With a name that perfectly captures their psych rock majesty, Australian
seven-piece King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard laced the crazy jam sessions of
Frank Zappa with epic, progressive fantasies and an unwavering scrappy, DIY,
garage-band spirit. Led by front man Stu Mackenzie, the band started off as
Melbourne school mates clattering around together and, playing at parties,
slowly grew a wildly eclectic, rampant, chaotic sound that included two
engine-force drummers, flutes and a theremin. Their debut album 12 Bar Bruise
captured the frantic sounds heard in influential 1960s W...