Garage rock

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2024 Released their 26th album, Flight b741, further expanding their extensive discography.
April 2024 MC5 selected for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the musical excellence category. John Sinclair, the band's former manager, also passed away.
2023 Kramer announced the new album would be released in spring 2024.
2022 King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard won the Environmental Music Award for their album If Not Now, Then When?
2022 Wayne Kramer announced a tour under 'We Are All MC5' and plans for a new studio album with Bob Ezrin producing.
2022 Wayne Kramer and Dennis Thompson reunite again to perform
October 2022 Released three albums in October, contributing to their total of five albums for the year and continuing their prolific output.
March 2022 Released their tenth studio album, Chariot of the Gods, on vinyl.
2021 Band was nominated for the Australian Music Prize for their album Butterfly 3000 and also nominated for AIM Independent Music Awards for Eco Wax Editions in the Best Creative Packaging category
2020 Eric Moore, the second drummer and band manager, left the group, signifying a notable change in the band's lineup and management.
2020 Wayne Kramer's active involvement with the band continues
July 2020 Released the single 'Hung Out to Dry'.
January 13 2019 Headlined the 'Under the Southern Stars' concert tour, starting in Hastings, Victoria, and performing across five states with bands like Eskimo Joe, You Am I, and The Superjesus.
2018 Band was again nominated for AIM Independent Music Awards in the Hardest Working Group or Artist category
June 1 2018 Launched the Hoodoo Gurus Record Club, beginning with the vinyl reissue of Stoneage Romeos.
May 26 2018 Held a benefit concert called 'Band Together' for the Tathra bushfire, which sold out and raised over half of the $250,000 target to help affected residents.
2017 Band was nominated for AIM Independent Music Awards in the Hardest Working Group or Artist category
2017 Fulfilled their ambitious promise by releasing five studio albums in the same year, including Flying Microtonal Banana, which began a trilogy of microtonal albums.
December 31 2017 Released Gumboot Soup, an album of songs that didn't fit into their other 2017 records.
November 17 2017 Released Polygondwanaland as a free download, encouraging fans and independent labels to create their own physical pressings.
June 23 2017 Released Murder of the Universe, a concept album divided into three chapters and narrated by Leah Senior and a text-to-speech program.
February 24 2017 Released Flying Microtonal Banana, their ninth full-length album recorded using custom 24 TET instruments, exploring microtonal music.
2016 King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard were nominated for the Australian Music Prize for their album Nonagon Infinity
2016 Released Nonagon Infinity, which won the ARIA Award for Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album, marking a significant breakthrough in mainstream recognition.
2016 The documentary 'Danny Says' was released, which may include references to or coverage of the MC5's music scene and era.
December 2016 Won their first ARIA Award when Nonagon Infinity was named Best Hard Rock or Heavy Metal Album.
April 29 2016 Released their eighth full-length album, Nonagon Infinity, described as a 'never-ending album' with nine interconnected songs.
March 2016 The band headlined the 'A Day on the Green' concert series alongside Sunnyboys, Violent Femmes, Died Pretty, and Ratcat.
2015 The band launched Gizzfest, a two-day music festival held annually in Melbourne, Australia, featuring local and international acts.
November 13 2015 Released their seventh full-length album, Paper Mâché Dream Balloon, featuring only acoustic instruments and recorded on Mackenzie's parents' farm in rural Victoria.
August 17 2015 Released the title track 'Paper Mâché Dream Balloon' as the lead single for their upcoming album.
May 22 2015 Kingsmill performed his last concerts with the band at the 'Be My Guru – Evolution Revolution' shows at Sydney's Powerhouse Museum, reuniting all eight past and present band members.
May 1 2015 Released Quarters!, their sixth full-length album featuring four 10-minute and 10-second songs, exploring jazz fusion and acid rock.
January 2015 Kingsmill announced his retirement from the band.
2014 The band released Gravy Train, an EP featuring three new songs and a remake of their first single 'Leilani'.
October 31 2014 The band released their fifth full-length album 'I'm in Your Mind Fuzz', a 10-track album exploring themes of fantasy and mind control. This was the first time the band used a traditional approach to writing and recording, with songs written, rehearsed, and recorded together as a band.
March 7 2014 King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard released 'Oddments', a 12-track album featuring a more melodic approach with more prominent vocals from Stu Mackenzie, known for its unique mixing style described as 'recorded through a woollen sock in an adjacent room'.
September 27 2013 The band released their third full-length album 'Float Along – Fill Your Lungs', marking a shift from garage rock to a more mellow folk and psychedelic sound. Eric Moore began playing drums on this album after previously performing on theremin and keyboards.
April 2013 Hoodoo Gurus hosted invitational concerts across Australian capital cities, performing Mars Needs Guitars and joined by Blue Öyster Cult, Flamin' Groovies, Buzzcocks, and Peter Case.
February 22 2013 King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard released their second full-length album 'Eyes Like the Sky', a unique 'cult western audio book' narrated by Broderick Smith and collaboratively written with Stu Mackenzie, inspired by Western films and Red Dead Redemption.
2012 Documentary 'Louder Than Love: The Grande Ballroom Story' was released, likely featuring the MC5's connection to the iconic Detroit music venue.
September 7 2012 Released their first full-length album 12 Bar Bruise, a self-recorded 12-track garage rock album with unconventional recording techniques, including recording vocals for the title track through four iPhones placed around a room.
April 2012 Played Dig it Up! concert series in Australian capital cities, celebrating 30 years since their debut single 'Leilani', performing their entire debut album Stoneage Romeos.
2011 Inducted into the Music Victoria Hall of Fame.
2011 Released the four-track EP Anglesea, named after Mackenzie's hometown.
2011 Kenny-Smith joined the band, completing the core lineup.
2011 MC5 was voted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame.
October 21 2011 Released the Willoughby's Beach EP through Shock Records, described by Beat Magazine as a garage rock EP with 'consistently killer hooks'.
2010 Band released their first two singles, 'Sleep / Summer!' and 'Hey There / Ants & Bats', both self-released.
2010 King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard formed in Melbourne, Victoria, establishing their initial lineup and independent record label Flightless.

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