Ep469: Cook Craig - Pipe-Eye, King Gizzard, The Murlocs
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Cook Craig of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard and The Murlocs discusses his new Pipe-Eye solo LP, early and rare recordings, KGATLW bootlegger series, touring & lots more.
Topics Include:
Name preference
Cookie’s record collection
Touring plans, summer in Australia
Any live dates for Pipe-Eye?
Remembering dozens of songs
What’s the hardest song to play live?
Challenges of microtonal songs
Themes of King Gizzard and Pipe-Eye albums
Starting an album with a theme vs a collection of songs
“Pipe-Defy” has a lot of funk influences
When does a song go to Pipe-Eye, King Gizzard or Murlocs?
Some King Gizzard albums are driven by themes
Origin story of the “Pipe-Eye” moniker
Strong influences of 60 garage rock in Geelong
Working with Stu in “Revolver & Sun”
Pre-release CD from Revolver & Sun – ever be reissued?
Cookie was on the Angelsea EP
Early band names - reaction to “King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard”
Becoming aware of his ability to make a living from music
How KGATLW, Murlocs & Pipe-Eye stay prolific and keep quality high
The plan for 5 albums in 2017
Giving away “Polygondawanaland” – the gift economy
Seeing, receiving and storing bootlegger products
King Gizzard taped over many earlier recordings
Recording at Daptone studios – recording on the road
Overwriting and over-recordings to select the best tracks
How Cookie writes on the road
Pipe-Defy sounds less low-fi – higher quality production
Doesn’t guest on other projects
Recording Cosmic Blip – recent reissues – relationship with Flightless
The change from Gizzverse to “p(doom) records”
Making the videos for Pipe-Eye
Working with Jason Galea – albums and gig posters
Involvement in poster and vinyl art
More touring in 2025 – Europe residencies – maybe Australia
What’s left on the bucket list for KG?
The Gorge in Washington State was quite surreal
Working on new music over Christmas break – rapid turnaround
Pipe-Eye interview wrap up
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