Curated Notable Versions

The following notable tracks list is a subset of the full one curated by the KGLW.net team at https://kglw.net/jams/artist/1, containing only notable versions with recordings available here on Gizz Tapes.

• 2024-09-14 — Marathon Show: Vegemite
  

  impromptu and incomplete acapella rendition during barrier issue

• 2024-09-14 — Marathon Show: Extinction
  

  killer transition, blend of instruments

• 2024-09-14 — Marathon Show: Magma
  

  powerful and endorsed by Joey

• 2024-09-14 — Marathon Show: Open Water
  

  face melting

• 2024-09-14 — Marathon Show: O.N.E.
  

  Stu on acoustic

• 2024-09-12: Set
  

  delayed vocal sampling, free & confident guitar + synth jam

• 2024-09-11: The Dripping Tap
  

  blisteringly fast, has a unique jam, Ambrose scared for his life

• 2024-09-09 — Late Show: Mr. Beat
  

  New sections

• 2024-09-09 — Late Show: Trapdoor
  

  high energy jam

• 2024-09-09 — Late Show: The Great Chain of Being
  

  Stu said it was filthier than usual

• 2024-09-09 — Early Show: Hot Water
  

  lots of jamming, quotes, and teases

• 2024-09-09 — Early Show: Dirt
  

  they jammed Dirt?!? also Joey on acoustic

• 2024-09-09 — Early Show: Mirage City
  

  jammy intro and partially acoustic

• 2024-09-08: Am I In Heaven?
  

  heaven got that almost metal-y jam -> calm space -> mind fuzz part

• 2024-09-08: Gila Monster
  

  Jay Weinberg on drums for his birthday

• 2024-09-08: Le Risque
  

  Jay Weinberg on drums for his birthday, Cavs strolls through crowd, Audience member Devin performs "Let's Ride" vocal

• 2024-09-08: The River
  

  river got a relallyy spacey part 2 and a high energy part 4

• 2024-09-08: Elbow
  

  elbow got a little jammy

• 2024-09-06: Set
  

  Funky set

• 2024-09-06: Gilgamesh
  

  rhythmic synths

• 2024-09-05: Sea of Trees
  

  vibey jammy ambient lofi

• 2024-09-05: Magma
  

  Killer version with a fakeout rats in the sky intro and was jammed back into rats at the end

• 2024-09-04: God Is Calling Me Back Home
  

  Historical bustout, lyric changes, instrument changes

• 2024-09-03: We’re Doin’ It Together
  

  Technical difficulties lead into an improvised jam instead of a traditional Magenta Mountain

