Lightning Bolt is a noise rock duo which formed in 1994 in Providence, Rhod… Read Full Bio ↴Lightning Bolt is a noise rock duo which formed in 1994 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. The band consists of Brian Chippendale (drums, vocals) and Brian Gibson (bass). The band also originally included Hisham Bharoocha (vocals, guitar), who left the band in 1996 to join Black Dice. The band has released 8 albums: Lightning Bolt (1999), Ride the Skies (2001), Wonderful Rainbow (2003), Hypermagic Mountain (2005), Earthly Delights (2009), Oblivion Hunter (2012), Fantasy Empire (2015) and Sonic Citadel (2019). A documentary film of the band's 2001 tour, entitled "The Power of Salad", was released in 2003 .
Lightning Bolt are known for their guerrilla-style live performances, where they typically play on the ground rather than a stage, with the crowd gathered around them. The band's sound is typically loud and aggressive, though the group cites composers Philip Glass and Sun Ra as compositional influences.
The band formed while Chippendale and Gibson attended the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island, and Chippendale had heard about "a new kid who was a whiz on the bass guitar." The two formed Lightning Bolt, with Brian Chippendale on drums, Brian Gibson on bass guitar, and with Hisham Bharoocha on guitar and vocals joining the group after their first show. Bharoocha left the group in 1996 to continue with another RISD band that would eventually become Black Dice, and Chippendale took over vocal duties. The only officially-released music with Bharoocha was a track on the Repopulation Program compilation. For the first few years, Lightning Bolt was primarily an improvisational band, touring the United States for months at a time and "just playing". The concept of writing songs and recording an album didn't occur to the band until 1997, when Ben McOsker, founder of Load Records, approached the duo.
During these formative years, Chippendale and his freshman-year college roommate Matt Brinkman began to set up Fort Thunder, a disused warehouse space in the Olneyville district of Providence. The space eventually came to house a number of local avant-garde artists and musicians, including Brian Ralph as well as Lightning Bolt.
Lightning Bolt are known for their guerrilla-style live performances, where they typically play on the ground rather than a stage, with the crowd gathered around them. The band's sound is typically loud and aggressive, though the group cites composers Philip Glass and Sun Ra as compositional influences.
The band formed while Chippendale and Gibson attended the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island, and Chippendale had heard about "a new kid who was a whiz on the bass guitar." The two formed Lightning Bolt, with Brian Chippendale on drums, Brian Gibson on bass guitar, and with Hisham Bharoocha on guitar and vocals joining the group after their first show. Bharoocha left the group in 1996 to continue with another RISD band that would eventually become Black Dice, and Chippendale took over vocal duties. The only officially-released music with Bharoocha was a track on the Repopulation Program compilation. For the first few years, Lightning Bolt was primarily an improvisational band, touring the United States for months at a time and "just playing". The concept of writing songs and recording an album didn't occur to the band until 1997, when Ben McOsker, founder of Load Records, approached the duo.
During these formative years, Chippendale and his freshman-year college roommate Matt Brinkman began to set up Fort Thunder, a disused warehouse space in the Olneyville district of Providence. The space eventually came to house a number of local avant-garde artists and musicians, including Brian Ralph as well as Lightning Bolt.
