Hard 'n Phirm was a

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musical duo based in

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. The members are

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and

Mike Phirman Hard 'n Phirm was a comedy/parody musical duo based in Los Angeles. The members are Chris Hardwick and Mike Phirman. They began performing at UCLA in 1994, but broke up in 1997, to reform 7 years later. After the success of their song "Rodeo ...

. They began performing at

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in 1994, but broke up in 1997, to reform 7 years later. After the success of their song "Rodeohead" (a bluegrass-style medley of covers of Radiohead songs), they released their first and only album to date: ''

Horses and Grasses ''Horses and Grasses'' is the first and only studio album by the comedy band Hard 'n Phirm, released in 2005. Track listing # The Carbon Cycle – 2:19 # American Dinosaurs – 3:32 # An Intro – 0:35 # Pi – 3:14 # Ready – 0:22 # She Na ...

''. The album includes the song "Pi," which gained popularity from its music video, which was directed by

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Television and Internet specials

In 2008, the duo aired their own special for ''

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'', which included performances of "American Dinosaurs", "Anything", a reprise of "Pi", and included the unreleased song "Not Illegal" as well as their performance art piece "Def Poetry Spam". In 2007 they appeared on the comedy compilation ''

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''. In February 2008, the group won the Effinfunny.com Comedian of the Year Award. Phirman also voiced the character Narrator's Brother in the ''

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'' episode "Mecha-Mouse". They have written a number of television and podcast theme songs, including the theme to

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's long-running podcast Doug Loves Movies as well as Benson's 2010

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series ''

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''.

Discography

Studio albums

Recent work

The duo wrote and performed the songs for

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's ''

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'', which was released on September 22, 2009. Phirman released his first solo album in July 2010, ''The Very Last Songs I Will Ever Record (Part 1)'', which is available as a download from his website. He also recorded an album called "Songs to Sing at Children" in 2018.

References

External links

Official website
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Hard 'n Phirm Hard 'n Phirm was a comedy/parody musical duo based in Los Angeles. The members are Chris Hardwick and Mike Phirman. They began performing at UCLA in 1994, but broke up in 1997, to reform 7 years later. After the success of their song "Rodeoh ...

American comedy musical groups Musical groups established in 1994 Musical groups disestablished in 1997 Musical groups reestablished in 2004 Musical groups disestablished in 2009 Parody musicians Comedians from California American parodists