History Music / KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard

Their twentieth album, ''Omnium Gatherum'', was announced on March 8, 2022 and released on April 22. At over 80 minutes, it is the band's longest album yet. On September 7, they announced ''three'' new albums to be released in October, matching their 2017 record of five albums in one year: ''Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava'' (released on October 7), ''Laminated Denim'' (released on October 12), and ''Changes'' (released on October 28). Their next album, ''[=PetroDragonic=] Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation'', was released on June 16, 2023 and showed the band returning to their thrash metal sound. Bassist Lucas Harwood stated that the album would be the first of two albums.

[[caption-width-right:350:By the time you finish reading this, they'll have put out another two albums. [[note]]Clockwise from top left: Ambrose Kenny Smith, Eric Moore, Stu Mackenzie, Micheal Cavanagh, Lucas Harwood, Cook Craig, and Joe Walker.[[/note]]]]

* GoKartingWithBowser: In the [[SurrealHumour 'Timeland Juice']] video, the bandmembers casually sit with and offer drinks to Han-Tyumi, a psychopathic robot who [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble has/is/is going to]] destroy the world.

** Similarly, the explosion at the end of "Paper Mâch&eacute" has caught many a fan offguard.

* TitleTrack: Every album except for ''Quarters!'', ''Nonagon Infinity'', ''Gumboot Soup'', ''Infest the Rats' Nest'', ''K.G.'', and ''L.W.'' contain a title track. The latter two both contain a song that is almost the title track, called "K.G.L.W."
* UncommonTime: Several of their songs contain weird time signatures, like "Robot Stop", which has measures in 7/8, and "Gamma Knife" with a drum solo in '''11/8''' time! [[note]] Counted as 3+3+3+2 [[/note]] In some albums, uncommon time is more common than common time!

* AWildRapperAppears: Considering how GenreBusting this band is, it's surprising that it took the band ten years after the release of their first album for them to take influences from rap and hip hop, but they did eventually with "Smoke and Mirrors" from ''Made in Timeland'', as well as "Sadie Sorceress" and "The Grim Reaper" from ''Omnium Gatherum''. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools And it works.]]

* ShoutOut: The "Tale of the VideoGame/AlteredBeast" on ''Murder of the Universe'' comes to mind, as does the battle between the Lord of Lightning and the [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Balrog]].

** From ''PetroDragonic Apocalypse'', "Dragon" uses a riff from ''Polygondwanaland's'' "Tetrachromacy"
** ''The Silver Cord'' contains a callback to a song in ''PetroDragonic Apocalypse'' in ''every single song''. The extended editions even contain lyrics from ''PetroDragonic Apocalypse.''

** ''Omnium Gatherum'' came out alongside four [[ConceptAlbum concept albums]] and is instead an anti-concept album, with every song drastically different in genre to every other. There's a bit of HipHop influence.

* ''Demos Vol. 4. Music To Die To' (2021)

The band also famously has a lot of time on their hands. Since 2012, they have recorded ''[[ArchivePanic twenty-four]]'' studio albums, five official live albums, and four EPS, [[NewSoundAlbum each of which have different sounds]], while still sticking to their roots and trademark songwriting motifs.

* EpicRocking: Most of their songs, though "Rattlesnake", "Open Water", and all of the tracks on Quarters! are notable examples.Ddar

** Garage rock? Check. SpaghettiWestern-inspired rock? Check. Psychedelic rock? Check. Acoustic folk? Check. New prog? Check. Experimental acid rock? Check. Prog metal? Check. Jazz rock? Check. Boogie rock? Check. Thrash metal? Check. It gets to the point where ''every album'' of theirs is a NewSoundAlbum, and it's ''glorious''.
** ''Eyes Like the Sky'' combines garage rock with spaghetti westerns.
** ''Omnium Gatherum'' came out alongside four [[ConceptAlbum concept albums]] and is instead an anti-concept album, with every song drastically different in genre to every other. There's a bit of HipHop influence.

