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).
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Albums
editYear | Details |
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1999 | Lightning Bolt |
2001 | Ride the Skies
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2003 | Wonderful Rainbow
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2005 | Hypermagic Mountain
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2009 | Earthly Delights
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2015 | Fantasy Empire
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2019 | Sonic Citadel
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Extended plays
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2012 | Oblivion Hunter
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7-inch records
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1997 | Split
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2000 | "Conan"
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2006 | Ultra Cross Vol. 1
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Collaborative extended plays
editYear | Title | Track(s) | Label | Other |
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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
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2013 | "Barbarian Boy"
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DVD / video
editYear | Video details |
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2003 | The Power of Salad
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Appearances on compilations
editYear | Title | Track(s) | Label | Other |
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1996 | Repopulation Program | "Revenge" | Load Records |
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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 |
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KFJC Live from the Devil's Triangle Vol. III | "Untitled" | KFJC |
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Real Slow Radio | "Jam at the Parlor" | Fort Thunder |
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Old Tyme Lemonade | "Swarm" | Hospital Productions |
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Troubleman Mix-Tape | "Waiting for the Snake Assassin" | Troubleman Unlimited Records |
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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 |
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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
editTitle | Year | Director(s) |
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"The Metal East"[7] | 2015 | |
"Blow To The Head" | 2019 | Caleb Wood |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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