• 2024-09-03: Le Risque
  

  Maniacal Cavs

• 2024-09-03: Hypertension
  

  long (longest?), face melting

• 2024-09-01 — Marathon Show: Head On/Pill
  

  added to setlist during show, Amby on Sax, various teasing/quoting/jamming

• 2024-09-01 — Marathon Show: The Fourth Colour
  

  blues jam with gila and mars quotes

• 2024-08-31: Perihelion
  

  Jay Weinberg on drums

• 2024-08-27: Set
  

  daft punk-y/funky/bisco-y/prince-y

• 2024-08-27: The River
  

  disco outro, lsd river

• 2024-08-25: Iron Lung
  

  Iron Vultures part 2

• 2024-08-25: People-Vultures
  

  Iron Vultures part 1

• 2024-08-25: Big Fig Wasp
  

  first time played not following Robot Stop, contained RS outro as intro

• 2024-08-25: Gaia
  

  funky jam, drum heavy

• 2024-08-23 — Acoustic Show: Crumbling Castle
  

  medieval synthy jams

• 2024-08-23 — Acoustic Show: Theia
  

  river motor spirit and tsc jams, various quotes

• 2024-08-21: Hypertension
  

  killer jam, variety of teases

• 2024-08-20: The Dripping Tap
  

  Dripping Stu

• 2024-08-20: The Silver Cord
  

  transition and bright synths

• 2024-08-19: Float Along – Fill Your Lungs
  

  motor spirit and dragon

• 2024-08-19: Hypertension
  

  Ice V and WTT

• 2024-08-19: Wah Wah
  

  River intro and jam

• 2024-08-19: Magma
  

  really intense, popped off

• 2024-08-19: Perihelion
  

  Audience member Timmy played guitar, dedicated to his late friend Joey

• 2024-08-17 — Marathon Show Night 2: Billabong Valley
  

  Ambrose singing from a gator, preceded by Microtonal Jazz Jam

• 2024-08-16 — Marathon Show Night 1: Nuclear Fusion
  

  notable intro

• 2024-08-16 — Marathon Show Night 1: Doom City
  

  intro jam

• 2024-08-16 — Marathon Show Night 1: Cut Throat Boogie
  

  slick Daily Bues -> Cut Throat, sick segue into Gamma

• 2024-08-15: Gaia
  

  drum solo, jam with joey on bass

• 2024-08-15: The Fourth Colour
  

  Daily Blues Jam

• 2024-08-15: The Dripping Tap
  

  experimental with a variety of teases and quotes

• 2024-05-20: Extinction
  

  Opening a set in Berlin, the band starts with an unfamiliar setup of a large synth setup in the middle of the stage. Their playing slowly lets it become more and more obvious what they're going to debut, with low synths and samples strewn of Stu singing strewn throughout. It quickly blossoms into an excellent (and the first!) version of Extinction in a live setting, with yet more samples and synths not seen in Studio. It then slows into the bassline of Gondii, kicking off a two-in-one synth debut special.

• 2023-08-29: People-Vultures
  

  An extended intro and an unusual mid song jam make this rendition well worth listening to. During the breakdown, a melancholic guitar duet emerges, which evolves into a raucous jam with some great harmonica work. The band sticks the landing back into the song proper before moving into Mr. Beat.

• 2023-08-24: Kepler-22b
  

  In an exemplary version highlighting the band’s improvisational chops on synths, the band rockets to outer space. They tack on a jam to the conclusion of the song propper, grooving out in a dancy, jazzy mood for a delightful five minutes.

• 2023-08-24: Ice V
  

  Coming out of Hypertension and landing halfway through a great sequence of segues, the second jam is where the magic happens. Landing on the wrong key, an atypical jam emerges from the breakdown, with the band modulating back and forth between the key the band landed in and the song's original key to great effect. Following the final verse, they break it down with some Her and I and Presumptuous teases, before executing great segue into Presumptuous.

• 2023-08-19 — Lowlands 2023: Magma
  

  Oscar Karls of Viagra Boys on saxophone.

• 2023-08-19 — Lowlands 2023: Hypertension
  

  Oscar Karls of Viagra Boys on saxophone.

• 2023-08-17 — La Route du Rock Festival: Evil Death Roll
  

  A titanic and highly improvisational rendition in three movements. Spellbinding and focused, the band builds up the energy with some Converge teasing, before landing in a Mind Left Body-esque progression with great full band interplay. Returning to the traditional breakdown section, Stu does some incredible work, playing gorgeously melancholic melodies delicately, before building the energy up to close out the song. A must listen for any fan worth their salt.

• 2023-08-15: Work This Time
  

  Eschewing Joey’s traditional solo, the band instead opts for a funky and propulsive jam. Over this, solos emerge that evoke the freewheeling jazz fusion of early 70s Zappa and the Allmans. As the band returns to the typical outro progression, through maintaining the jam's unusual feel, Joey takes another raging solo to cap off a fiery and groundbreaking version.

• 2023-08-10 — Way Out West Festival: Hypertension
  

  Sick segues on either end, this jam from the tour-opener is unleashed energy that crackles and sparks. Joey and Stu generate enough electricity to power this to the charts.

• 2023-06-16: Shanghai
  

  A long and winding "Shanghai" with Stu playing electric guitar throughout. His additions include funky, syncopated rhythms and a full solo during the song's peak.

• 2023-06-11: The River
  

  Referred to by fans as the ‘Dead River’

• 2023-06-07: Robot Stop
  

  Spanning 15 minutes, with a great segue out of Lord of Lightning and features snippets of other songs. It starts off strong, then fades into a short Dripping Tap segment for about 3 minutes, before going into 2 minutes of Hot Water, then finishing off into Shanghai (including the extended jam) played on guitar, before transitioning into Big Fig Wasp.

• 2023-06-07: Sense
  

  This 12 minute long version is played electric, instead of the acoustic version. It features a slowed down version of Iron Lung and a mashup of Straws in the Wind and Sense lyrics.

• 2023-06-04 — Acoustic Show: Most Of What I Like
  

  This energetic acoustic version has high energy chants of "should never be displayed" from Ambrose, and ends in a partial cover of Praise You by Fatboy Slim.

• 2023-06-04 — Acoustic Show: The River
  

  Upon returning to The River, the band speeds up and moves through an ominous passage before everyone drops out other than Joey. Stu comes in with an anthemic progression to which Cavs and Amby contribute nicely. This resolves into the third section, the ending of which features some nice Wah Wah teasing from Joey and a dramatic transition into the outro. A groovy and funky rendition of the outro provides a nice capper to a rendition of the River of epic proportions.

• 2023-06-04 — Acoustic Show: Wah Wah
  

  As the band moves into Wah Wah, Stu, Joey, and Amby take a moment to extemporize about the band’s ability to chill hard, and Stu’s inability to chill. Unlike most versions of Wah Wah, this rendition serves as a nice breather before segueing back into The River.

