must be something in the beer…
To find out more details HEAVY tracked down guitarist Macka in a
barn somewhere in the US of A where the band are currently on tour
with The Chats. It was an entertaining but almost doomed chat when
Macka nearly died of thirst after not being able to locate his
trusty bottle opener.
"I think you would probably say both, Kris," he replied when I
asked if 40 years was cause for commiserations or congratulations.
"I don't think there's either side to it. It's good. We've seen a
few things, good and bad, but overall we're still going, and it's
good fun."
While the sound and thought of a three-day bender to celebrate
entering the Naughty 40s might sound like a heap of fun, it's not
exactly something that becomes easier to do the more the years
pass. We point out that the boys have set the bar possibly
unrealistically high.
"It depends on what the record is," he quipped. "It might be low,
we'll see (laughs). We're looking forward to it. There's some great
bands playing and all that sort of stuff. We've got people coming
from overseas to do it, like Pat Todd. He's nearly 70, and he
hasn't even been to Australia yet so this is his first trip.
Blowers, Dead Clampetts, etc."
In the full interview, Macka talks more about the bands playing
over the three nights and why they were asked, whether the band had
to taste test the Psychos beer for approval, the after-show
festivities, what range of songs they will play over three shows,
who he thinks will stay the distance, the possibility of new
material and more.