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).
Albums YearDetails 1999 Lightning Bolt Label: Load (Load #26) Limited edition vinyl of 750 pressings. 50-minute companion cassette titled "Zone" also released. Re-issued on CD with "Zone" included. 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
Collaborative albums YearDetails 2026 The Horizon Spirals / The Horizon Viral Label: Thrill Jockey Split LP with OOIOO Released: April 24, 2026
Extended plays YearDetails 2012 Oblivion Hunter Label: Load (Load#142) Released: September 25, 2012
7-inch records YearRelease details 1997Split Label: Load Records (Load #14) Split with Forcefield 2000Conan Label: Load Records (Load #29) Also known as Tour 7" 2006Ultra Cross Vol. 1 Label: Ki/oon Records, Sony Japan Split CD with Guitar Wolf Released in Japan only
Collaborative extended plays YearTitleTrack(s)LabelOther2011The 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"
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 YearTitleTrack(s)LabelOther 1996 Repopulation Program "Revenge"Load Records Only official release with Hisham Bharoocha.1999 Fruited Other Surfaces "LB.3.K6K3GU3.GO" Vermiform Records You're Soaking in It "Diet of Grapes and Nuts" Load Records2000 Bad Music for Bad People "Rotata-ville" Trash Art! Mish Mash Mush Mega Mix Vol. 3 "Race Back to Earth" Fort Thunder2001 U.S. Pop Life Vol. 7: Random Access Music Machine "Untitled" Contact RecordsU.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 Thunder2002 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" 5RCU.S. Pop Life Vol. 12: Random Slice ofLife at Ft. Thunder – Bands Who Played At "Untitled" Contact Records2004 Pick a Winner (DVD and CD) Live performance Load Records2005 I Love Guitar Wolf...Very Much "Planet of the Wolves" Narnack Records A Benefit For Our Friends(DMBQ Tribute CD) "Excitebike" none2006 Rough Trade Shops: Rock and Roll 1 "Riffwraiths" V2 Records2007 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 Deadby Mighty Robot (DVD) Live performance Contact Records Cue the Bugle Turbulent(The 2007 Believer Music Issue CD) "Deceiver"The Believer
Music videos TitleYearDirector(s)"The Metal East"2015"Blow To The Head"2019Caleb Wood
See also Load Records discography
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Discography on Load Records Discography on Bowdoin.edu