The Gizzverse (Vol. 1) – King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s Music Video Lore

Want to know which band can paint a story in your head? Then let me introduce to you King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. An Australian psychedelic seven-piece rock group that is one of the most prolific artists in the past decade and the creators of their own mythological musical universe known as the Gizzverse.

This is volume one of my series that highlights the strongest ideas put forward from the band’s songs and their accompanying music videos by artist Jason Galea, in order to visually understand what this Gizzard Universe looks like and how everything is connected.

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Volume 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZQE7Y-sCJo
Volume 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWs14ttd_DM
Volume 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePoFc6H3gLo
Volume 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5mh4yua1iE
Volume 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7ecmfaIut0

Spotify Playlist Link for The Full Gizzverse Playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7EySkqw1JrPsZKfMJBAv3B

What is King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard?

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard are an Australian rock band formed in 2010 in Melbourne, Victoria. The band consists of Stu Mackenzie (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, flute), 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). They are known for exploring multiple genres, staging energetic live shows and building a prolific discography, having released sixteen studio albums, seven live albums, two compilations and two EPs.

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 independent record label. Their second album, a "psychedelic western audiobook" titled Eyes Like the Sky (2013), features narration by Broderick Smith. 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. 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. 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 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 epic" Murder of the Universe in June; Sketches of Brunswick East, an improvised jazz collaboration with Mild High Club, in August; Polygondwanaland, which was released into the public domain, in November; and Gumboot Soup in December. The 2019 albums Fishing for Fishies and Infest the Rats' Nest saw the band incorporate boogie rock and thrash metal into their sound, respectively.

Many of the band's releases are based on a unique concept, yet share lyrical themes and feature characters that form a recurring cast, the most famous being Han-Tyumi, a cyborg who appears across multiple albums. Their songs also tell stories of people-vultures, bushrangers and Balrogs, as well as "lightning gods, flesh-eating beasts, sages and space-faring eco rebels". Members of r/KGATLW, a subreddit dedicated to the band, popularised the term "Gizzverse" to describe the overarching narrative of their discography, about which many theories have been propagated. In a 2017 interview, Stu Mackenzie confirmed that the band's releases are all connected, saying, "They all exist in this parallel universe and they may be from different times and different places but they all can co-exist in a meaningful way". In the same interview, drummer Eric Moore joked that even prior to the band's formation, they decided how the story will end.

And if you’re still reading this – hello.

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