Lightning Bolt discography

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Brian Gibson and Brian Chippendale of Lightning Bolt.
Brian Gibson and Brian Chippendale of Lightning Bolt.

This is a comprehensive discography for Lightning Bolt, a noise rock band based out of Providence, Rhode Island. Formed in 1994, Lightning Bolt's initial line-up featured Brian Chippendale on drums, Brian Gibson on bass guitar, with Hisham Bharoocha on guitar and vocals. Bharoocha left the group in 1996: the only officially released music with Bharoocha was the track "Revenge" on the Repopulation Program compilation.[1]

Lightning Bolt have released a total of four full-length albums, a number of 7 inch singles and splits, and have appeared on numerous compilations. The band starred in the 2003 tour-DVD The Power of Salad. Lightning Bolt have also 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).

Contents

[edit] Albums

Year Title Notes
1997 Lightning Bolt
  • Limited edition vinyl of 750 pressings.[2]
  • 50-minute companion cassette titled "Zone" also released.
  • Re-issued in 1999 on CD with "Zone" included as bonus tracks and
    alternate cover art.[2][3]
2001 Ride the Skies
2003 Wonderful Rainbow
  • Label: Load Records (Load #41)
  • Released: March 4, 2003
2005 Hypermagic Mountain

[edit] Frenzy

Rumors have persisted concerning the release of an improvisational album entitled Frenzy.[4][5][6] A post on Lightning Bolt's official website in early 2004 read "The next Lightning Bolt album, Frenzy, is currently in the works over at Load Records. It is expected to be available at the end of the summer."[7] No further word was given, and the next Lightning Bolt album released was Hypermagic Mountain in 2005. In an early 2007 interview, Chippendale said "When it comes to weird improv stuff, sometimes we're just at a weird stalemate."[5] No official word has since been released.

[edit] 7-inch records

Year Title Notes
1997 Split (split with Forcefield)
  • Label: Load Records (Load #14)
  • Lightning Bolt (A-Side): "Part A," "Part B"
  • Forcefield (B-Side): "Dual Mine," "Ops Olsis," "GI Zome," and "Pac"
2000 "Conan" (also known as Tour 7")
  • Label: Load Records (Load #29)
  • Backed with "Behemoth" and "Into the Mist"
2006 Ultra Cross Vol. 1 (split with Guitar Wolf)
  • Guitar Wolf (A-Side): "[Japanese title]," "[Japanese title]"
  • Lightning Bolt (B-Side): "Powwowwee," "Planet of the Lightning Bolts"
  • Released in Japan only[8]

[edit] DVD / video

Year Title
2003 The Power of Salad
  • Label: Load Records (Load #40)
  • Directed by Peter Glantz and Nick Noe

[edit] Appearances on compilations

Year Title Track(s) Label Other
1996 Repopulation Program "Revenge" Load Records
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
KFJC Live from the Devil's Triangle Vol. III "Untitled" KFJC
Real Slow Radio "Jam at the Parlor" Fort Thunder
Old Tyme Lemonade "Swarm" Hospital Productions
  • Chippendale side-project Mindflayer also appears.
Troubleman Mix-Tape "Waiting for the Snake Assassin" Troubleman Unlimited Records
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
Sleep When You are Dead
by Mighty Robot (DVD)[9]		 Live performance Contact Records
Cue the Bugle Turbulent
(The 2007 Believer Music Issue CD)[10]		 "Deceiver" The Believer

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Lightning Bolt - Biography. Gold Star Public Relations. Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
  2. ^ a b Lightning Bolt. Load Records. Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
  3. ^ Raggett, Ned. Lightning Bolt - Review. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
  4. ^ Strew, Rogue (2005-10-24). Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain. Stylus Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
  5. ^ a b Gornick, Matt (2007-01-19). A bolt of guerilla noise. Washington Square News. Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
  6. ^ Lightning Bolt: Head Nothing, Heart Everything. Tiny Mix Tapes (2007-02-14). Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
  7. ^ Lightning Bolt - News. Lightning Bolt. Archived from the original on 2004-04-06. Retrieved on 2007-09-08.
  8. ^ Stosuy, Brandon (2006-12-05). Interview: Brian Chippendale. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved on 2007-03-21.
  9. ^ Thompson, Paul (2007-05-31). Liars, Lightning Bolt, Oneida on Mighty Robot DVD. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved on 2007-08-02.
  10. ^ Stosuy, Brandon. Cue the Bugle Turbulent. The Believer. Retrieved on 2007-08-02.

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