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.
Wonderful Rainbow
Lightning Bolt Lyrics
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…
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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@ian42642
Fun fact: every modern building has a grounded roof rod built into it, for the specific purpose of protecting it from this band
@xavierrodriguez2463
lmfao
@Nordicblunder
Facts.
@slumpdumpington6595
The lightning rod was invented by Benjamin Franklin...HE KNEW
@JJONNYREPP
Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow (2003) [Full Album] 156pm 5.8.22 dracula mountain is the best.
@eclat4641
😂😂
@Jack_nnn_
12:27 I love how the bass part remains constant but the drums rephrase it to give it a different feel
@maxwellman6055
i’ve always enjoyed that too i don’t know what that feel is, but it’s sorta groovy? i have no idea how to describe it but it makes me nod my head along with it every time.
@KingCrimson82
@lordmaxwell69 https://youtu.be/-8mEgXUpoLI?t=68
@rayk9598
@maxwell man its a blunt two-note riff yet the drums give it either drive or swing, really cool. its like the drums are dancing around the riff