King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

[Subzero]

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard is an Australian psychedelic rock band from Melbourne, formed in 2010. The band consists of Stu Mackenzie (vocals, guitar, flute), Ambrose Kenny Smith (synths, harmonica), Cook Craig (guitar), Joey Walker (guitar), Lucas Skinner (bass), Eric Moore (drums), and Michael Cavanagh (drums).

The band are noted for their energetic live performances and their prolific recording output, having released nine full-length albums since 2012. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard's early work saw them primarily perform in a style that blended 1960s surf music, garage rock and psychedelic rock, but more recently have experimented with a broader range of influences, including elements of film music, progressive rock, folk, jazz, soul, Krautrock 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 'Lizard King'. They eventually compromised with King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.

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I love this band and Flying Microtonal Banana. Dane has probably heard of these cats, dunno if ya like em tho. 

[Resevil239]

I listened to their most recent album, the one they put out for free. I dug that a lot.

[Subzero]

They've been very prolific this year, I'm impressed that none of the albums released this year ended up being stale or meandering nonsense. Great band.

[Crash]

So I have super gotten into them recently. I always liked Flying Microtonal Banana and appreciated their prolific release schedule and their flirting with other genres, but I always wanted them to write the true metal album they always hinted at.

And they did. And its better than almost everything else out there.

Infest the Rat's Nest is a great garage thrash/doom heavy metal album. While it isn't perfect, its damn near close. The only thing I want is more.