| 2013-02-08 | Head On/Pill | 8:18 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard |
PBS Studios |
Naarm (Melbourne) |
VIC | Australia | Recorded a day before the studio version, this early version of Head On/Pill features all the energy of the final release but at half the length making it an incredibly interesting performance. |
| 2014-05-02 | Head On/Pill | 16:32 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard |
Carson Creek Ranch |
Austin |
TX | USA | A classic rendition of this song during the band's first US performance. The song contained some reoccurring riffs during jam sections and had exception drumming towards the end. |
| 2014-10-13 | Head On/Pill | 15:03 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard |
Baby's All Right |
Brooklyn |
NY | USA | 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. |
| 2014-11-10 | Head On/Pill | 19:17 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard |
Shacklewell Arms, The |
London |
England | United Kingdom | This version features an iconic moment where Stu realizes he can sing through his pickups, as well as potentially the first "Am I In Heaven?" quotes in Head On/Pill. |
| 2018-06-22 | Head On/Pill | | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard |
Stubb's Bar-B-Q |
Austin |
TX | USA | During the song members of Amyl and the Sniffers brought out lawn chairs to the front of the stage to watch the show, then they put Ambrose in one of the chairs and got him to crowdsurf. |
| 2019-07-12 | Head On/Pill | 29:05 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard |
Thebarton Theatre |
Adelaide |
SA | Australia | Adam Halliwell (of Mildlife)'s beautiful flute playing adds another layer of sound to this already amazing tease and quote filled Head On/Pill. |
| 2019-08-23 | Head On/Pill | 30:26 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard |
Riverside Theater |
Milwaukee |
WI | USA | A notably long "Head On/Pill" with a heavy emphasis on Ambrose's harmonica throughout. |
| 2019-10-19 | Head On/Pill | 27:42 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard |
Razzmatazz |
Barcelona |
| Spain | The first 15 minutes was a more standard Head On/Pill medley and contained many teases, but the last 15 minutes was a big jam featuring ORB and Stonefield. It was featured in "A Brief History of Planet Earth" on Chunky Shrapnel. |
| 2022-05-26 | Head On/Pill | 34:31 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard |
Higher Ground |
South Burlington |
VT | USA | Longest ever uninterrupted single King Gizzard song performance to date, wild amount of teases (including Change). |
| 2023-03-17 | Head On/Pill | 9:42 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard |
Les Docks |
Lausanne |
| Switzerland | This mashup of early gizz jams flows between Head On/Pill and Sea of Trees. It also contained improvized lyrics about animals in australia, and plenty of teases such as The Dripping Tap, Ice V, and Shanghai (with jam). |
| 2024-09-01 | Head On/Pill | 16:20 | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard |
Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island |
Chicago |
IL | USA | added to setlist during show, Amby on Sax, various teasing/quoting/jamming |