* ArcWords: Nonagon Infinity opens the door

** "The Dripping Tap" (The opening track to ''Omnium Gatherum'') is now the longest at 18 minutes.

* AWildRapperAppears: Considering how GenreBusting this band is, it's surprising that it took the band ten years after the release of their first album for them to take influences from rap and hip hop, but they did eventually with "Smoke and Mirrors" from ''Made in Timeland'', as well as "Sadie Sorceress" and "The Grim Reaper" from ''Omnium Gatherum''. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools And it works.]]

* AWildRapperAppears: Considering how GenreBusting this band is, it's surprising that it took the band ten years after the release of their first album for them to take influences from rap and hip hop, but they did eventually with "Smoke and Mirrors" from ''Made in Timeland'', as well as "Sadie Sorceress" and "The Grim Reaper" from ''Omnium Gatherum''. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools And it works.]]

** Part of "Robot Stop"'s solo incorporates "Hot Water"'s melody

* FakeHigh: The''Timeland Juice'' skit:

* AGodAmI: ''Polygondwanaland'' has two characters like this; the unnamed Despot, who brags himself as a godlike figure in ''Loyalty'':
-->I see all there is
-->And has ever been
-->I am not a man
-->I am everything
-->Picture of purity
-->[[GodEmperor Deific reign]]
-->[[DivineRightOfKings Ordained unto me]]
-->Prehistoric god
-->Theophany
-->...
-->Here's a test
-->I am Lord, fear my wrath
-->[[MindScrew This is a test]]
-->I am Lord, I am death
** As well as the also unnamed Protagonist, who believes himself to be a god after ascending at the end of the album, although it's implied he also isn't (see below):
-->Now I am a
--> [[WhamLine God]].

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** ''Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms And Lava'' features seven tracks, one each each of the Greek mods and corresponding to a word in the title - Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian.

** ''Flying Microtonal Banana'' is entirely based around microtones, the notes between the ones most Western listeners are used to, ** ''Murder of the Universe'' has a spoken-word story narrative.

* ConceptAlbum: Almost all of their material has a distinct musical concept behind it. ''Nonagon Infinity'' 's infinite loop, ''Flying Microtonal Banana'' 's experiment with notes between the ones most Western listeners are used to, ''Murder of the Universe'' 's spoken-word story anthology, and the adventures in the titular ''Polygondwanaland''. And that's just from 2016-17.

[[caption-width-right:350:By the time you finish reading this, they'll have put out another two albums. [[note]]Clockwise from top left: Ambrose Kenny Smith, Eric Moore, Stu Mackenzie, Micheal Cavanagh, Lucas Skinner, Cook Craig, and Joe Walker.[[/note]]]]

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard is an Australian PsychedelicRock and GarageRock band. They were formed in 2010 in Melbourne, and they consist of members Stu Mackenzie (vocals, guitar, wind instruments), Ambrose Kenny Smith (vocals, keyboards, harmonica, saxophone), Cook Craig (guitar), Joey Walker (guitar and vocals), Lucas Skinner (bass), Eric Moore (drums 2010-2020), and Michael Cavanagh (drums). They probably rank among the weirdest bands to ever come out of the Australian psych-rock scene.

The band also famously has a lot of time on their hands. Since 2012, they have recorded ''[[ArchivePanic twenty-three]]'' studio albums, five official live albums, and four EPS, [[NewSoundAlbum each of which have different sounds]], while still sticking to their roots and trademark songwriting motifs.

* Lucas Skinner - bass guitar

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard is an Australian PsychedelicRock and GarageRock band. They were formed in 2010 in Melbourne, and they consist of members Stu Mackenzie (vocals, guitar, wind instruments), Ambrose Kenny Smith (vocals, keyboards, harmonica, saxophone), Cook Craig (guitar), Joey Walker (guitar and vocals), Lucas Skinner (bass), Eric Moore (drums 2010-2020), and Michael Cavanagh (drums). They probably rank among the [[Main/WidgetSeries weirdest bands to ever come out of the Australian psych-rock scene.]]

