Lightning Bolt is a noise rock duo from Providence, Rhode Island, composed of Brian Chippendale on drums and vocals and Brian Gibson on bass guitar. The group's discography consists of seven full-length studio albums and a number of 7-inch singles and splits. Lightning Bolt have also appeared on numerous compilations, starred in the 2003 tour-DVD The Power of Salad, and performed in DVD compilations such as Pick a Winner (Load Records, 2004) and Sleep When You are Dead by performance artists Mighty Robot (Contact Records, 2007).
Albums
| Year | Details |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Lightning Bolt |
| 2001 |
Ride the Skies
|
| 2003 |
Wonderful Rainbow
|
| 2005 |
Hypermagic Mountain
|
| 2009 |
Earthly Delights
|
| 2015 |
Fantasy Empire
|
| 2019 |
Sonic Citadel
|
Extended plays
| Year | Details |
|---|---|
| 2012 |
Oblivion Hunter
|
7-inch records
| Year | Release details |
|---|---|
| 1997 | Split
|
| 2000 | "Conan"
|
| 2006 | Ultra Cross Vol. 1
|
Collaborative extended plays
| Year | Title | Track(s) | Label | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Flaming Lips 2011 #7: The Flaming Lips with Lightning Bolt (4-song 12" vinyl EP) | 4-songs co-written and performed with The Flaming Lips | Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death |
Singles
| Year | Details |
|---|---|
| 2013 | "Barbarian Boy"
|
DVD / video
Year Video details 2003 The Power of Salad - Label: Load Records (Load #40)
- Directed by Peter Glantz and Nick Noe
Appearances on compilations
Year Title Track(s) Label Other 1996 Repopulation Program "Revenge" Load Records - Only official release with Hisham Bharoocha. [4]
1999 Fruited Other Surfaces "LB.3.K6K3GU3.GO" Vermiform Records You're Soaking in It "Diet of Grapes and Nuts" Load Records 2000 Bad Music for Bad People "Rotata-ville" Trash Art! Mish Mash Mush Mega Mix Vol. 3 "Race Back to Earth" Fort Thunder 2001 U.S. Pop Life Vol. 7: Random Access Music Machine "Untitled" Contact Records U.S Pop Life Vol. 12: Tribute to Fort Thunder "Pee Filled Longstockings" Contact Records - Early version of "Longstockings" on Wonderful Rainbow
KFJC Live from the Devil's Triangle Vol. III "Untitled" KFJC - First 2 minutes of Wee Ones Parade, but is a live recording
Real Slow Radio "Jam at the Parlor" Fort Thunder - Early version of "2 Towers" on Wonderful Rainbow
Old Tyme Lemonade "Swarm" Hospital Productions - Chippendale side-project Mindflayer also appears.
Troubleman Mix-Tape "Waiting for the Snake Assassin" Troubleman Unlimited Records - Song eventually became "Assassins" on Wonderful Rainbow
Mish Mash Mush Vol. 7 "Luxery Tomb" Fort Thunder 2002 Don't Shoot the Toy Piano Player "13 Monsters" WFMU If The Twenty-First Century Didn't Exist,
It Would Be Necessary To Invent It"Ride The Friendly Skies" 5RC U.S. Pop Life Vol. 12: Random Slice of
Life at Ft. Thunder – Bands Who Played At"Untitled" Contact Records 2004 Pick a Winner (DVD and CD) Live performance Load Records 2005 I Love Guitar Wolf...Very Much "Planet of the Wolves" Narnack Records A Benefit For Our Friends
(DMBQ Tribute CD)"Excitebike" none 2006 Rough Trade Shops: Rock and Roll 1 "Riffwraiths" V2 Records 2007 Ex Drummer "2 Morro Morro Land" Play It Again Sam The Supermassive Selection CD by Muse "Magic Mountain" New Musical Express - CD accompanying NME Magazine, June 16, 2007.
Sleep When You are Dead
by Mighty Robot (DVD) [5]Live performance Contact Records Cue the Bugle Turbulent
(The 2007 Believer Music Issue CD) [6]"Deceiver" The Believer
Music videos
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| "The Metal East" [7] | 2015 | |
| "Blow To The Head" | 2019 | Caleb Wood |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Lightning Bolt". Load Records. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved September 8, 2007.
- ^ Raggett, Ned. "Lightning Bolt - Review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 8, 2007.
- ^ Stosuy, Brandon (December 5, 2006). "Interview: Brian Chippendale". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on March 6, 2007. Retrieved March 21, 2007.
- ^ "Lightning Bolt - Biography". Gold Star Public Relations. Archived from the original on November 8, 2007. Retrieved September 8, 2007.
- ^ Thompson, Paul (May 31, 2007). "Liars, Lightning Bolt, Oneida on Mighty Robot DVD". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on July 3, 2007. Retrieved August 2, 2007.
- ^ Stosuy, Brandon. "Cue the Bugle Turbulent". The Believer. Retrieved August 2, 2007.
