“I don’t mind being called a music nerd on triple j, I’m very proud.”

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have earned themselves an army of dedicated fans who froth off each one of their bonkers concept records, and turns out, the brains behind cult flick faves like Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and Scott Pilgrim is among them.

In the country to promote his new film Baby Driver, acclaimed film-maker Edgar Wright spoke to triple j about his love of Aussie music, but in particular, he’s a massive Gizzhead.

"Australian bands I really love: obviously Tame Impala, but also Courtney Barnett, Pond, Olympia," Wright tells triple j Breakfast.

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"A band I really, genuinely love... is King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. My favourite album of last year was Nonagon Infinity and I saw them twice, at Reading festival and at the Roxy in LA. I kept pushing Nonagon Infinity all the time, and ‘Gamma Knife’ … if there was a Baby Driver sequel, I would make one just so I could use ‘Gamma Knife’ in the car chase… What a song!”

The director also shared a superstar anecdote about watching King Gizz’s Reading set with Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea (who’s in Baby Driver), Danger Mouse, and Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich.

“They said ‘who else is on that’s worth seeing’ and I said, ‘We gotta go see King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’. What’s funny is I knew the album off by heart but Nigel didn’t… he looked at me at one point and said ‘Is this all one song?’ I said, ‘the album’s just like that, it’s just non-stop for 60 minutes’.”

Edgar added: "I think I'm going to meet them in Melbourne," plus he's already shared the idea of collaborating on a music video with the Melbourne rock juggernaut. Watch this space.

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