• 2023-06-04 — Acoustic Show: The River
  

  A behemoth of a version finds itself placed in the middle of one of the most playful sets the band has ever performed. From the get go the band is tight and energized featuring communicative interplay from all members. After moving through the composed section with aplomb, the main jam segment progresses in a manner similar to many electric renditions, ebbing and flowing through many ideas and themes, before cooling down and segueing into Wah Wah.

• 2023-03-07: Slow Jam 1
  

  Big jam that turns Evil and segues into Self-Immolate

• 2023-03-02: Hypertension
  

  Top tier version containing a Hells Bells intro jam.

• 2022-11-02 — Marathon Night 3: Her and I (Slow Jam 2)
  

  A calm start leads into a diabolical jam much heavier than other 2022 performance. After slowing into another calm chorus, the band speeds up before Ambrose kicks it into high gear.

• 2022-10-24: The Dripping Tap
  

  Though not its usual immaculate, tight self, the Asheville “Tap” finds the band stretching out into new territory and mapping out “The Land Before Timeland”.

• 2022-10-24: Slow Jam 1
  

  The third of three monstrous October renditions sees the band grooving through Ice V teasing, before moving onto mystical and atmospheric passages, including a great breakdown jam at the 10 minute mark. The keys shine particularly bright in the back half of the jam. The band builds the energy back up to briefly return for a final refrain, before floating back to outer space for a little Magenta Mountain jam to close out.

• 2022-10-22: Evil Death Roll
  

  The band slithers towards a Hypertension jam that transforms into Altered Beast, then emerges with a clear Hypertension tease. After Invisible Face, they boom back into EDR to a raucous close complete with spooky background vocals.

• 2022-10-18: Vomit Coffin
  

  This version conjures up the "Hypertension" segment of "The Land Before Timeland" for an ominous interlude.

• 2022-10-16: The River
  

  Ambrose and Joey provides scat vocals to the song's jazzy intro before heading into a dynamic seventeen minute rendition.

• 2022-10-10 — Marathon Night 1: The River
  

  The Evil River

• 2022-10-05: The Dripping Tap
  

  A bloodcurdling scream, a hypertensive first jam, a hellish itch, and a Pill to cure all ills; this show-closing jam vessel travels far and wide with its bodily imagery. The Gizzy Boys’ rhythm section lock a tight grip on “drip drip” while Stu, Amby, and Joey rip (especially during the coda jam, holy “Tap”)!

• 2022-10-05: Slow Jam 1
  

  Highly improvisational and groovy, the jam starts out with percussive guitar work which morphs into some Ice V teasing and Iron Lung quotes. The jam moves into a psychedelic fury which quickly chills out and gets real spacey as Stu picks up the flute. Building up from a guitar, drums and flute trio, a heavy rocking and fast paced jam emerges, which simply rages. After a few minutes, Cavs shifts to a half time beat which transitions smoothly back into the song. “Well that took an unexpected turn” says Joey.

• 2022-09-30 — Desert Daze Festival: The Dripping Tap
  

  A more melodious jam than the Best Kept Secret “Tap” accompanies Stu’s (now customary?) Lake Perris plunge. Amby rips some harmonica, improvises some lyrics, and then implores the crowd: “Can we have our singer back on the stage?” It would be a mistake to dismiss this fun, funny, and creative version as a mere retread!

• 2022-06-19: Sadie Sorceress
  

  Funky guitar playing, lengthy solo with vocals overlapping.

• 2022-06-19: The River
  

  Very spacey and lengthy river with jazz elements.

• 2022-05-31: Sense
  

  Super chill funky version starting off with a drum machine jam by Joey and ending in a guitar solo.

• 2022-05-26: Persistence
  

  Ethereal and soaring. The band pulls out the wings and flies through some thrilling and melodious passages including some pristine Pill teasing, making for a truly stellar rendition.

• 2022-05-25: The Bitter Boogie
  

  Spanning 20+ minutes, it contains an extended intro, killer lengthy harmonica jamming from Ambrose, sax jamming and amazing vocal work from Ambrose as well, along with a high energy ending.

• 2022-05-22: Float Along – Fill Your Lungs
  

  Beginning with a peaceful calm typical of the song, the band moves toward an evil jam which will become typical in future FAFYLs. They methodically open a portal leading to a relentless and pummeling descent into hell filled with tight, crunchy and melodic metal guitars, apocalyptic synthwork, and raging harmonica. After about five minutes of face melting delirium, the band suddenly falls away back into the original mellow groove, all the while incorporating and playing with themes from the metal section.