* MindScrew: As one would expect from a psychedelic garage rock band [[Main/WidgetSeries from Australia]] there are some really weird sights described in their discography. Hats off for a soy protein [[InsistentTerminology munt]] machine that can engulf the entire universe not only spatially but at all points in time as well.

They were originally going to be called "Gizzard Gizzard", which was conceived by lead vocalist Stu Mackenzie, but another member of the band wanted the band to be named "Lizard King", as a tribute to [[Music/TheDoors Jim Morrison of The Doors]]. They eventually decided to compromise and name the band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard.

They started releasing material in 2010, with 2 singles.. One release from the following year, called ''Anglesea'', was a four track EP released on CD. The three, whilst once unavailable publically, are now available on the Bandcamp-exclusive release: ''Teenage Gizzard''. The second ''Willoughby's Beach EP'', was what got them noticed in Australia, and got them chosen to play at the Meredith Music Festival in December of that year. Around a year later, they would self-record their first full-length album, ''12 Bar Bruise''. It was inspired by SurfRock and GarageRock, with King Gizzard giving those sounds a psychedelic flair. They released it on Bandcamp, so people could stream the entire thing before they buy it.

The band has a lot of time on their hands, and since 2012, they have recorded ''[[ArchivePanic twenty-three]]'' studio albums, five official live albums, and four EPS, [[NewSoundAlbum each of which have different sounds]], while still sticking to their roots and trademark songwriting motifs. In 2013, they recorded the SpaghettiWestern-inspired ''Eyes Like the Sky'', and the album ''Float Along - Fill Your Lungs'', where they went full Psychedelic. They became rather popular in 2014, where they released ''Oddments'' and ''I'm In Your Mind Fuzz'', where they would start to become more professional.

In 2015, they started recording ''Quarters!,'' a ConceptAlbum that has four songs - each of them lasting 10 minutes and 10 seconds - and containing influences from JazzFusion and ProgressiveRock. Later that year, they would release ''Paper Mâché Dream Balloon,'' which was a [[UnpluggedVersion mostly acoustic album]] influenced by FolkRock acts like Music/TheByrds.

In 2016, they released what many considered at the time to be their magnum opus: ''Nonagon Infinity.'' It was designed to be an infinitely looping album, containing nine songs that all segue into each other, including the [[BookEnds beginning and ending tracks]] - hence the title of the album. And to add upon its success, they decided to release five more albums in 2017: the first being ''Flying Microtonal Banana'' in January, the first in an ongoing series of albums where they experiment with microtones (which are the notes that are in between semitones (e.g. E and F)). This was followed up by ''Murder of the Universe'' in June, a ConceptAlbum split into three separate narrated stories, following the same styles as the previous two albums. In August, they released ''Sketches of Brunswick East'', a collaboration with the band Music/MildHighClub, which saw them [[NewSoundAlbum move away from their sound almost completely]] and into improvisational psych-jazz. Following this, ''Polygondwanaland'' was a psych/prog rock album released in November, [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes and it was put on their website and Bandcamp page for people to download, rip to CDs, press onto vinyl, etc.]] Finally, the band fulfilled their promise in December 2017 with the release of ''Gumboot Soup'', a GenreRoulette of an album containing songs that didn't quite fit into the other four releases, some resembling their sound and others representing completely new styles for the band.

With a promise of new music in 2019, King Gizzard released a song in late January called "Cyboogie", which details a funkier, synth laden, boogie-rock sound inspired by the likes of Music/CannedHeat, Music/LittleFeat, and Music/ZZTop. This new release, coupled with B-side "Acarine" seemed to confirm a new album, which wasn't officially announced until early March, called ''Fishing For Fishies'', coming out on April 26. Not long after the release of ''Fishies'', they released two new singles: "Planet B" on April 8, and "Self-Immolate" on May , which [[NewSoundAlbum completely ditches the happy-go-lucky, lighthearted sound of ''Fishies'']] in favor of a darker ThrashMetal approach with lyrics about climate change and enviromentalist themes. This was announced on June 21st to be coming from their second album of 2019 ''Infest the Rats' Nest''