Magic Mountain
Lightning Bolt Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Magic Mountain' by these artists:
Black Stone Cherry I am just a man of blood and bone And simple…
Blonde Redhead At magic mountain Nobody sings today Nobody speaks today …
Dobermann I have a reputation I need no climbing gear I′m giving all…
Drums The Only wanted Only to care Only us Only In the dark days…
Eric Burden & War Well, I'm goin' up, up on Magic Mountain. Well, I'm goin'…
Eric Burdon Well, I'm goin' up, up on Magic Mountain. Well, I'm goin'…
Eric Burdon & The Animals Well, I'm goin' up, up on Magic Mountain. Well, I'm goin'…
Eric Burdon & WAR Well, I'm goin' up, up on Magic Mountain. Well, I'm goin'…
Eric Burdon; War Well, I'm goin' up, up on Magic Mountain. Well, I'm goin'…
Hendrick Life goes by and people change And all your memories fade…
Reflectiostack Love is a smoke Filled with the fume of sighs…
Silver Convention There's a magic mountain Out of nowhere land There's a mag…
The Animals Well, I'm goin' up, up on Magic Mountain. Well, I'm goin'…
The Drums Only wanted Only to care Only us Only In the dark days they…
TheDrums Only wanted Only to care Only us Only In the dark days…
War Well, I?m goin? up, up on Magic Mountain. Well, I?m goin?…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Lightning Bolt:
07. dead cowboy Take George Bush to Afghanistan He's gonna bathe in a river…
13 1 2 3 4 we must lock the door 5 6…
13 Monsters 1 2 3 4 we must lock the door 5 6…
13 Monsters Live 1 2 3 4 we must lock the door 5 6…
Bizarro Zarro Land I've been flying, I've been superman I'm trapped down here …
Bizarrozarro Land I've been flying, I've been superman I'm trapped down here …
Captain Caveman I don't know what you've been told That streets should be…
captain_caveman I don't know what you've been told That streets should be…
Dead Cowboy Take George Bush to Afghanistan He's gonna bathe in a river…
Dead Cowboy ‾ 亡き牧童 Take George Bush to Afghanistan He's gonna bathe in a river…
Dracula Mountain See you in the evening, See you in the dawn, See you…
Dream Genie What else can I say? What else can I say? What else…
Funny Farm all of the pigs and figs, all of the cows and…
Husker Don't Hey, hey, hey, there will come a day When I gotta…
Over The River And Through The Woods I want your face I want your face I want your face Hahaha I…
The Metal East You cannot brake That′s the way of fate You want the weight…
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Lyrics To Each Song:
2 Morro Morro Land 00:00
Welcome to tomorrow
Captain Caveman 03:43
I don't know what you've been told
That streets should be paved with gold
I can't know just what you read
But health is all the wealth I need
Birds and squirrels and bees and trees
All the things that ride the breeze
Money makes the world go round
Drags it down and burns it out
I am the caveman
I am the timebomb
Who's got the gameplan
This is the anthem
Fire fire
Burning higher
Making music
Like a choir
Birdy 07:02
WOW WOW, WOO WOO, WOO WEE WOW
Rift Wraiths 10:09
[Instrumental]
Mega Ghost 13:11
[Instrumental]
Magic Mountain 19:13
[Instrumental]
Dead Cowboys 24:09
Take George Bush to Afghanistan
He's gonna bathe in a river of blood
He wants to party till the wheels fall off
Six feet under ground
What the world needs
Is another dead cowboy
Take George Bush to Afghanistan
Throw him in an oil pit, six feet deep, six feet wide
We're gonna cook him till his ears fall off
What the world needs
Is another dead cowboy
Bizarro Zarro Land 32:07
I've been flying, I've been superman
I'm trapped down here on bizarro land
Someone get my friends in Jupiter
Cause down here humans can't get stupider
Mohawk Windmill 36:54
[Instrumental]
Bizarro Bike 46:33
[Instrumental]
Infinity Farm 51:53
[Instrumental]
No Rest for the Obsessed 54:39
[Instrumental]
Shane Perfit
I have really bad anxiety problems, and intense music often makes it worse. And Lighting Bolt is one of the most intense bands that have ever existed, but for some reason when I surrender to the chaos of the music it actually calms me down.
Shane Perfit
@Alpha Lax will do, thank you
Alpha Lax
@Shane Perfit if you want a more instrumental Death Grips, go check out Undo K From Hot, brand new band with one of DG's members in it with much less vocals and that sounds absolutely brutal and awesome
Shane Perfit
@Alpha Lax thank you for the recommendations
Shane Perfit
@Alpha Lax death grips had some good songs but I wasn't feeling the vocals on some tracks
Alpha Lax
@Shane Perfit what about Death grips
Jenny Farside
I used to own a submarine and this was one of the few albums I had on board, nothing better that being on your own a mile underwater with this on.
Garage Sale
I wish I was a submarine.
Elder_Gambino
that comment was fucking wild
Boy Ain't Right
I'd torpedo my own ass if this was the case.