• 2022-04-28: Sea of Trees
  

  A near 5 minutes jam between Mr. Beat->Sea of Trees sets up a 10+ minute fully jammed out version of this song, one of the oldest in their discography.

• 2022-04-27: Crumbling Castle
  

  Does “biggest show gap in years” count? Crumbling Castle had been played literally every couple shows for years. Then the band took a little break from playing it; this is its triumphant return (after Covid paused live music), as the encore for a tiny punk venue in northern California. (2nd Biggest gap for CC, after 2017-11-18)

• 2022-03-07: The Dripping Tap
  

  Still in its infancy, this "Tap" bears witness to an inspired Stu dueting on flute with Cecil Coleman (Body Type) for a little "flute jam." Some nice harmonic interplay and Am I In Heaven?-style vamping ensues before a bevy of proper teases and quotes in the customary energetic run up to the coda.

• 2021-12-19 — Acoustic Night: The River
  

  The main jam segment is exceptional on all fronts, from Amby’s deft piano and harmonica playing, to the focused guitar work from Stu, Joey, and Cook exploring multiple themes, to the rhythm section’s pocketed groove. The rest of the song is also quite strong; every section is performed with gusto, from the first section’s great banter and interplay, to the third section’s deliberate fade, to the outro’s swagger of a band at its prime. A definite contender for the title of GOAT River.

• 2021-12-13 — Warm Up Acoustic Show: The River
  

  This show opening, first acoustic, first post-covid version of The River is a major indication of the direction the band was moving in at the time. Unlike any previous version, the first jam section showcases a looser, inspired and creatively liberated band, as it opens up into fun interplay between all members of the band before simmering down to a whisper. The outro jam features strong playing from all and great variations on the composed outro licks with a particularly jazzy flair.

• 2021-12-13 — Warm Up Acoustic Show: Her and I (Slow Jam 2)
  

  The first acoustic rendition of Her and I is quite strong, as the jam moves into a rather dark and jazzy jam, with great piano contributions from Ambrose. The band explores this moody space for a few minutes before returning to the song via a rambunctious harmonica solo. The end moves back into that darker mode, before building back up as Stu repeatedly says “Bye bye” to the crowd while simultaneously being unable to stop jamming. A appropriate closer to a fantastic and groundbreaking show.

• 2021-12-13 — Warm Up Acoustic Show: Slow Jam 1
  

  After starting off in a typically strong manner, the band briefly moves through a rather unique major key jam before returning to the normal mood of the jam. Much like the rest of the show, everyone is listening to each other with intent and improvising with precision to great result.

• 2019-10-11: The Bitter Boogie
  

  This energetic version features Ambrose crowd surfing after a soulful "Bitter" call and response. Howlin' Wolf's Back Door Man and Cut Throat Boogie playfulness add to this 11.5 minute boogie.

• 2019-10-08: Sense
  

  Guitar-focused but with a steady drumbeat anchor, accented with Amby's floaty synth work in particular. Joey in fine form, leading mostly. Not yet the full band improv of 2023 Senses

• 2019-09-06: Sense
  

  Following Cyboogie and Acarine, this version starts pretty normal and they let it ride as they tend to do, but then the vocoder comes back out. Sounds like Cyboogie and Sense had a baby.

• 2019-08-23: Head On/Pill
  

  A notably long "Head On/Pill" with a heavy emphasis on Ambrose's harmonica throughout.

• 2019-08-23: Murder of the Universe
  

  The band prepares for a heavy performance of "Murder of the Universe" only to have technical difficulties with Han-Tyumi, leading to a shortened instrumental performance.

• 2019-07-12: Head On/Pill
  

  Adam Halliwell (of Mildlife)'s beautiful flute playing adds another layer of sound to this already amazing tease and quote filled Head On/Pill.

• 2019-07-12: Cyboogie
  

  Super stellar playing throughout with heavy vocoder usage.

• 2018-08-22: Jam
  

  The band’s tuning turns into a 14 minute jam to start the show

• 2016-05-06: Cellophane
  

  After a high energy performance of the song, the band quiets down after a few fans are kicked out for crowd surfing. Stopping the music, Stu demands to speak to someone about it and asks to bring them back in.

• 2015-09-12 — Hopscotch Festival: Am I In Heaven?
  

  An older Gizz jam containing high energy snippets in and out of the Pill segment of Head On/Pill and Am I In Heaven?, along with plenty of Cellophane and Hot Water teases and electric jamming.

• 2015-09-12 — Hopscotch Festival: Hot Wax
  

  High energy and containing amazing vocals from Ambrose and crazy drumming.

• 2014-10-13: Head On/Pill
  

  Great high energy Head On/Pill leading into a brief drum segment into an ambient jam with Stu flute playing taking center stage, brought back into high energy Pill.