A Totally Normal (Not Weird At All) Interview with Stu Mackenzie

This week on 2SER, Alessia and Billy sat down with Stu Mackenzie of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, the prolific Naarm-based group whose genre-hopping chaos has become affectionately ubiquitous within the psychedelic-rock scene.

With 27 studio albums, dozens of live records, and a fanbase that borders on unhinged, King Gizzard has grown into a self-contained creative force, complete with characters, inside jokes, lore, and the occasional universe-ending cyborg. In our chat, Stu unpacked how the band approach concept albums, explained their reasons for pulling their catalogue from Spotify, and revealed the subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) ways Australian culture seeps into their work. We also dove into synths, guitars, and an interstellar conundrum…