Johnny Manchild & The Poor Bastards

Johnny Manchild & The Poor Bastards bring their genre-defying chaos to The Cobalt with Friend of a Friend and Karma and the Killjoys. Sep 17
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The Cobalt presents Johnny Manchild & The Poor Bastards with Friend of a Friend and Karma and the Killjoys.

Johnny Manchild & The Poor Bastards (Oklahoma City, OK)

"There's a mad genius living in Oklahoma City who possesses the manic drive of a classical composer." Since 2016, Johnny Manchild has led an ever-evolving lineup in pursuit of conveying the noise in his head - a noise that gets louder every day and never sounds quite the same twice. Over the last decade he has amassed over 400,000 listeners, collaborated with Adrian Young of No Doubt and Todd Foreman of Sublime, performed alongside the Dresden Dolls, and independently assembled a 48-show six-week house show tour for over 3,000 attendees. Five albums deep with a new self-produced record Side Effects slated for 2026, he shows no signs of slowing down.

Friend of a Friend

Formed in the summer of 2020, Friend of a Friend have spent the years since touring relentlessly through Europe and North America, releasing three records in three years, and landing features in SPIN Magazine and Rolling Stone, who named them an artist to watch. Wonderland Magazine called them an indie rock band taking the scene by storm. The resume speaks for itself.

Karma and the Killjoys

Piano-rock that earns the name. Loud, key-smashing chords dueling with gritty electric guitar, powerful raw female voices, and a thick chorus of harmonies that somehow holds it all together. Karma and the Killjoys push the bounds of what piano-rock can mean with every song, both embracing and defying the genre.