KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD is an experimental rock band from Australia with
a stable line up of seven members. Stu Mackenzie, Joe Walker, Eric Moore, Ambrose Kenny-Smith, Lucas Skinner, Cook Craig, and Michael Cavanagh all grew up and went to school in the Melbourne region. They started off as a loose jam crew, until the band once was asked by a friend to play at a local show.
They were a seven piece band, (now they are six), with Stu leading the charge and he apparently wanted to call the band GIZZARD GIZZARD but in the end he combined the suggestions of
other band members with his. The name “King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard” derives from the band’s appreciation for the psychedelic king himself, Jim Morrison of The Doors… Who would commonly go by the title of “The Lizard King”. The word ‘Gizzard’? Well, Stu Mackenzie, the bassist, vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist and FLUTE player of the band wanted the name “Gizzard Gizzard” in there.
The band's current lineup consists of Stu Mackenzie (vocals, guitar), Ambrose Kenny-Smith (vocals,
harmonica, keyboards), Cook Craig (guitar, keyboards, vocals), Joey Walker (guitar, vocals), Lucas Harwood (bass, vocals), and Michael Cavanagh (drums, vocals). They are known for exploring multiple genres, staging energetic live shows, and building a prolific discography.
They were able to find a compromise. What sounds like a swift descent into madness or preface for a
cult escape thinkpiece is actually pretty standard behaviour for a passionate King Gizzard fan. Their music to date has encompassed metal, folk, jazz and dance music; they have experimented with dense concept records and microtonal tunings. The artist Jason Galea has created all of the band's album art, and a majority of their music videos.
During some time their music was dominated by a psychedelic garage and acid rock style. Gradually
though they went on to widen the musical scope with the result of some progressive rock albums, for example 'Polygondwanaland' and 'Sketches Of Brunswick East'. Both were released in 2017, which must have been a very inspiring year for them. While covering diverse genres nowadays, every new album is appearing like another surprise bag.
Noted for their prolific discography, in 2017 the band fulfilled a promise to release five studio albums
within the calendar year, and also marked the beginning of a trilogy of microtonal albums with Flying Microtonal Banana. Subsequent releases integrated heavy metal, synth-pop, and progressive rock, and feature lyrics that address environmental themes and a connected fictional universe termed the "Gizzverse" by fans.
In 2022, the band once again released five studio albums in one calendar year, with three being released
that October. Their 26th album, Flight b741, was released on the 9th of August, 2024 - it is their first album released on their new record label, p(doom) Records.Their 27th and most recent album, Phantom Island, was released in 2025. Above all their live shows are said to be distinctly energetic. Every single song on their discography is a kaleidoscopic journey that has a story to tell… all on its own.
LINE - UP
Stu Mackenzie (2010 – present)
Ambrose Kenny‐Smith (2012 – present)
Cook Craig (2010 – present)
Eric Moore (2010 – 2020)
Joey Walker (2010 – present)
Lucas Harwood (2010 – present)
Michael Cavanagh (2010 – present)
01. WILLOUGHBY'S BEACH (EP) 2011
Willoughby's Beach, finds the band bursting out of the garage and delivering a record sprinkled with echoing yelps, stomping beats, supercharged riffs, and tough-as-rattlesnakes mid-fi production.
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard's sense of unfettered sonic exploration makes it easy to mistake them for a long-forgotten relic of the psych explosion of the 1960s. With a far-out sound that, at times, feels barely held together, the band evoke the eclectic rock experimentation of Frank Zappa's early work with the Mothers of Invention, the anything-goes feeling of the Flaming Lips, and the demented glee of a random, obscure '60s group plucked from a Pebbles compilation as they follow their musical flights of fancy wherever they might lead.
