lizard wizard

lizard wizard

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard are an Australian rock band formed in 2010 in Melbourne, Victoria. The band's current lineup consists of Stu Mackenzie, Ambrose Kenny-Smith, Cook Craig, Joey Walker, Lucas Harwood, and Michael Cavanagh. They are known for exploring multiple genres, staging energetic live shows, and building a prolific discography. The band's early releases blended surf music and garage rock and were released on Flightless, the band's own label. The group would release several psychedelic and progressive rock albums in the early 2010s, but began incorporating a broad range of musical styles later in the decade, such as jazz fusion on Quarters! and the folk-inspired Paper Mâché Dream Balloon. In 2016, they generated more mainstream attention with Nonagon Infinity, which won the ARIA Award for Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album.In 2017, the band fulfilled a promise to release five studio albums within the year, and also marked the beginning of a trilogy of microtonal albums with Flying Microtonal Banana. Subsequent releases would also integrate heavy metal, synth-pop and progressive rock into their sound, and feature lyrics that address environmental themes and a connected fictional universe termed the "Gizzverse" by fans. Eric Moore, the band's second drummer and manager, left the band in 2020. Since 2019, the band has produced several albums per year, including releasing three in October 2022. Their 24th and most recent album, PetroDragonic Apocalypse, was released in 2023. In a 2019 study conducted by the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard were ranked No. 21 on a list of the world's hardest-working musicians. This was earned due to the number of live shows they played from January 2018 to August 2019—totaling 113 live performances both domestically and internationally.

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