Ep469: Cook Craig - Pipe-Eye, King Gizzard, The Murlocs
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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