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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: 12 Bar Bruise

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On September 7, 2012, “Flightless” label released “12 Bar Bruise”, the debut King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard studio album.

Personnel:

  • Joey Walker – vocals, guitar, recording, mixing
  • Stu Mackenzie – vocals, guitar, recording, mixing
  • Cook Craig – vocals, guitar. Recording, mixing
  • Ambrose Kenny-Smith – vocals, harmonica, recording, mixing
  • Eric Moore – theremin, keys, percussion, recording, mixing
  • Lucas Harwood – vocals, bass, recording, mixing
  • Michael Cavanagh – drums, recording mixing
  • Broderick Smith – spoken word
  • Paul Maybury – recording, mixing
  • Joseph Carra – mastering
  • Jason Galea – cover art
  • Ican Harem – inside cover
  • Lauren Bamford – insert photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Stu Mackenzie, except where noted.

  1. Elbow
  2. Muckraker
  3. Nein
  4. 12 Bar Bruise
  5. Garage Liddiarrd
  6. Sam Cherry’s Last Shot
  7. High Hopes Low
  8. Cut Throat Boogie – Stu Mackenzie, Ambrose Kenny-Smith
  9. Bloody Ripper
  10. Uh Oh, I Called Mum
  11. Sea of Trees
  12. Footy Footy – Joey Walker, Stu Mackenzie

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard: Made in Timeland

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On March 5, 2022, “Flightless” label released “Made in Timeland”, the nineteenth King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard studio album. It was recorded in 2021, and was produced by Stu Mackenzie.

Personnel:

  • Stu Mackenzie – vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, percussion, mellotron, drums, ocarina, vocoder
  • Ambrose Kenny-Smith – vocals, synthesizer, acoustic guitar, percussion, keyboards 
  • Cook Craig – keyboards, synthesizer 
  • Lucas Harwood – keyboards, synthesizer, bass, fretless bass 
  • Joey Walker – synthesizer, percussion
  • Michael Cavanagh – drums, percussion, synthesizer
  • Stu Mackenzie – mixing
  • Joey Walker – mixing
  • Joseph Carra – mastering
  • Jason Galea – artwork

Track listing:

  1. Timeland – Michael Cavanagh, Cook Craig, Stu Mackenzie, Joey Walker
  2. Smoke & Mirrors – Michael Cavanagh, Lucas Harwood, Ambrose Kenny Smith, Stu Mackenzie, Joey Walker

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard: Polygondwanaland

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On November 17, 2017, “Flightless” label released “Polygondwanaland”, the twelfth King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard studio album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Flightless HQ” and “Tender Trap Studios” in Melbourne, and was produced by Stu Mackenzie.

Personnel:

  • Stu Mackenzie – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, synthesizers, flute, glass marimba, mellotron, percussion , recording
  • Joey Walker – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, synthesizers, percussion
  • Cook Craig – electric guitar, synthesizers
  • Lucas Skinner – bass guitar, synthesizer
  • Ambrose Kenny-Smith – vocals, harmonica
  • Michael Cavanagh – drums, percussion, glass marimba
  • Leah Senior – spoken word 
  • Casey Hartnett – recording
  • Ryan K. Brennan – recording
  • Joey Walker – additional recording
  • Sam Joseph – mixing
  • Joe Carra – mastering
  • Jason Galea – artwork, layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Stu Mackenzie, except where noted.

  1. Crumbling Castle
  2. Polygondwanaland
  3. The Castle in the Air – Stu Mackenzie, Joey Walker
  4. Deserted Dunes Welcome Weary Feet – Stu Mackenzie, Joey Walker, Michael Cavanah
  5. Inner Cell
  6. Loyalty – Stu Mackenzie, Joey Walker, Michael Cavanagh
  7. Horology – Stu Mackenzie, Joey Walker, Michael Cavanagh
  8. Tetrachromacy – Stu Mackenzie, Joey Walker, Michael Cavanagh
  9. Searching
  10. The Fourth Color

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard: Infest the Rests’ Nest

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On August 16, 2019, “Flightless” label released “Infest the Rats’ Nest”, the fifteenth King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard studio album. It was recorded in 2019, and was produced by Stu Mackenzie.

