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Lightning Bolt + Quehenberger

Samstag, 15. November

Lightning Bolt emerged from Providence, Rhode Island in 1995 as a three-piece art school project. Initially there was Brian Chippendale`s explosive, non-stop drumming, Brian Gibson`s James Chance & The 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 records 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.

WIRE magazine:
> "LIGHTNING BOLT`s anti-hierarchical, avant hardcore bass and drums remains one of the most exhilarating live shows on earth, not least for the sociological phenoma it provokes."

Lightning Bolt
Lightning Bolt myspace
Load Records