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Providence, Rhode Island, United States (1995 – present)

Lightning Bolt emerged from Providence, Rhode Island, United States in 1995 as a three-piece art school project. Initially there was Brian Chippendale’s explosive, non-stop drumming, Brian Gibson’s Contortions like bass lines, and Hisham Bharoocha’s vocals propelling them in a fury of volatile noise and orgiastic tribalism. The group helped found Fort Thunder, a music and art collective, and recorded Lightning Bolt which was issued through Load in 1999. By 2001’s Ride the Skies, Bharoocha had departed (he eventually formed Black Dice). This left the vocal duties to Chippendale, who put the microphone into a sock and stuffed it under a mask he wears while performing. Lightning Bolt did a series of tours with bands like The Locust, Arab on Radar, Orchid, and Melt-Banana before returning in 2003 with the studio album Wonderful Rainbow. The album did very well in underground music circles, and set up the release of 2005’s Hypermagic Mountain.

Lightning Bolt is well known for their live performances, in which they turn up the volume as loud as it can possibly go and forgo a traditional stage, preferring to perform amidst the audience.

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1	Sound Guardians	564
2	Colossus	525
3	Dracula Mountain full track	496
4	Assassins full track	486
5	Nation of Boar	468
6	2 Morro Morro Land full track	443
7	The Sublime Freak	423
8	Hello Morning full track	411
9	funny farm	361
10	Flooded Chamber	359
11	Captain Caveman full track	355
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14	On Fire full track	321
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nuclearistic wrote:
yesterday evening

They should play in germany. I'd go there.

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Antikrun wrote:
Wednesday morning

they sound like everything is not under control. but it is

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MHotel wrote:
last week

Every Lightning Bolt picture is pure fucking gold. Like the kind of gold that bends your mother over her sewing table and fucks her hard. Like that.

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theoryunearthed wrote:
last week

Just listened to Dracula Mountain so loud my ears were crackling. I feel fucking great.

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RichieAHB wrote:
last week

The new Lightning Bolt album sounds like a Lightning Bolt album. They're nothing if not reassuring, at least. [2]

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bigfatrooster wrote:
last week

Got my tickets for Islington Mill. Boozaliyah!

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dearl wrote:
last week

Anyone else think that the mixing of the drums on their albums is not as heavy or full sounding as they should be? Unless it's my headphones, but they always sound a bit 'thin' to me?

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m0ph0 wrote:
last week

Transmissionary is a soul destroyer.

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allbadendsall wrote:
last week

hurrrrrr durrrrrr they're both named brian

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KNIFE_ME_IN wrote:
last month

awww, that wasn't it!

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placebo_molko wrote:
last month

lol'd at the jokes about the brians.

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Brosso wrote:
last month

not my cup of tee, but there is some song that make me smile "crown of storms"

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boumalhab wrote:
last month

Even if you don't like Lightning Bolt, you have to admit, their album covers kick so much ass.

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LPEMP wrote:
last month

The new Lightning Bolt album sounds like a Lightning Bolt album. They're nothing if not reassuring, at least.

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mimi_do wrote:
last month

http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Консервированная+Нина+Дробышева

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RichieAHB wrote:
last month

check my review for the new album at http://bit.ly/1yXXr8 :D

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floppydiscs wrote:
last month

one of the best live shows ive ever seen

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Get_Fighted wrote:
last month

I feel like Brian really dropped the ball on the new record. Otherwise it's solid, though; Brian really picked up the slack.

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archlilim wrote:
last month

New album is pretty awesome.

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boumalhab wrote:
last month

I think Brian is really talented, but Brian is just way better.

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