It is named after Anglesea, the coastal town where Mackenzie grew up. The band's next release, 2011's Anglesea, was released as a four-track EP on CD. The band's first releases were both singles: “Sleep”/“Summer” and “Hey There”/“Ants & Bats”, both self-released in 2010. Melbourne artist Jason Galea has created all of the band's album art, and a majority of their music videos. They eventually compromised with King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Mackenzie wanted to name the band "Gizzard Gizzard" while another band member wanted Jim Morrison's nickname "Lizard King". The band's name was created "last minute". The band started off as an informal jam band, with the eventual lineup becoming Mackenzie, Walker, Moore, Kenny-Smith, Cavanagh, Craig, and Harwood. Mackenzie, Moore, and Walker met studying music industry at RMIT, with the other members being mutual friends. The band members all grew up and went to school in the Deniliquin, Melbourne, and Geelong areas of Australia. History Formation, early releases, and 12 Bar Bruise (2010–2012) 1.7 L.W., Butterfly 3000, Music Videos and future projects (2021).1.6 Live albums & compilations, Chunky Shrapnel, K.G., the bootlegger program, and the departure of Eric Moore (2020).1.5 Reissues, Fishing for Fishies, and Infest the Rats' Nest (2018–2019).1.3 Quarters!, Paper Mâché Dream Balloon, Nonagon Infinity, and Gizzfest (2015–2016).1.2 Eyes Like the Sky, Float Along – Fill Your Lungs, Oddments, and I'm in Your Mind Fuzz (2013–2014).1.1 Formation, early releases, and 12 Bar Bruise (2010–2012).These albums were released independently rather than on Flightless. In February 2021, the band released L.W., their third microtonal album, which was followed by the synth-based dream pop album Butterfly 3000 in June. In August, Eric Moore (the band's second drummer and manager) left the band to focus on running his record label, Flightless. Throughout 2020, the band released several live albums, a concert film, a double compilation of demos, K.G., their 16th studio album and a compilation of early singles and all the tracks on the Anglesea EP called Teenage Gizzard. The 2019 albums Fishing for Fishies and Infest the Rats' Nest saw the band incorporate boogie rock and thrash metal into their sound, respectively. In 2017, the band fulfilled a promise to release five studio albums within the year: Flying Microtonal Banana, an experiment in microtonality, in February the three-chapter "sci-fi heavy metal epic" Murder of the Universe in June Sketches of Brunswick East, an improvised jazz collaboration with Mild High Club, in August Polygondwanaland, was released into the public domain, in November and Gumboot Soup in December. Nonagon Infinity (2016), arguably their most acclaimed album to date, features nine interconnected tracks that form an infinite loop, and won the ARIA Award for Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album. In 2015, they drew on elements of jazz fusion and progressive rock with Quarters!, and also released the folk-inspired Paper Mâché Dream Balloon, recorded almost entirely using acoustic instruments.
Float Along – Fill Your Lungs, released later in the year, and the 2014 albums Oddments and I'm in Your Mind Fuzz, saw the band expand on their psychedelic sound. Their second album, a "psychedelic spaghetti western" titled Eyes Like the Sky (2013), features spoken-word narration by Broderick Smith. Their second EP, Willoughby's Beach (2011), and debut album, 12 Bar Bruise (2012), primarily blended surf music and garage rock, and were released on Flightless, the band's own label. They are known for exploring multiple genres, staging energetic live shows and building a prolific discography, having released eighteen studio albums, ten live albums, two compilations and two EPs.
The band consists of Stu Mackenzie (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, flute, sitar), Ambrose Kenny-Smith (vocals, harmonica, keyboards), Cook Craig (guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals), Joey Walker (guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals), Lucas Harwood (bass, keyboards), and Michael Cavanagh (drums, percussion). King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard are an Australian rock band formed in 2010 in Melbourne, Victoria.
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