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Brian Chippendale

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Brian Chippendale is a musician based out of Providence, Rhode Island. Chippendale is best known as the drummer/vocalist for the bands Lightning Bolt (alongside bassist Brian Gibson), and Mindflayer (alongside Matt Brinkman). He also plays saxophone and drums in a solo project called Black Pus. He also illustrates his own comic book series, Peanut Butter Ninja. As a result of playing drums in front of Lightning Bolt's amplification setup, which often exceeds 3000 watts, Chippendale has suffered considerable hearing loss. Before its destruction, Chippendale was a member of Fort Thunder, part of an abandoned, pre-Civil War textile factory in Providence, Rhode Island known as a work-space for local, avant-garde artists.

Sound

Chippendale is known for his fast-paced, frenetic drumming. In the Peter Glantz and Nick Noe film The Power of Salad, revolving around many of Lightning Bolt's live performances across America, Chippendale likens his drumming to his drawing style: "I feel like everything I do has something to do with filling up space. I dunno, almost the way I drum is the way I draw: it's like I'm covering every little space with a beat or a hit or something." Chippendale has been known to use a KMD 8021 Drum Exciter, a simple drum-synth module, triggered by the bass drum.

As the band's vocalist, 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 attatched to a hood. This microphone is then run through an effects processor to further alter the sound. Chippendale often warbles or makes non-sensical sounds into the microphone. The vocals typically come out extremely distorted and incomprehensible.

Discographies

Solo Projects

  • Appears as "Gleemun'" on the Sonic Chimp compilation LP (Sealed Hotel, 1996)
  • Black Pus I (2004)
  • Black Pus II (2005)
  • Black Pus III (2006)
  • Olneyville Providence Live Compilation (10 CD-r handmade bootleg boxset) (no label) (2005)

Lightning Bolt

Albums

7 Inch Records

DVD / Video

  • The Power of Salad and Milkshakes (2002)
  • Pick a Winner Compilation (2004)

Appearances on Compilations

  • Repopulation Program (Load) (1996)
  • Fruited Other Surfaces (Vermiform) (1999)
  • You're Soaking in It (Load) (1999)
  • Bad Music for Bad People (Trash Art) (2000)
  • Mish Mash Mush Mega Mix (2000)
  • U.S. Pop Life Vol. 7: Random Access Music Machine (2001)
  • KFJC Live from the Devil's Triangle Vol. III (2001)
  • Real Slow Radio Compilation (Fort Thunder) (2001)
  • Old Tyme Lemonade Complilation (Hospital Productions) (2001)
  • If The Twenty-First Century Didn't Exist, It Would Be Necessary To Invent It (5RC) (2002)
  • U.S. Pop Life Vol. 12: Random Slice of Life at Ft. Thunder - Bands Who Played At (2002)
  • I Love Guitar Wolf...Very Much (Narnack Records) (2005)
  • A Benefit For Our Friends (DMBQ Tribute CD) (No label) (2005)

Mindflayer

  • Take Your Skin Off (2003)
  • Its Always 1999 (2004)
  • Die & Mold Services (2004)
  • Expedition To The Hairier Peaks (2005)
  

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