King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard Let Fans ‘Name Your Price’ on Bandcamp After Spotify Exit

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard left Spotify recently, and are now letting fans pay what they want for albums on Bandcamp.

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have pulled their entire catalog from Spotify and made it available on Bandcamp, where fans can pay whatever they like to access the music. The move comes after the band cut ties with Spotify earlier this year in response to CEO Daniel Ek’s investment in AI military drone technology.

The Australian group now dominate Bandcamp’s best-seller chart, taking over the entire Top 25 as listeners flocked to the platform. Bandcamp’s standard pricing is $9 for albums and $1.50 per track, but artists are able to adjust or remove minimums altogether. King Gizzard have opted for a “name your price” model, effectively making their full digital catalog open to anyone regardless of budget.

The decision follows King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s removal of dozens of records from Spotify this summer, after it was reported that Ek’s investment firm Prima Materia helped raise 600 million euros for Helsing, a defense tech company developing AI-powered drones. At the time, the band posted “f**k Spotify” while sharing a new demo collection and later expanded on the decision in a statement shared to Instagram.

“Hello friends… A PSA to those unaware: Spotify CEO Daniel Ek invests millions in AI military drone technology… We just removed our music from the platform… Can we put pressure on these Dr. Evil tech bros to do better?… Join us on another platform,” the message read.

They are not alone in leaving the streaming giant. Artists including Deerhoof, Xiu Xiu, and Hotline TNT have also pulled their music in protest.

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard frontman Stu Mackenzie previously told the Los Angeles Times: “We’ve been saying ‘f— Spotify’ for years. In our circle of musicians, that’s what people say all the time for well-documented reasons. I don’t consider myself an activist, but this feels like a decision staying true to ourselves. We saw other bands we admire leaving, and we realized we don’t want our music to be there right now.”