By Bobby Talamine<\/p>\n
Nothing is half assed with a King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard show.<\/p>\n
Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard are true throwbacks to a different era and time: circa 1967 – ’72.\u00a0I mean this as a compliment: there’s no other band that I know of currently on the scene that have released eight records in the last four years, and are upping the ante with a proposed five \u00a0(count ’em – FIVE) new releases for 2017.\u00a0Now that’s what I call prolific.\u00a0And their live show: a splendid mix of over the top visuals with lots and lots of energetic playing, with two drummers firing like twin engines at any given moment.<\/p>\n
This is truly \u00a0a band that loves to indulge their ambitious nature, and let loose when necessary with a terminal velocity that does not have a brake pedal.\u00a0Me loves this kind of band.. breaking away from your typical live act that comes off ok, but there could’ve been more. It’s not that you get jaded from seeing so many live shows.<\/p>\n
I feel in my heart when leaving some said live shows, walking back to my car with certain songs from the show in my head, and reviewing the melodies, and dreaming of a bigger sound, bigger production.\u00a0That tells me the coulda shoulda would as.\u00a0Absolutely not the case with a Gizzard set: seven musicians adding this and that to the sound, refining their improvisational output as they go merrily along.<\/p>\n
Case in point: the song “Rattlensnake”.\u00a0Stu Mackenzie, frontman of Gizzard: when he sings “Rattle – Rattle – Rattle…..Rattlesnake”, repeatedly getting louder and louder with every verse..damn if it doesn’t get the hairs on your neck to stand on end.\u00a0This is a guy who’s a master of anxiety and thrill ride in each song.<\/p>\n
You wish more band would indulge their ambitious nature, and mess around with off beat tunage and lyrics.\u00a0Make no mistake: this band knows how to rev up a crowd, and keep them transfixed ’till the bitter end.\u00a0Lost count how many body surfers were doing their thing.\u00a0King Gizzard: a band that rules. From beginning to end.<\/p>\n