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – Willoughby's Beach
Label: Not On Label (King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard Self-released) – KGLW01
Format: CD, EP
Country: Australia
Released: 2011
Genre: Rock
Style: Garage Rock
TRACKS
01. Danger $$$ 1:45
02. Black Tooth 2:30
03. Lunch Meat 1:40
04. Crookedile 2:30
05. Let It Bleed 3:13
06. Dead-Beat 3:01
07. Dustbin Fletcher 3:09
08. Stoned Mullet 2:11
09. Willoughby's Beach 2:53
NOTES
Recorded and mixed at a secret location in Fairfield.
Flac Size: 178 MB
02. FLOAT ALONG - FILL YOUR LUNGS (SEPTEMBER 2013)
Float Along – Fill Your Lungs was released in September 2013, seven months after their previous album, Eyes Like the Sky. It is the band's third album and fifth recorded release, and the first to feature
second drummer, Eric Moore, using a drum kit as opposed to theremin and keyboards as used previously. The album was recorded in home studios and sheds in Darraweit Guim, Deniliquin, and Anglesea, where they experimented with a psychedelic sound as opposed to the Western sound on their previous album.[4][6][7] The band furthered their experimentation by using synthesizers and the sitar, while also using unique time signatures in their music for the first time. It was produced by Paul Maybury, Jarrad Brown, and band member Stu Mackenzie.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Float Along - Fill Your Lungs
Label: Dot Dash – DASH024CD
Format: CD, Album
Country: Australia
Released: Sep 27, 2013
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock
TRACKS
01. Head On/Pill
02. I'm Not A Man Unless I Have A Woman
03. God Is Calling Me Back Home
04. 30 Past 7
05. Let Me Mend The Past
06. Mystery Jack
07. Pop In My Step
08. Float Along - Fill Your Lungs
NOTES
Recorded in homes, studios and sheds during 2013.
Written By – Ambrose Kenny-Smith (tracks: 5), Cook Craig (tracks: 7), Stu Mackenzie (tracks: 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 8)
Flac Size: 319 MB
03. ODDMENTS (MARCH 2014)
Oddments was announced on 14 January 2014, with "Vegemite" serving as the album's lead single. Lead vocalist Stu Mackenzie said that the song was "probably the most literal song [he's] ever written".
Oddments consists of outtakes from the band's prior releases, with the album serving as a way to compile the songs without necessarily adhering to a sound or theme as the band had done up until that point; the oddment nature of the songs (being leftovers from previous albums) gave the album its name. The album opener "Alluda Majaka" refers to and features an audio sample of the 1995 Telugu film of the same name.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Oddments
Label :Flightless – FLT009CD
Format: CD, Album, Digipak
Country: Australia
Released: Mar 7, 2014
Genre: Rock
Style: Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock
TRACKS
01. Alluda Majaka 3:34
02. Stressin' 2:56
03. Vegemite 2:45
04. It's Got Old 2:58
05. Work This Time 4:36
06. ABABCD 0:17
07. Sleepwalker 3:46
08. Hot Wax 3:29
09. Crying 2:56
10. Pipe-Dream 1:01
11. Homeless Man In Adidas 3:24
12. Oddments 0:25
NOTES
Written-By – Kenny-Smith (tracks: 8), Craig (tracks: 9, 10), Walker (tracks: 2, 5, 6), Mackenzie (tracks: 1 - 5, 7, 8, 11, 12)
Flac Size: 227 MB
04. PAPER MACHE DREAM BALLOON (NOVEMBER 2015)
Paper Mâché Dream Balloon is the seventh studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band King
Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. It was released on 13 November 2015 on Flightless Records in Australia, ATO Records in the United States, and Heavenly Recordings in Europe. The album was recorded with almost entirely acoustic instruments.
