I took a closer look on the band I have been writing about yesterday “King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard”. It is an australian band founded in 2010. Since 2012 they have released 13 records and the musical range is described as “surf music, garage rock and psychedelic rock including elements of film music, progressive rock, folk, jazz, soul and heavy metal”. So it is not easy to describe what they are doing exactly and the confusion I felt yesterday is explainable. While watching some videos I was wondering what strange kind of fretboards they use on some guitars. This is when I learned about “microtonal fretboards”. And the guys seem to have a great humor, something I always find very inportant in music. The musicians are:
Stu Mackenzie – vocals, lead guitar, flute, keyboards, synthesizer, mellotron, piano, bass guitar, sitar, zurna, clarinet, saxophone
Ambrose Kenny Smith – harmonica, keyboards, synthesizer, organ, piano, vocals, percussion, guitar
Joey Walker – lead guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, piano, vocals, bass guitar, setar, percussion
Cook Craig – rhythm guitar, synthesizer, vocals, keyboards, bass guitar
Lucas Skinner – bass guitar, vocals, keyboards, piano
Michael Cavanagh – drums, percussion
Eric Moore – drums, percussion, theremin, keyboards, management
I highly recommend to have a closer look, give them a try !!!!! Here’s another link to a video:
