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

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

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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