Cook Craig
Craig performing with King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard in 2023
Background information
Birth nameNicholas Roderick Craig
BornAustralia
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • singer
  • songwriter
Instrument(s)
  • Guitar
  • vocals
  • bass guitar
  • keyboards
Years active2008–present
LabelsFlightless
Member of

Nicholas Roderick "Cook" Craig is an Australian musician, singer and songwriter and is a part of groups King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard and the Murlocs.[1] Craig releases music under the name Pipe-Eye.

Pipe-Eye's debut EP Cosmic Blip was released in 2015 and debut studio album Laugh About Life in April 2017, Inside/Outside in 2019 and Dream Themes in November 2021.

Solo history

Pipe-Eye's debut EP Cosmic Blip was released in 2015. The EP was recorded in his bedroom in Fairfield, Victoria.[2] Nicholas Johnson from Brag Magazine gave the EP 4 out of 5 saying "Pipe-Eye knows how to spit some serious cosmic wisdom. Then they leave you to ponder it over the course of the 30 to 60 second segue tracks that pepper the record. It adds a nice buffer to what is otherwise essentially a four-track EP by giving it a theatrical feel… It may not resonate with everyone, I'm sure some will feel cheated by the 50 per cent split between songs and noisy interludes. But it gives the songs – all of which would stand quite nicely as singles – a little bit of breathing space without the risk of adding half-baked tracks for the sake of filler."[3]

Pipe-Eye's debut studio album Laugh About Life was written over two years and released in April 2017.[4]

Pipe-Eye's second studio album Inside/Outside was released in June 2019.[5] Jonathan Reyoso from Beat Magazine gave the album a 6.5 out of 10.[6]

In April 2021, Pipe-Eye's re-released Cosmic Blip and Laugh About Life on limited edition LP. They debuted at numbers one and two on the ARIA Vinyl chart for the week commencing 12 April 2021.[7]

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions
Title Details Peak chart positions
AUS
[8]
Laugh About Life
  • Released: April 21, 2017[4][9]
  • Label: Flightless (FLT-027)
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
 88
Inside/Outside
  • Released: June 7, 2019[5][10]
  • Label: Flightless (FLT-050)
  • Formats: LP, digital download, streaming
 —
Dream Themes
  • Released: November 26, 2021[11]
  • Label: Flightless (FLT-080)
  • Formats: LP, digital download, streaming
 —

With King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

Extended plays

List of EPs, with selected details and chart positions
Title Details Peak chart positions
AUS
[8]
Cosmic Blip
  • Released: September 25, 2015[12]
  • Label: Flightless (FLT-016)
  • Formats: LP, digital download, streaming
 64

References

  1. ↑ "In Review Pipe-Eye Inside/Outside". Weirdo Wasteland. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "Pipe Eye "COSMIC BLIP" LP". Lulus Melb. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Pipe-Eye: Cosmic Blip". Brag Magazine. 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Laugh About Life (CD)". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Pipe Eye Inside/Outside (LP)". JB HiFi. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "King Gizzard member Cook Craig's new solo album is bubbly and spacious". Beat Magazine. September 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "ARIA Vinyl Album Chart" (PDF). ARIA. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  8. 1 2 "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 12 April 2021". The ARIA Report. No. 1623. Australian Recording Industry Association. 12 April 2021. p. 6.
  9. ↑ "Laugh About Life (DD)". Apple Music. April 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  10. ↑ "Inside/Outside (DD)". Apple Music. June 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  11. ↑ Dream Themes by Pipe-eye, 26 November 2021, retrieved 28 December 2021
  12. ↑ "Cosmic Blip (EP)". Apple Music. September 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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