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
Extended plays
| Year
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Details
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| 2012
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Oblivion Hunter
- Label: Load (Load#142)
- Released: September 25, 2012
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7-inch records
| Year
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Release details
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| 1997
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Split
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| 2000
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Conan
- Label: Load Records (Load #29)
- Also known as Tour 7"
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| 2006
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Ultra Cross Vol. 1
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Collaborative extended plays
| Year
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Title
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Track(s)
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Label
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Other
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| 2011
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The Flaming Lips 2011 #7: The Flaming Lips with Lightning Bolt (4-song 12" vinyl EP)
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4-songs co-written and performed with The Flaming Lips
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Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death
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Singles
| Year
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Details
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| 2013
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"Barbarian Boy"
- Label: [adult swim]
- Released: August 5, 2013
- Released as part of the Adult Swim Singles Program 2013
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DVD / video
| Year
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Video details
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| 2003
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The Power of Salad
- Label: Load Records (Load #40)
- Directed by Peter Glantz and Nick Noe
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Appearances on compilations
| Year
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Title
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Track(s)
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Label
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Other
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| 1996
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Repopulation Program
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"Revenge"
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Load Records
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| 1999
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Fruited Other Surfaces
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"LB.3.K6K3GU3.GO"
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Vermiform Records
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| You're Soaking in It
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"Diet of Grapes and Nuts"
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Load Records
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| 2000
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Bad Music for Bad People
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"Rotata-ville"
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Trash Art!
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|
| Mish Mash Mush Mega Mix Vol. 3
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"Race Back to Earth"
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Fort Thunder
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| 2001
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U.S. Pop Life Vol. 7: Random Access Music Machine
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"Untitled"
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Contact Records
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| U.S Pop Life Vol. 12: Tribute to Fort Thunder
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"Pee Filled Longstockings"
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Contact Records
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- Early version of "Longstockings" on Wonderful Rainbow
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| KFJC Live from the Devil's Triangle Vol. III
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"Untitled"
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KFJC
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- First 2 minutes of Wee Ones Parade, but is a live recording
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| Real Slow Radio
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"Jam at the Parlor"
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Fort Thunder
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- Early version of "2 Towers" on Wonderful Rainbow
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| Old Tyme Lemonade
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"Swarm"
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Hospital Productions
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| Troubleman Mix-Tape
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"Waiting for the Snake Assassin"
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Troubleman Unlimited Records
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- Song eventually became "Assassins" on Wonderful Rainbow
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| Mish Mash Mush Vol. 7
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"Luxery Tomb"
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Fort Thunder
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| 2002
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Don't Shoot the Toy Piano Player
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"13 Monsters"
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WFMU
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If The Twenty-First Century Didn't Exist,
It Would Be Necessary To Invent It
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"Ride The Friendly Skies"
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5RC
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U.S. Pop Life Vol. 12: Random Slice of
Life at Ft. Thunder – Bands Who Played At
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"Untitled"
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Contact Records
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| 2004
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Pick a Winner (DVD and CD)
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Live performance
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Load Records
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| 2005
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I Love Guitar Wolf...Very Much
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"Planet of the Wolves"
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Narnack Records
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A Benefit For Our Friends
(DMBQ Tribute CD)
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"Excitebike"
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none
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| 2006
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Rough Trade Shops: Rock and Roll 1
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"Riffwraiths"
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V2 Records
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| 2007
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Ex Drummer
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"2 Morro Morro Land"
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Play It Again Sam
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| The Supermassive Selection CD by Muse
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"Magic Mountain"
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New Musical Express
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- CD accompanying NME Magazine, June 16, 2007.
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Sleep When You are Dead
by Mighty Robot (DVD)[5]
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Live performance
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Contact Records
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Cue the Bugle Turbulent
(The 2007 Believer Music Issue CD)[6]
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"Deceiver"
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The Believer
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Music videos
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
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