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – Paper Mâché Dream Balloon
Label: Heavenly – none
Format: CD, Album, Copy Protected, Promo
Country: Europe
Released: Nov 13, 2015
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock
TRACKS
01. Sense
02. Bone
03. Dirt
04. Paper Mâché Dream Balloon
05. Trapdoor
06. Cold Cadaver
07. The Bitter Boogie
08. N.G.R.I (Bloodstain)
09. Time = Fate
10. Time = $$$
11. Most Of What I Like
12. Paper Mâché
LINE - UP
Acoustic Guitar, Drums [Drum Kit], Piano, Vocals, Flute, Clarinet, Double Bass, Electric Bass, Violin, Percussion, Sitar – Stu Mackenzie
Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Double Bass, Percussion – Cook Craig
Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Electric Bass, Double Bass – Joey Walker
Drums [Drum Kit], Bongos [Bongo], Congas [Conga] – Michael Cavanagh
Other [Nothing] – Eric Moore
Piano, Electric Bass – Lucas Skinner
Vocals, Harmonica – Ambrose Kenny-Smith
Flac Size: 241 MB
05. FLYING MICROTONAL BANANA (Explorations Into Microtonal Tuning Volume 1) (FEBRUARY 2017)
The album earned the band a nomination for Best Group at the ARIA Music Awards of 2017, losing to
Gang of Youths for Go Farther in Lightness. The album peaked at number two on the ARIA charts (their first top 10), and it is also the first album by the band to chart on the US Billboard 200, peaking at 170. It is the first of five albums released by the band in 2017 and their first exploration of microtonal music, utilising custom-built instruments.
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – Flying Microtonal Banana (Explorations Into Microtonal Tuning Volume 1)
Label :Heavenly – HVNLP36CD
Format: CD, Album
Country: Europe
Released: 2017
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock
TRACKS
01.Rattlesnake 7:48
Written-By – Mackenzie
02.Melting 5:27
Written-By – Mackenzie
03.Open Water 7:14
Written-By – Mackenzie
04.Sleep Drifter 4:45
Written-By – Mackenzie
05.Billabong Valley 3:35
Written-By – Kenny-Smith, Mackenzie
06.Anoxia 3:04
Written-By – Walker
07.Doom City 3:14
Written-By – Mackenzie
08.Nuclear Fusion 4:15
Written-By – Mackenzie
09.Flying Microtonal Banana 2:34
Written-By – Mackenzie
LINE - UP
Bass Guitar [Microtonal Bass Guitar] – Cook Craig (tracks: 4, 6), Joey Walker (tracks: 5), Lucas Skinner (tracks: 1-3, 7), Stu Mackenzie (tracks: 2, 8)
Bongos – Eric Moore (tracks: 9), Michael Cavanagh (tracks: 3-5, 8, 9)
Drums [Drum Kit] – Eric Moore (tracks: 1, 3), Michael Cavanagh (tracks: 1-8)
Guitar [Microtonal Guitar] – Cook Craig (tracks: 1, 3, 7), Joey Walker (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9), Stu Mackenzie (tracks: 1-8)
Harmonica [Microtonal Harmonica] – Ambrose Kenny-Smith (tracks: 1, 4, 7-9)
Mixed By – Jarvis Taveniere
Percussion – Michael Cavanagh (tracks: 9), Stu Mackenzie (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 9)
Piano – Stu Mackenzie (tracks: 1, 5, 9)
Synthesizer – Stu Mackenzie (tracks: 2, 3, 8, 9)
Vocals – Ambrose Kenny-Smith (tracks: 5), Joey Walker (tracks: 6), Stu Mackenzie (tracks: 1-4, 7, 8)
Zurna – Stu Mackenzie (tracks: 1, 3, 5-7, 8, 9)
Flac Size: 291 MB
06. MURDER OF THE UNIVERSE (JUNE 2017)
Murder of the Universe is a concept album split into three separate stories, called suites, each
containing elements of spoken word to carry a narrative. The first two suites feature Leah Senior's narration, while NaturalReader's "UK, Charles" text-to-speech application narrates the final suite. The album was nominated for Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2017, despite controversy over the band's win the previous year with Nonagon Infinity.
