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"Lightning Bolt is a noise rock duo from Providence, Rhode Island, presently composed of Brian Chippendale and Brian Gibson. They are one of the most well known of the bands connected to Providence's Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) music scene. The band formed while Chippendale and Gibson attended RISD, when Chippendale heard about "a new kid" who was a whiz on the bass guitar. At the same time, Chippendale was preparing to set up Fort Thunder, a disused warehouse space in the Olneyville district of Providence that came to house a number of different avant-garde artists and musicians, including Brian Ralph.

Formed in 1994, Lightning Bolt's initial line-up featured Brian Chippendale on drums, Brian Gibson on bass guitar, with Hisham Bharoocha on guitar and vocals joining the group after their first show. Chippendale took over vocal duties when Bharoocha left in 1996. The only officially released music with Bharoocha was a track on the Repopulation Program compilation. Bharoocha later joined Black Dice as drummer.

The band's music takes cues from Japanese noise rock bands such as Boredoms and Ruins, although jazz composer Sun Ra is an acknowledged influence. The band's Dadaist sound consists of Brian Chippendale's frenetic drumming, his usually incomprehensible vocals, and Brian Gibson's bass guitar playing. Chippendale eschews the usual microphone stand and conventional microphone, instead using the type of microphone built into a household telephone receiver, held in his mouth or attached to a hood. This microphone is then run through an effects processor to further alter the sound. Chippendale has also used a KMD 8021 Drum Exciter, a simple drum-synth module, triggered by the bass drum."

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