King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard in London, 2014
Background information
Also known as	King Gizz King Gizzard
Origin	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genres	Psychedelic rock garage rock progressive rock heavy metal
Years active	2010–present
Labels	Flightless Heavenly ATO Shock Castle Face KGLW Inertia Music
Members	Stu Mackenzie Ambrose Kenny-Smith Joey Walker Cook Craig Lucas Harwood (né Skinner) Michael Cavanagh
Past member(s)	Eric Moore
Website	kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard are an Australian rock band. They were made in Melbourne, Victoria in 2010. The band's members are Stu Mackenzie, Ambrose Kenny-Smith, Cook Craig, Joey Walker, Lucas Harwood and Michael Cavanagh. They are known for making many different types of music. They are also known for the large amount of music they have made. As of August 2024, the band has made 26 studio albums and three extended plays (EPs).

When the band started, they made music that sounded similar to garage rock. Later, they started making music that sounded more similar to psychedelic rock. Some of their first psychedelic rock albums are Float Along – Fill Your Lungs, Oddments and I'm in Your Mind Fuzz.^[1][2][3] Other music the band has made has been jazz, progressive rock, thrash metal, folk rock, and funk.^[4]

The band's first popular album was Nonagon Infinity (2016). The album was made so that when it ended, it looped back to the start. It won an award at the ARIA Music Awards.^[5] It was also their first album to go into the top 20 on the Australian albums chart. The album made King Gizzard more popular.^[6]

In 2017, the band made and released five albums. One of these albums (Polygondwanaland) was put in the public domain.^[7] Since then, they have released many more albums. Many of these albums have been released independently.

Music

• Anglesea (EP, 2011)
• Willoughby's Beach (EP, 2011)
• 12 Bar Bruise (2012)
• Eyes Like the Sky (with Broderick Smith, 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 (with Leah Senior, 2017)
• Sketches of Brunswick East (with Mild High Club, 2017)
• Polygondwanaland (2017)
• Gumboot Soup (2017)
• Fishing for Fishies (2019)
• Infest the Rats' Nest (2019)
• K.G. (2020)
• L.W. (2021)
• Butterfly 3000 (2021)
• Butterfly 3001 (remix album, 2022)
• Satanic Slumber Party (EP, with Tropical Fuck Storm, 2022)
• Made in Timeland (2022)
• Omnium Gatherum (2022)
• Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava (2022)
• Laminated Denim (2022)
• Changes (2022)
• PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation (2023)
• The Silver Cord (2023)
• Flight b741 (2024)

References

1. "King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard : Float Along – Fill Your Lungs | Beat Magazine". Beat.com.au. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
2. "Album Review: King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – Oddments (2014 LP) | the AU review". the AU review. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
3. Canal Cascais (19 January 2015), King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Vodafone Mexefest 2014, Portugal, retrieved 28 December 2022
4. "King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard's Quarters! Reviewed In Quarters". Tonedeaf.com.au. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
5. Clayton-Lea, Tony (21 June 2017). "King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard: Murder of the Universe – prog-rock walks the earth once more". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
6. Tim Sendra. "Nonagon Infinity – King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
7. "Polygondwanaland - Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 28 December 2022.