In July 2020, they released the first single of the year, "Honey", a return to the microtonal tuning used in ''Flying Microtonal Banana''. In the following months they would release "Some of Us" and "Straws in the Wind", [[CallBack the latter flowing seamlessly into the former]]. In lieu of simply releasing the next single, "Automation", King Gizzard released the song's stems and plenty of footage for fans to create remixes and custom music videos with. In November they would release the full album ''K.G.'', the second volume of their ''Explorations Into Microtonal Tuning'' series, alongside the music video for the album's final single, "Intrasport". Not even three weeks would pass before they released an animated music video for a song called "If Not Now Then When", which begins right where the final song from ''K.G.'' ends, all but confirming suspicions that a direct sequel to it was on the way.

In 2021, the single for "If Not Now Then When" was quickly followed up with the playful rocker "O.N.E" and the prog-rock heavy "Pleura", accompanied by a music video recorded and edited in the 24 hours before the single was released. Accompanying the release of "Pleura" was the official confirmation of the ''K.G'' sequel album, titled ''L.W.'', to be released one week later on February 26th, 2021.

Then, on the 7th of May, 2021, they announced their next album: ''Butterfly 3000'' to be released a month later, with no singles. The album dropped a month later, being a LighterAndSofter psychedelic pop album.

On December 17, 2021, the band announced the long-rumored album ''Made in Timeland'', which was to be released at the Timeland festival on New Year's Eve. This festival was cancelled due to concerns over COVID-19, and the release of the album was delayed to March 5 with their festival ''Return Of The Curse Of Timeland''. ''Made in Timeland'' is an electronic album that consists of two fifteen minute songs, "Timeland" and "Smoke and Mirrors."

Their twentieth album, ''Omnium Gatherum'', was announced on March 8, 2022, alongside its first track "The Dripping Tap." It had two other singles, "Magenta Mountain" and "Kepler-22b". The album was released on April 22, 2022 and is their longest album yet with a diverse sound. On September 7, 2022, they announced ''three'' new albums to be released in October, matching their 2017 record of five albums in one year: ''Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava'' (which was released on October 7, 2022), ''Laminated Denim'' (which was released on October 12, 2022), and ''Changes'' (which was released on October 28, 2022).

*** Ditto for both tracks on ''Laminated Denim''—"The Land Before Timeland" and "Hypertension"—since the album is a self described SpiritualSuccessor to ''Made in Timeland''.

* GreenAesop:
** One interpretation of their lyrics. "Crumbling Castle" in particular makes a powerful environmentalist message.
--->''Are we safe in our citadel?''
** A bit more overt in ''Melting'' and ''Greenhouse Heat Death''.
** 2019 saw the release of two albums, both with several songs carrying an environmentalist message. "Fishing for Fishies" featured a more relaxed approach, while "Infest the Rats' Nest" is brutal and relentless about it.
* GreenGators: The band’s mascot is a green alligator, originating in the video for “The River” and appearing on merchandise and album covers.

* SpiritualSuccessor: The band used this exact term to describe ''Laminated Denim'' in regards to ''Made in Timeland''. Both are thirty minute albums consisting of two fifteen minute tracks built around a consistent, ticking, 60 BPM, with time as a thematic element, whose titles are anagrams. However, while ''Timeland'' is a nearly entirely instrumental mix of world music, electronic, and a bit of rap, ''Denim'' takes a motorik, polyrhythmic, krautrock form, with more vocals and guitars, though some electronic elements are still present. The recording process for each other also contrast, with ''Timeland'' being mostly individually recorded bits that Stu later mixed together as coherent tracks, while ''Denim'' was created via extended jam sessions featuring all six members.

* TheComicallySerious: Han-Tyumi is a disturbingly emotionless and sociopathic robot. With this in mind, seeing him put into ridiculous scenarios like wearing a fishing outfit on the cover of ''Fishing For Fishies'' or acting as the OnlySaneMan to the the bandmembers as they drink Timeland Juice is ''hilarious''.

*** [[ContraltoOfDanger "May you return to the ground and ossify.]] It is time for you to [[DeathCryEcho die... die... die..."]]