Mac Sabbath is based in Los Angeles, but the key word there is “based.”

Where they’re originally from is much less clear. Some say the band — a quartet of monstrous McDonald’s characters who cover Black Sabbath songs with fast food-themed lyrics — is from outer space. Mac Sabbath itself sells a T-shirt that touts “Birminghamburger” as its hometown.

It’s probably best if we just let Mike Odd tell the story. Odd is the band’s manager, and if you think he bears any resemblance, facially or vocally, to Mac Sabbath’s costumed lead singer, Ronald Osbourne, you should maybe just forget that thought and turn your attention back to trying to figure out what’s in the secret sauce.

Says Odd:

“I get this call and they’re like, ‘Hey, come out to Chatsworth to this burger franchise. It’s going to change your life.’ So I go out there and it’s the middle of the night, the place is closed, and there’s all these employees there when they’re not supposed to be there. I think it’s like some secret anti-corporate meeting or something.

“Next thing I know, I’m down in like a bomb shelter under this place and I’m squished between packages of hamburger buns and freeze-dried condiments. I don’t know what’s going on. But then this red-and-yellow curtain drops and there’s these mutated fast-food mascots slaying Black Sabbath riffs and screaming about GMOs and Monsanto! It was like performance art meets organized protest within the belly of the beast, and they were working from the inside.

“All of a sudden, there was a spotlight on me and they were like, ‘You’re going to be our manager and you’re going to take this above ground.’ And I was like, ‘OK, whatever. I get the gag.’ It was so fun and they were hilarious and I said I’d book ‘em a few shows in Los Angeles and then they’d be on their way. And then it just went crazy!”

How crazy did it go, exactly? Well, on Sunday, Mac Sabbath will visit Bend’s Domino Room as part of its 10th anniversary tour. Ahead of that show, GO! sat down for an interview with Odd about the band’s journey, its message and more. Here’s that conversation, edited for length and clarity:

Ben Salmon: You’re coming to Bend as part of Mac Sabbath’s 10th anniversary tour. When you connected with the band, could you have imagined you’d still be with them 10 years later?

Mike Odd: Well, the 10th anniversary tour should theoretically be going for at least a year. And it started in the middle of the year. But I feel like you can’t get hung up on keeping it within a certain year because the band started in the middle of the year. So the 10th anniversary tour could go through the middle of next year!

I think the final Mötley Crüe tour lasted like three years. So it would be good if we could tour on the 10th anniversary right up to the 20th anniversary, I think.

But I couldn’t have imagined last year that this would still be my full-time job, and that was nine years in! I can’t believe I’m still doing this and don’t plan on doing it too much longer, but I’ve been saying that for nine years.

Salmon: What do you think Mac Sabbath offers that people clearly want?

Odd: On one hand, I remember when the band played in Detroit on the same night as Black Sabbath, and Ronald was just berating the audience, saying, “What is wrong with you people? You have what is probably your last chance to see Black Sabbath and you’re here?” And sometimes that kind of thing bothers me as well.

But on the other hand, I also think it’s amazing and wonderful because I think there’s been a problem with bands being too serious about music and it’s really obvious that they don’t know much about the music business, because the music business is an absolute joke. So to be that serious about something so ridiculous makes no sense to me. I think Mac Sabbath is kind of a reflection of the music business.

Salmon: Getting serious for a minute, Mac Sabbath songs include funny lyrics about fast food, but also lyrics about fast food’s lack of nutritional value, as well as the dangers of genetically modified foods, corporate control and deregulation, the horrors of the American beef industry and the chemicals that can be found in many of the things we eat. After the recent presidential election, does Mac Sabbath’s message feel more relevant than ever?

Odd: You know, Ronald said things nine years ago that I never would have believed would happen, like how if we’re not careful, there will be fully automated robot burger places and robot police and all that kind of stuff. And we’re clearly not doing a good job of warning people, because it’s all coming into play right now.

One thing I know for sure is that you can be guaranteed that no matter who’s in office, they’ll still be on board with colluding with the government to poison the people. It’s never even discussed on this side or that side — they both seem to just love it. It’s a bipartisan issue! And if you ask me, those are the ones we should be looking out for.

Who: Mac Sabbath, with Supersuckers

When: 7 p.m. Sunday

Cost: $30

Where: Domino Room, 51 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend

Contact: midtownballroom.com