Personnel:

  • Stu Mackenzie – vocals, guitar, bass, recording, mixing
  • Cook Craig – guitar, backing vocals
  • Ambrose Kenny-Smith – harmonica, backing vocals
  • Joey Walker – bass, guitar, backing vocals
  • Michael Cavanagh – drums, backing vocals
  • Eric Moore – backing vocals 
  • Michael Badger – recording
  • Joe Carra – mastering

Track listing:

  1. Planet B – Stu Mackenzie
  2. Mars for the Rich – Stu Mackenzie, Joey Walker, Michael Cavanagh
  3. Organ Farmer – Stu Mackenzie, Joey Walker, Michael Cavanagh
  4. Superbug – Stu Mackenzie
  5. Venusian 1 – Stu Mackenzie
  6. Perihelion – Stu Mackenzie, Joey Walker, Michael Cavanagh
  7. Venusian 2 – Stu Mackenzie, Joey Walker, Michael Cavanagh
  8. Self-Immolate – Stu Mackenzie, Joey Walker, Michael Cavanagh
  9. Hell – Stu Mackenzie, Joey Walker, Michael Cavanagh

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: Oddments

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On March 7, 2014, “Flightless” label released “Oddments”, the fourth King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard studio album. It was recorded in 2013, and was produced by Stu Mackenzie and Joe Walker.

Personnel:

  • Joe Walker – vocals, guitar
  • Cook Craig – guitar, keyboards, synthesizers
  • Ambrose Kenny-Smith – vocals, harmonica, keyboards
  • Stu Mackenzie – vocals, guitar, flute, liner notes
  • Lucas Skinner – bass guitar
  • Michael Cavanagh – drums, percussion
  • Eric Moore – drums, bongos
  • Monty Hartnett – drums
  • Jarrad Brown – recording assistant
  • Joe Carra – mastering
  • Jason Galea – cover art, layout

Track listing:

All tracks by Stu Mackenzie, except where noted.

  1. Alluda Majaka
  2. Stressin’
  3. Vegemite
  4. It’s Got Old
  5. Work This Time – Joey Walker, Stu Mackenzie
  6. ABABCD – Joey Walker
  7. Sleepwalker
  8. Hot Wax – Stu Mackenzie, Ambrose Kenny-Smith
  9. Crying – Cook Craig
  10. Pipe-Dream – Cook Craig
  11. Homeless Man in Adidas
  12. Oddments

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard: Eyes Like the Sky

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On February 22, 2013, “Flightless” label released “Eyes Like the Sky”, the second King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard studio album. It was recorded in November 2012, and was produced by Michael Cavanagh, Cook Craig, Ambrose Kenny-Smith, Eric Moore, Stu Mackenzie, Lucas Skinner and Joe Walker.

Personnel:

  • Michael Cavanagh, Cook Craig, Ambrose Kenny-Smith, Eric Moore, Stu Mackenzie, Lucas Skinner, Joe Walker – performer, arrangements, recording, mixing
  • Broderick Smith – story writing, narration recording
  • Joseph Carra – mastering
  • Jason Galea – cover art

Track listing:

All lyrics by Broderick Smith, all music by Stu Mackenzie.

  1. Eyes Like the Sky
  2. Year of Our Lord
  3. The Raid
  4. Drum Run
  5. Evil Man
  6. Fort Whipple
  7. The God Man’s Goat Lust
  8. The Killing Ground
  9. Dust in the Wind
  10. Guns & Horses

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard: Sketches of Brunswick East

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On August 18, 2017, “Flightless” label released “Sketches of Brunswick East”, the eleventh King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard studio album. It was recorded in “Flightless HQ” in East Brunswick, and was produced by Stu Mackenzie.

