YOU WONT BELIEVE: Stu mackenzie - What They Never Told You

My pick of the best guitar gear launched this week – including an all-new species of pedal

All the big new drops from Epiphone, Death By Audio, Gretsch, Charvel, and much more

Guitar World · Aug 22

“It makes your massive amp sound tiny, and way better, and it just sounds sick”: Stu Mackenzie and Jam Pedals team up to bring you the secret behind his King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard tone

The Tiny Amp Destroyer has two gain stages plus a treble booster and brings you the unruly and wild gain sounds of Mackenzie's "Cash Converters" small-amp setup

MusicRadar · Aug 19

King Gizzard’s Tiny Amp Destroyer is a $399 pedal that makes your rig sound like a $29 practice amp on the verge of blowing up: “It makes your massive amp sound tiny. It’s way better”

The oddball Aussies take rig shrinking to a whole new level with new Stu Mackenzie x JAM Pedals collab

Guitar World · Aug 18

“Whenever I feel like a guitar is indispensable, I want to pawn it. It’s held me back from being a good player”: Want to make as many records as King Gizzard & The Wizard Lizard? Abuse $10 amps, don’t bring songs to sessions and never get comfortable

Stu Mackenzie’s Australian troup have released 27 albums in 12 years, powered by a unique work ethic and ignoring how people describe the results. But they might just be starting to slow down

Guitar World · Jul 23, 2025

‘We have a high appetite for risk’: inside King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard’s historic EU tour

Residencies in storied venues from a panopticon prison to an ancient amphitheatre gave an appropriate backdrop to the Australian band’s existential new record

The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2025

I’ve listened to every single King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard album and I can tell you that these are their five very best

Want to get into Australian psych-wizards King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard but intimidated by their 26 album-strong catalogue? Fear not, we've whittled down the lot to their finest five for your listening pleasure in this definitive list

Metal Hammer · Jan 28, 2025

“I bought eight small solid-state amps with tiny little speakers. We had no pedals on the record, just guitars, straight into the amp, turned up loud enough that it sounds nasty:” How King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard made a left turn – into blues rock

Flight b741 sees the prodigious band making nasty sounds beautiful and “going for the take thathad the boogie!” on a trip that reimagines ‘70s rock nostalgia

Guitar World · Oct 23, 2024

“I didn’t spend more than 20 or 30 bucks on any of them”: King Gizzard’s new album was recorded with amps from pawnshop chain Cash Converters

King Gizzard's Stu Mackenzie reveals that they didn't use a single pedal on this guitar, relying instead on cranking up small practice amps

Guitar World · Sep 20, 2024

“He wants to come on stage and play Joey's guitar part with you guys to honor his friend. We'll do that”: Fan plays guitar onstage with King Gizzard in memory of his friend who died in an avalanche

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard performed the track Perihelion with fan Timmy at a recent show in Boston

Guitar World · Sep 11, 2024

Aussie rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard gets nostalgic with 'Flight b741'

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard is in their dad rock era — and not just because most of the band members now have kids

The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2024