Lightning Bolt discography

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).

Brian Gibson and Brian Chippendale of Lightning Bolt.

Albums

Year	Details
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 Label: Thrill Jockey Released: March 24, 2015
2019	Sonic Citadel Label: Thrill Jockey Released: October 11, 2019

Extended plays

Year	Details
2012	Oblivion Hunter Label: Load (Load#142) Released: September 25, 2012

7-inch records

Year	Release details
1997	Split Label: Load Records (Load #14) Split with Forcefield
2000	"Conan" Label: Load Records (Load #29) Also known as Tour 7"
2006	Ultra Cross Vol. 1 Label: Ki/oon Records, Sony Japan Split CD with Guitar Wolf Released in Japan only^[3]

Collaborative extended plays

Year	Title	Track(s)	Label	Other
2011	The 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

Year	Details
2013	"Barbarian Boy" Label: [adult swim] Released: August 5, 2013 Released as part of the Adult Swim Singles Program 2013

DVD / video

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

Appearances on compilations

Year	Title	Track(s)	Label	Other
1996	Repopulation Program	"Revenge"	Load Records	Only official release with Hisham Bharoocha.^[4]
1999	Fruited Other Surfaces	"LB.3.K6K3GU3.GO"	Vermiform Records
1999	You're Soaking in It	"Diet of Grapes and Nuts"	Load Records
2000	Bad Music for Bad People	"Rotata-ville"	Trash Art!
2000	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
	U.S Pop Life Vol. 12: Tribute to Fort Thunder	"Pee Filled Longstockings"	Contact Records	Early version of "Longstockings" on Wonderful Rainbow
	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	Early version of "2 Towers" on Wonderful Rainbow
	Old Tyme Lemonade	"Swarm"	Hospital Productions	Chippendale side-project Mindflayer also appears.
	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
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
2005	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	CD accompanying NME Magazine, June 16, 2007.
	Sleep When You are Dead by Mighty Robot (DVD)^[5]	Live performance	Contact Records
	Cue the Bugle Turbulent (The 2007 Believer Music Issue CD)^[6]	"Deceiver"	The Believer

Music videos

Title	Year	Director(s)
"The Metal East"^[7]	2015
"Blow To The Head"	2019	Caleb Wood

References

General

"Lightning Bolt > Discography". Allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved July 10, 2008.

Specific

^ ^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

External links

[Load_page-1] "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.

[Stosuy-3] Stosuy, Brandon (December 5, 2006). "Interview: Brian Chippendale". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on March 6, 2007. Retrieved March 21, 2007.

[Repopulation-4] "Lightning Bolt - Biography". Gold Star Public Relations. Archived from the original on November 8, 2007. Retrieved September 8, 2007.

[Might_Robot-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.

[Believer-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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