Personnel:

  • Stu Mackenzie – vocals, mellotron, bass guitar, flute, acoustic, microtonal, electric and wah-wah guitar, electric piano, glass marimbas, microtonal organ, synthesizers, piano, recording, mixing
  • Joey Walker – vocals, bass guitar, shaker, synthesizers, microtonal bass guitar, glass marimbas, acoustic and electric guitar, omnichord, piano, bongos, güiro; additional overdubbing
  • Michael Cavanagh – drum kit 1, bongos, drum kit 2, floor toms, maracas, cowbell, snare brushes, vibraslap, tambourine
  • Cook Craig – vocals, electric guitar, fretless bass guitar synthesizers, bass guitar; additional overdubbing
  • Lucas Skinner – electric piano, mellotron, piano; additional overdubbing
  • Ambrose Kenny-Smith – vocals, harmonica
  • Eric Moore – drum kit 2
  • Alex Brettin – electric piano, synthesizers, bass guitar, electric guitar, microtonal synthesizers , optigan, organ, acoustic piano, electronic drum kit; additional overdubbing, mixing
  • Andrew Burt – guitar
  • Joseph Carra – mastering
  • Jason Galea – artwork, layout
  • Jamie Wdziekonski – photography

Track listing:

  1. Sketches of Brunswick East I – Stu Mackenzie, Alex Brettin
  2. Countdown – Stu Mackenzie, Alex Brettin, Michael Cavanagh
  3. D-Day – Stu Mackenzie
  4. Tezeta – Joey Walker
  5. Cranes, Planes, Migraines – Joey Walker, Stu Mackenzie
  6. The Spider and Me – Stu Mackenzie, Alex Brettin
  7. Sketches of Brunswick East II – Stu Mackenzie, Alex Brettin
  8. Dusk to Dawn on Lygon Street – Cook Craig, Stu Mackenzie, Alex Brettin
  9. The Book – Stu Mackenzie
  10. A Journey to (S)hell – Stu Mackenzie, Alex Brettin
  11. Rolling Stoned – Alex Brettin
  12. You Can Be Your Silhouette – Stu Mackenzie
  13. Sketches of Brunswick East III – Stu Mackenzie, Alex Brettin

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard: Gumboot Soup

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On December 31, 2017, “Flightless” label released “Gumboot Soup”, the thirteenth King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard studio album. It was recorded  at “Flightless HQ”, “Rada” in Perth, Joey’s bedroom and “Whammy Bar” in Auckland, and was produced by Stu Mackenzie.

Personnel:

  • Stu Mackenzie – vocals, keys, percussion, guitar, mellotron, flute, saxophone, bass, synthesizer, drums
  • Cook Craig – vocals, guitar, keys, bass guitar, mellotron
  • Ambrose Kenny-Smith – vocals, harmonica, synthesizer, keys
  • Lucas Skinner – bass, keyboards, piano
  • Eric Moore – drums
  • Michael Cavanagh – drums
  • Joey Walker – vocals, guitar, bass, synthesiser, percussion
  • Stu Mackenzie – recording, mixing
  • Cook Craig – recording
  • Joey Walker – recording, mixing
  • Michael Badger – mixing
  • Joe Carra – mastering
  • Jason Galea – artwork, layout
  • Jamie Wdziekonski – photography

Track listing:

  1. Beginner’s Luck – Stu Mackenzie, Ambrose Kenny-Smith
  2. Greenhouse Heat Death – Stu Mackenzie
  3. Barefoot Desert – Stu Mackenzie, Ambrose Kenny-Smith
  4. Muddy Water – Stu Mackenzie, Joey Walker
  5. Superposition – Joey Walker
  6. Down the Sink – Cook Craig
  7. The Great Chain of Being – Stu Mackenzie
  8. The Last Oasis – Stu Mackenzie, Ambrose Kenny-Smith, Joey Walker
  9. All Is Known – Stu Mackenzie
  10. I’m Sleepin’ In – Stu Mackenzie
  11. The Wheel – Stu Mackenzie, Ambrose Kenny-Smith