- ^ Thrill Jockey Records (April 7, 2015), Lightning Bolt - The Metal East (Official Music Video), archived from the original on December 21, 2021, retrieved May 8, 2019
External links
Lightning Bolt is a noise rock duo from Providence, Rhode Island, composed of Brian Chippendale on drums and vocals and Brian Gibson on bass guitar. The group's discography consists of seven full-length studio albums and a number of 7-inch singles and splits. Lightning Bolt have also appeared on numerous compilations, starred in the 2003 tour-DVD The Power of Salad, and performed in DVD compilations such as Pick a Winner (Load Records, 2004) and Sleep When You are Dead by performance artists Mighty Robot (Contact Records, 2007).
Albums
| Year | Details |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Lightning Bolt |
| 2001 |
Ride the Skies
|
| 2003 |
Wonderful Rainbow
|
| 2005 |
Hypermagic Mountain
|
| 2009 |
Earthly Delights
|
| 2015 |
Fantasy Empire
|
| 2019 |
Sonic Citadel
|
Extended plays
| Year | Details |
|---|---|
| 2012 |
Oblivion Hunter
|
7-inch records
| Year | Release details |
|---|---|
| 1997 | Split
|
| 2000 | "Conan"
|
| 2006 | Ultra Cross Vol. 1
|
Collaborative extended plays
| Year | Title | Track(s) | Label | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Flaming Lips 2011 #7: The Flaming Lips with Lightning Bolt (4-song 12" vinyl EP) | 4-songs co-written and performed with The Flaming Lips | Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death |
Singles
| Year | Details |
|---|---|
| 2013 | "Barbarian Boy"
|
DVD / video
Year Video details 2003 The Power of Salad - Label: Load Records (Load #40)
- Directed by Peter Glantz and Nick Noe
Appearances on compilations
Year Title Track(s) Label Other 1996 Repopulation Program "Revenge" Load Records - Only official release with Hisham Bharoocha. [4]
1999 Fruited Other Surfaces "LB.3.K6K3GU3.GO" Vermiform Records You're Soaking in It "Diet of Grapes and Nuts" Load Records 2000 Bad Music for Bad People "Rotata-ville" Trash Art! Mish Mash Mush Mega Mix Vol. 3 "Race Back to Earth" Fort Thunder 2001 U.S. Pop Life Vol. 7: Random Access Music Machine "Untitled" Contact Records U.S Pop Life Vol. 12: Tribute to Fort Thunder "Pee Filled Longstockings" Contact Records - Early version of "Longstockings" on Wonderful Rainbow
KFJC Live from the Devil's Triangle Vol. III "Untitled" KFJC - First 2 minutes of Wee Ones Parade, but is a live recording
Real Slow Radio "Jam at the Parlor" Fort Thunder - Early version of "2 Towers" on Wonderful Rainbow
Old Tyme Lemonade "Swarm" Hospital Productions - Chippendale side-project Mindflayer also appears.
Troubleman Mix-Tape "Waiting for the Snake Assassin" Troubleman Unlimited Records - Song eventually became "Assassins" on Wonderful Rainbow
Mish Mash Mush Vol. 7 "Luxery Tomb" Fort Thunder 2002 Don't Shoot the Toy Piano Player "13 Monsters" WFMU If The Twenty-First Century Didn't Exist,
It Would Be Necessary To Invent It"Ride The Friendly Skies" 5RC U.S. Pop Life Vol. 12: Random Slice of
Life at Ft. Thunder – Bands Who Played At"Untitled" Contact Records 2004 Pick a Winner (DVD and CD) Live performance Load Records 2005 I Love Guitar Wolf...Very Much "Planet of the Wolves" Narnack Records A Benefit For Our Friends
(DMBQ Tribute CD)"Excitebike" none 2006 Rough Trade Shops: Rock and Roll 1 "Riffwraiths" V2 Records 2007 Ex Drummer "2 Morro Morro Land" Play It Again Sam The Supermassive Selection CD by Muse "Magic Mountain" New Musical Express - CD accompanying NME Magazine, June 16, 2007.
Sleep When You are Dead
by Mighty Robot (DVD) [5]Live performance Contact Records Cue the Bugle Turbulent
(The 2007 Believer Music Issue CD) [6]"Deceiver" The Believer
Music videos
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| "The Metal East" [7] | 2015 | |
| "Blow To The Head" | 2019 | Caleb Wood |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Lightning Bolt". Load Records. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved September 8, 2007.
- ^ Raggett, Ned. "Lightning Bolt - Review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 8, 2007.
- ^ Stosuy, Brandon (December 5, 2006). "Interview: Brian Chippendale". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on March 6, 2007. Retrieved March 21, 2007.
- ^ "Lightning Bolt - Biography". Gold Star Public Relations. Archived from the original on November 8, 2007. Retrieved September 8, 2007.
- ^ Thompson, Paul (May 31, 2007). "Liars, Lightning Bolt, Oneida on Mighty Robot DVD". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on July 3, 2007. Retrieved August 2, 2007.
- ^ Stosuy, Brandon. "Cue the Bugle Turbulent". The Believer. Retrieved August 2, 2007.
- ^ Thrill Jockey Records (April 7, 2015), Lightning Bolt - The Metal East (Official Music Video), archived from the original on December 21, 2021, retrieved May 8, 2019