King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
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| Origin | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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| Years active | 2010–present |
| Labels | Flightless Records, Heavenly, ATO, Shock, Castle Face Records, Inertia Music |
| Associated acts | The Murlocs, Gum, Broderick Smith, Atolls, Love Migrate, Pipe Eye, Dreamin' Wild, Sambrose Automobile, The Babe Rainbow, Fraser A. Gorman, Buried Horses, Mild High Club |
| Website | kinggizzardandthelizardwizard |
| Members | Stu Mackenzie Ambrose Kenny Smith Joey Walker Cook Craig Lucas Skinner Eric Moore Michael Cavanagh |
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard is an Australian psychedelic rock band that formed in 2010 in Melbourne, Victoria. The band consists of Stu Mackenzie (vocals, guitar, flute), Ambrose Kenny Smith (vocals, synths, harmonica), Cook Craig (guitar), Joey Walker (guitar), Lucas Skinner (bass), Eric Moore (drums), and Michael Cavanagh (drums).
The band is noted for its energetic live performances and prolific recording output, having released nine full-length studio albums since 2012. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard's early work was primarily a blend of surf music, garage rock and psychedelic rock, while more recent releases show a broader range of influences, including elements of film music, progressive rock, folk, jazz, soul and heavy metal.
The band members all grew up and went to school in the Deniliquin, Melbourne and Geelong areas. The band started off as a group of friends jamming together, before a mutual friend asked them to play at a show. The band's name was created "last minute". Mackenzie wanted to name the band "Gizzard Gizzard" while another band member wanted to reference Jim Morrison's nickname "Lizard King". They eventually compromised with King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.
The band's first release, 2011's Anglesea, was released as a four-track EP on CD. It is named after Anglesea, the town where Mackenzie grew up, and is currently not available for purchase, physically or digitally. The band's second release, Willoughby's Beach EP, was released by Shock Records on 21 October 2011.Beat Magazine described the 9-track garage rock EP as "filled to the teeth with consistently killer hooks." In December 2011, the band appeared at the Meredith Music Festival for the first time.
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