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard: Murder Of The Universe

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On June 23, 2017, “Flightless” label released “Murder of the Universe”, the tenth King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard studio album. It was recorded in 2017, at “Flightless HQ”, and was produced by Stu Mackenzie,

Personnel:

  • Stu Mackenzie – vocals, Hagström F12guitar, Roland Juno-60 synthesizer, Yamaha DX-7 synthesizer, Mellotron flute, Mellotron choir, Yamaha Reface YC organ, Fender Mustang bass, Natural Reader UK Charles, recording
  • Michael Cavanagh – ’62 Maxwin drum kit, ’61 Yamaha Tiger Red Swirl kit
  • Joey Walker – Yamaha SG-3 guitar, Yamaha Reface YC organ, Roland JX-3Psynthesizer, Roland Juno-60 synthesizer
  • Ambrose Kenny-Smith – Hohner Special 20 harmonica, Yamaha Reface YC organ
  • Cook Craig – Rickenbacker620 guitar
  • Lucas Skinner – Fender Mustang bass
  • Leah Senior – spoken word
  • Casey Hartnett, Joey Walker – recording
  • Michael Badger – recording, mixing
  • Joe Carra – mastering
  • Jason Galea – artwork

Track listing:

All music by Stu Mackenzie, Joey Walker, Ambrose Kenny-Smith, Cook Craig and Lucas Skinner;  all lyrics by Stu Mackenzie; stories written by Stu Mackenzie, except “Murder of the Universe” by Joey Walker and Stu Mackenzie.

Chapter 1: The Tale of the Altered Beast

  1. A New World
  2. Altered Beast I
  3. After Me I
  4. Altered Beast II
  5. After Me II
  6. Altered Beast III
  7. After Me III
  8. Altered Beast IV
  9. Life / Death

Chapter 2: The Lord of Lightning vs. Balrog

  1. Some Context
  2. The Reticent Raconteur
  3. The Lord of Lightning
  4. The Balrog
  5. The Floating Fire
  6. The Acrid Corpse

Chapter 3: Han-Tyumi and the Murder of the Universe

  1. Welcome to an Altered Future
  2. Digital Black
  3. Han-Tyumi, the Confused Cyborg
  4. Soy-Protein Munt Machine
  5. Vomit Coffin
  6. Murder of the Universe

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard: Flying Microtonal Banana

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On February 24, 2017, “Flightless” label released “Flying Microtonal Banana”, the ninth King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard studio album.

Personnel:

  • Ambrose Kenny-Smith – vocals, microtonal harmonica, piano, synthesizer
  • Stu Mackenzie – vocals, microtonal guitar, microtonal bass guitar, zurna, percussion
  • Joey Walker – vocals, microtonal guitar, microtonal bass guitar
  • Cook Craig – microtonalguitar, microtonal bass guitar
  • Lucas Skinner – microtonal bass guitar
  • Michael Cavanagh – drum kit, bongos, percussion
  • Eric Moore – drum kit, bongos
  • Stu Mackenzie – recording
  • Jarvis Taveniere– mixing
  • Joe Carra – mastering
  • Jason Galea – artwork, layout

Track listing:

  1. Rattlesnake – Stu Mackenzie
  2. Melting – Stu Mackenzie
  3. Open Water – Stu Mackenzie
  4. Sleep Drifter – Stu Mackenzie
  5. Billabong Valley – Stu Mackenzie, Ambrose Kenny-Smith
  6. Anoxia – Stu Mackenzie
  7. Doom City – Stu Mackenzie
  8. Nuclear Fusion – Stu Mackenzie, Joey Walker
  9. Flying Microtonal Banana – Stu Mackenzie, Joey Walker