It's so rare that we have such a high quality recording from some of the earliest days of the band's history, especially as the first documented show ever performed as King Gizzard. As this was a performance for Stu's university exam, the band members are at the top of their game, with a rare prominence from Lucas who takes the lead for a good amount of the call-and-response vocals in this show. Ants and Bats starts off with a chill, haunting instrumental jam before diving right into the song. The five of them thrash their way through an intense performance of the track, beating out the studio version in energy by a good margin. Just as the song is fading out, Lucas begins the bass line to Life Is Cool as the rest of the band fall in line. Another fun track that surpasses the studio recording by far, though Joey seemed to be having quite a few technical issues throughout. Next up is an unreleased song titled Love For Me. It's a fun but forgettable part of the band's early repertoire, though the bassline that Lucas plays throughout is pretty catchy. After some applause, Stu is told he only has five minutes left to perform. In response, he queues up the rest of the band for another unreleased track named Oh God. Even from the opening drum beat, this song differentiates itself from their other early work with it's slow, heavy vibe and lyrics referencing religious iconography. As the ending chord fades out, you have to wonder to yourself how this song never appeared again in any form among the other Teenage Gizzard material. Following this, Stu asks if they can do one more before starting their third unreleased song of the set, Other Side. In an interview, Stu mentioned how his early songwriting efforts consisted of Bo Diddley-style two chord songs that anyone could pick up and jam to. There is no clearer example of this than Other Side, with it's riff ripped straight from the '50s hit and repetitive, dark lyrics about self-harm which Stu would revisit as a topic several times. As the set closes off and their amps feed back, Stu walks up to the mic and ends with simply "That's it, we are called King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard". It is an incredible performance showcasing exactly what the band was during this beginning period. I feel it's best to leave off with a quote from Stu's mom about attending this performance, which I think sums up the importance that this show had on the rest of their career:



“Stu did a degree in Music Industry. I think the main thing he got out of doing that course was the connections he made in Melbourne, and that’s pretty much when King Gizzard started. The first time they really played together was for the course because Stu had to do a performance. I sat there watching this performance with my mouth wide open, I had never seen Stu play stuff like that before. When they finished all the university lecturers stood up and just went "oh my god, you guys are the next big thing". I think from then on Stu knew he was on the right track with King Gizzard, it is really different from other stuff he has done before.” - Kerry Mackenzie