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I'm in your mind fuzz... note Clockwise from top left: Ambrose Kenny Smith, Eric Moore, Stu Mackenzie, Micheal Cavanagh, Lucas Skinner, Cook Craig, and Joe Walker.

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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard is an Australian Psychedelic Rock and Garage Rock band. They were formed in 2010 in Melbourne, and they consist of members Stu Mackenzie (vocals, guitar, wind instruments), Ambrose Kenny Smith (vocals, keyboards, harmonica), Cook Craig (guitar), Joey Walker (guitar), Lucas Skinner (bass), Eric Moore (drums), and Michael Cavanagh (drums). They probably rank among the weirdest bands to ever come out of the Australian psych-rock scene.

They were originally going to be called "Gizzard Gizzard", which was conceived by lead vocalist Stu Mackenzie, but another member of the band wanted the band to be named "Lizard King", as a tribute to Jim Morrison of The Doors. They eventually decided to compromise and name the band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.

They started releasing material in 2010, with 2 singles. One release from the following year, called Anglesea, was a four track EP released on CD, and is no longer able to be purchased by legitimate means. The second Willoughby's Beach EP, was what got them noticed in Australia, and got them chosen to play at the Meredith Music Festival in December of that year. Around a year later, they would self-record their first full-length album, 12 Bar Bruise. It was inspired by Surf Rock and Garage Rock, with King Gizzard giving those sounds a psychedelic flair. They released it on Bandcamp, so people could stream the entire thing before they buy it.

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The band has a lot of time on their hands, and since 2012, they have recorded fifteen studio albums and EPS, each of which have different sounds, while still sticking to their roots and trademark songwriting motifs. In 2013, they recorded the Spaghetti Western-inspired Eyes Like the Sky, and the album Float Along - Fill Your Lungs, where they went full Psychedelic. They became rather popular in 2014, where they released Oddments and I'm In Your Mind Fuzz, where they would start to become more professional.

In 2015, they started recording Quarters!, a Concept Album that has four songs - each of them lasting 10 minutes and 10 seconds - and containing influences from Jazz Fusion and Progressive Rock. Later that year, they would release Paper Mâché Dream Balloon, which was a mostly acoustic album influenced by Folk Rock acts like The Byrds.

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In 2016, they released what many considered at the time to be their magnum opus: Nonagon Infinity. It was designed to be an infinitely looping album, containing nine songs that all segue into each other, including the beginning and ending tracks - hence the title of the album. And to add upon its success, they decided to release five more albums in 2017: the first being Flying Microtonal Banana in January, where they experimented with microtones (which are the notes that are in between semitones (e.g. E and F)). This was followed up by Murder of the Universe in June, a Concept Album split into three separate narrated stories, following the same styles as the previous two albums. In August, they released Sketches of Brunswick East, a collaboration with the band Mild High Club, which saw them move away from their sound almost completely and into improvisational psych-jazz. Following this, Polygondwanaland was a psych/prog rock album released in November, and it was put on their website and Bandcamp page for people to download, rip to CDs, press onto vinyl, etc. Finally, the band fulfilled their promise in December 2017 with the release of Gumboot Soup, a Genre Roulette of an album containing songs that didn't quite fit into the other four releases, some resembling their sound and others representing completely new styles for the band.

With a promise of new music in 2019, King Gizzard released a song in late January called "Cyboogie", which details a funkier, synth laden, boogie-rock sound inspired by the likes of Canned Heat, Little Feat, and ZZ Top. This new release, coupled with B-side "Acarine" seemed to confirm a new album, which wasn't officially announced until early March, called Fishing For Fishies, coming out on April 26. Not long after the release of Fishies, they released two new singles: "Planet B" on April 8, and "Self-Immolate" on May , which completely ditches the happy-go-lucky, lighthearted sound of ''Fishies'' in favor of a darker Thrash Metal approach with lyrics about climate change and enviromentalist themes. This was announced on June 21st to be coming from their second album of 2019 Infest the Rats' Nest

Their official website can be found here.

Principal Members:

Stu Mackenzie - lead vocals, co-lead guitar, bass, flute, zurna, wind instruments, keyboards, percussion

Ambrose Kenny Smith - harmonica, keyboards, synthesizer, occasional lead vocals

Cook Craig - rhythm guitar, bass, keyboards

Joey Walker - lead guitar, bass, setar, vocals, keyboards

Lucas Skinner - bass guitar

Eric Moore - drums, bongos, percussion

Micheal Cavanagh - drums, bongos, percussion

Studio album discography:

12 Bar Bruise (2012)

Eyes Like the Sky (2013)

Float Along  Fill Your Lungs (2013)

Oddments (2014)

I'm in Your Mind Fuzz (2014)

Quarters! (2015)

Paper Mâché Dream Balloon (2015)

Nonagon Infinity (2016)

Flying Microtonal Banana (2017)

Murder of the Universe (2017)

Sketches of Brunswick East note with Mild High Club (2017)

(2017) Polygondwanaland (2017)

Gumboot Soup (2017)

Fishing For Fishies (2019)

Infest The Rats' Nest (2019)

Other releases

Sleep/Summer! single (2010)

Hey There/Ants & Bats single (2010)

Anglesea EP (2011)

Willoughby's Beach EP (2011)

Cyboogie/Acarine single (2019)

Live in Paris '19 live album (2020)

Live in Adelaide '19 live album (2020)

Live in Brussels '19 live album (2020)

Chunky Shrapnel live compilation (2020)

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