King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

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;
Website	kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com
Members	Stu Mackenzie; Ambrose Kenny-Smith; Joey Walker; Cook Craig; Lucas Harwood (né Skinner); Michael Cavanagh;
Past members	Eric Moore;

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 December 2022, the band has made 23 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)
Made in Timeland (2022)
Omnium Gatherum (2022)
Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava (2022)
Laminated Denim (2022)
Changes (2022)

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Media

Mackenzie performing in 2016
Polygondwanaland, the fourth of the band's five 2017 albums, was released into the public domain, inspiring many independent labels throughout the world to issue unique versions of it.
Moore left the band in 2020 to focus on running Flightless.
King Gizzard's microtonal music was in part inspired by the bağlama.