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – Murder Of The Universe
Label: Flightless – FLT-033CD
Format: CD, Album
Country: Australia & New Zealand
Released: Jun 23, 2017
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Acid Rock, Prog Rock, Garage Rock
THE TALE OF THE ALTERED BEAST
01. A New World 0:57
02. Altered Beast I 2:24
03. Alter Me I 0:46
04. Altered Beast II 4:29
05. Alter Me II 1:26
06. Altered Beast III 2:15
07. Alter Me III 1:26
08. Altered Beast IV 5:11
09. Life / Death 0:59
THE LORD OG LIGHNING VS BALROG
10. Some Context 0:17
11. The Reticent Raconteur 1:05
12. The Lord Of Lightning 5:07
13. The Balrog 4:29
14. The Floating Fire 1:54
15. The Acrid Corpse 1:01
HAN - TYUMI AND THE MURDER OF THE UNIVERSE
16. Welcome To An Altered Future 0:55
17. Digital Black 2:47
18. Han-Tyumi, The Confused Cyborg 2:22
19. Soy-Protein Munt Machine 0:30
20. Vomit Coffin 2:19
21. Murder Of The Universe 4:10
LINE - UP
Bass [Fender Mustang Bass] – Lucas Skinner
Drums ['62 Maxwin Drum Kit, '61 Yamaha Tiger Red Swirl Kit] – Michael Cavanagh
Electric Guitar [Rickenbacker 620] – Cook Craig
Electric Guitar [Yamaha SG-3], Synthesizer [Yamaha Redface YC, Roland JX-3P, Roland Juno-60] – Joey Walker
Harmonica [Hohner Special 20], Synthesizer [Yamaha Redface YC] – Ambrose Kenny Smith
Lyrics By – Stu Mackenzie
Music By – King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Narrator [Spoken Word] – Leah Senior (tracks: 1-9, 11-15)
Vocals, Electric Guitar [Hagström F12], Synthesizer [Roland Juno-60, Yamaha DX-7, Yamaha Reface YC], Mellotron [Flute, Choir], Bass [Fender Mustang Bass], Text By [Natural Reader UK Charles] – Stu Mackenzie
Written By [Stories] – Stu Mackenzie (tracks: 1-20)
Written-By – Joey Walker (tracks: 21), Stu Mackenzie (tracks: 21)
Flac Size: 327 MB
07. POLYGONDWANALAND (NOVEMBER 2017)
Polygondwanaland (/ˈpɒliɡɒndˌwɑːnəlænd/) is the twelfth studio album by Australian psychedelic rock
band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. The album was released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives license. Polygondwanaland first appeared as a partial leak on the band's demos for the album. The leak was uploaded to SoundCloud in April 2017, but was soon taken down. As a result, news of the album was scarce and mostly involved rumours, one of which stated that it would be the last of the five albums released in 2017.
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – Polygondwanaland
Label: Transcending Records – TR058
Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Digipak
Country: US
Released: 2017
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Alternative Rock
TRACKS
01. Crumbling Castle 10:44
02. Polygondwanaland 3:32
03. The Castle In The Air 2:47
04. Deserted Dunes Welcome Weary Feet 3:33
05. Inner Cell 3:55
06. Loyalty 3:38
07. Horology 2:52
08. Tetrachromacy 3:30
09. Searching... 3:03
10. The Fourth Colour 6:12
NOTES
This album was released as a free download with the band encouraging fans to create their own physical copies with provided templates.
Flac Size: 303 MB
08. K. G (NOVEMBER 2020)
K.G. (subtitled Explorations into Microtonal Tuning, Volume 2) is the sixteenth studio album by
Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, released on 20 November 2020 on Flightless in Australia and self-released in the U.K., U.S., and Europe. The album was preceded by four singles, the first three ("Honey", "Some of Us" and "Straws in the Wind") were released alongside music videos uploaded to YouTube. K.G. is a sonic "sequel" to Flying Microtonal Banana, which was subtitled "Explorations into Microtonal Tuning, Volume 1" and also a direct predecessor to L.W.
