It doesn’t air for another few weeks, but HBO screened its ’70s serial “Vinyl’’ for an animated audience that included two members of the ensemble cast.

P.J. Byrne and J.C. MacKenzie, who play record executives in the Terence Winter-helmed drama, both attended the show’s Boston premiere, held Tuesday at the Revere Hotel Boston Common. The series follows a struggling label owner, played by Bobby Cannavale, grappling with the volatile New York music scene at the birth of punk, hip-hop, and disco.

“You never think about what went on to get bands you’d signed on the air,’’ said MacKenzie, whose ethically dubious Skip Fontaine runs sales at Cannavale’s label. “Everything — well, you can imagine.’’

That is, the series leans heavily on the lurid, playing to the strengths of producers Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger. In Scorsese, the project also gave Byrne and MacKenzie the chance to reconnect with a familiar figure. Both appeared in Scorsese’s last film, “The Wolf of Wall Street,’’ while MacKenzie also had roles in both “The Departed’’ and “The Aviator.’’

“You know how you have these great coaches?’’ Byrne, who plays the team’s lawyer, explained. “I feel like Scorsese falls in that category as far as directing goes, where they give their players or their actors this incredible amount of confidence.’’

“If you told me that one day, the reason you’re coming back to campus is because you’re in an HBO show and Martin Scorsese and Terry Winter and Mick Jagger are involved,’’ he joked, “I’d have thought you’d also say, ‘and you get to be a unicorn and an astronaut at the same time.’?’’

Though the New York of 40 years ago may be a bit of a reach for a modern Massachusetts audience, Byrne kept confident that setting is only secondary.

“This is just one story,’’ he said. “Music touches your soul no matter where you’re from.’’