Lightning Bolt discography

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Brian Gibson and Brian Chippendale of Lightning Bolt.

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

YearDetails
1999 Lightning Bolt
  • Label: Load (Load #26)
  • Limited edition vinyl of 750 pressings. [1]
  • 50-minute companion cassette titled "Zone" also released.
  • Re-issued on CD with "Zone" included. [1] [2]
2001 Ride the Skies
  • Label: Load (Load #31)
  • Released: February 28, 2001
2003 Wonderful Rainbow
  • Label: Load Records (Load #41)
  • Released: March 4, 2003
2005 Hypermagic Mountain
  • Label: Load (Load #78)
  • Released: October 18, 2005
2009 Earthly Delights
  • Label: Load (Load #126)
  • Released: October 13, 2009
2015 Fantasy Empire
2019 Sonic Citadel

Extended plays

YearDetails
2012 Oblivion Hunter
  • Label: Load (Load#142)
  • Released: September 25, 2012

7-inch records

YearRelease details
1997Split
2000"Conan"
  • Label: Load Records (Load #29)
  • Also known as Tour 7"
2006Ultra Cross Vol. 1

Collaborative extended plays

YearTitleTrack(s)LabelOther
2011The 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

YearDetails
2013"Barbarian Boy"

DVD / video

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

Appearances on compilations

YearTitleTrack(s)LabelOther
1996Repopulation Program"Revenge" Load Records
1999Fruited Other Surfaces"LB.3.K6K3GU3.GO" Vermiform Records
You're Soaking in It"Diet of Grapes and Nuts"Load Records
2000Bad Music for Bad People"Rotata-ville" Trash Art!
Mish Mash Mush Mega Mix Vol. 3"Race Back to Earth" Fort Thunder
2001U.S. Pop Life Vol. 7: Random Access
Music Machine		"Untitled"Contact Records
KFJC Live from the Devil's Triangle Vol. III"Untitled" KFJC
  • First 2 minutes of Wee Ones Parade, but is a live recording
Real Slow Radio"Jam at the Parlor"Fort Thunder
Old Tyme Lemonade"Swarm"Hospital Productions
Troubleman Mix-Tape"Waiting for the Snake Assassin" Troubleman Unlimited Records
  • Song eventually became "Assassins" on Wonderful Rainbow
Mish Mash Mush Vol. 7"Luxery Tomb"Fort Thunder
2002Don'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
2004Pick a Winner (DVD and CD)Live performanceLoad Records
2005I 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
2007Ex Drummer"2 Morro Morro Land" Play It Again Sam
The Supermassive Selection CD by Muse "Magic Mountain" New Musical Express
  • CD accompanying NME Magazine, June 16, 2007.
Sleep When You are Dead
by Mighty Robot (DVD) [5] 		Live performanceContact Records
Cue the Bugle Turbulent
(The 2007 Believer Music Issue CD) [6] 		"Deceiver" The Believer

Music videos

TitleYearDirector(s)
"The Metal East" [7] 2015
"Blow To The Head"2019Caleb Wood

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References

General
  • "Lightning Bolt > Discography". Allmusic. Macrovision . Retrieved July 10, 2008.
Specific
  1. 1 2 "Lightning Bolt". Load Records. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved September 8, 2007.
  2. ↑ Raggett, Ned. "Lightning Bolt - Review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 8, 2007.
  3. ↑ Stosuy, Brandon (December 5, 2006). "Interview: Brian Chippendale". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on March 6, 2007. Retrieved March 21, 2007.
  4. ↑ "Lightning Bolt - Biography". Gold Star Public Relations. Archived from the original on November 8, 2007. Retrieved September 8, 2007.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Stosuy, Brandon. "Cue the Bugle Turbulent". The Believer . Retrieved August 2, 2007.
  7. ↑ 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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