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – K.G. (Explorations Into Microtonal Tuning Volume 2)
Label: Not On Label (King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard Self-released) – KGLW003CD
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: Dec 4, 2020
Genre: Rock
Style: Psychedelic Rock
TRACKS
Guitar, Percussion, Bass, Keyboards, Flute, Sitar – Stu
Harmonica – Amby
Mixed By – Stu Mackenzie
Recorded By – Stu Mackenzie
Written-By – Mackenzie
02. Automation 3:30
Drums – Cavs
Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, Keyboards, Bass, Flute – Stu
Harmonica, Synthesizer – Amby
Mixed By – Stu Mackenzie
Recorded By – Stu Mackenzie
Written-By – Mackenzie
03. Minimum Brain Size 4:19
Backing Vocals – Bella Walker
Drums, Percussion – Cavs
Flute, Sitar – Stu
Guitar, Baglama, Synthesizer [Juno], Bass – Joey
Harmonica – Amby
Mixed By – Joey Walker
Recorded By – Joey Walker, Michael Cavanagh
Written-By – Walker
04. Straws In The Wind 5:42
Drums, Percussion – Cavs
Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Sitar – Cookie
Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Keyboards, Percussion, Flute – Stu
Mixed By – Stu Mackenzie
Recorded By – Michael Cavanagh, Stu Mackenzie
Vocals, Harmonica, Keyboards – Amby
Written-By – Kenny-Smith, Mackenzie
05. Some Of Us 3:53
Drums – Cavs
Harmonica – Amby
Mixed By – Stu Mackenzie
Piano, Bass, Percussion, Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Clarinet, Flute – Cookie
Recorded By – Cook Craig, Stu Mackenzie
Vocals, Guitar, Clavinet, Xylophone – Stu
Written-By – Craig, Mackenzie
06. Ontology 3:58
Drums, Percussion – Cavs
Guitar – Cookie
Mixed By – Stu Mackenzie
Percussion, Harmonica, Vocals – Amby
Recorded By – Michael Cavanagh, Stu Mackenzie
Vocals, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Flute, Vibraphone, Violin, Horns, Clavinet – Stu
Written-By – Mackenzie
07. Intrasport 4:13
Clavinet, Synthesizer, Mellotron – Stu
Drums – Cavs
Mixed By – Joey Walker
Recorded By – Joey Walker, Michael Cavanagh
Vocals, Guitar, Synthesizer, Drum Machine [Elektron Digitakt], Percussion – Joey
Written-By – Walker
08. Oddlife 4:58
Drums, Percussion – Cavs
Mixed By – Stu Mackenzie
Percussion – Lukey
Recorded By – Michael Cavanagh, Stu Mackenzie
Synthesizer – Cookie
Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Percussion, Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards – Stu
Vocals, Percussion – Amby
Written-By – Kenny-Smith, Mackenzie
09. Honey 4:34
Bass – Joey
Drums, Percussion – Cavs
Guitar, Vocals, Percussion, Keyboards, Bass, Clarinet, Organ – Stu
Harmonica – Amby
Mixed By – Stu Mackenzie
Piano – Cookie
Recorded By – Stu Mackenzie
Written-By – Mackenzie
10. The Hungry Wolf Of Fate 5:10
Bass – Lukey
Drums – Cavs
Mixed By – Stu Mackenzie
Recorded By – Michael Cavanagh, Stu Mackenzie
Synthesizer, Guitar – Cookie
Vocals, Guitar, Percussion, Bass – Stu
Written-By – Mackenzie
NOTES
Identical to the European version K.G. (Explorations Into Microtonal Tuning Volume 2), except for the barcode printed on sticker on brown paper outer bag.
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