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. Chippendale also illustrates his own comic book series, Peanut Butter Ninja, and a number of other one-shot, limited-publication comics. As a result of playing drums in front of Lightning Bolt's amplification setup, which often exceeds 3000 watts, Chippendale has been reported to have 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. Chippendale grew up outside of Philadelphia, PA, and started drumming with his first band, the Pissants, in 1989. Image File history File linksMetadata BrianChippendale. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... The saxophone (colloquially referred to as sax) is a conical-bored instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece like the clarinet. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Load Records is an American noise/experimental independent record label based out of Providence, Rhode Island. ... Lightning Bolt is a noise rock duo from Providence, Rhode Island, presently composed of Brian Chippendale and Brian Gibson. ... Mindflayer is a noise rock band from Providence, Rhode Island made up of Brian Chippendale (of Lightning Bolt) and Matt Brinkman (of Forcefield) which was formed out of Fort Thunder. ... Nickname: Location in Rhode Island Coordinates: Country United States State Rhode Island County Providence Government  - Mayor David N. Cicilline (D) Area  - City  20. ... Lightning Bolt is a noise rock duo from Providence, Rhode Island, presently composed of Brian Chippendale and Brian Gibson. ... Brian Gibson is a musician based out of Providence, Rhode Island. ... Mindflayer is a noise rock band from Providence, Rhode Island made up of Brian Chippendale (of Lightning Bolt) and Matt Brinkman (of Forcefield) which was formed out of Fort Thunder. ... Matt Brinkman (aka Mat Brinkman aka Meerk Puffy aka Mystery Brinkman aka Mr. ... The saxophone (colloquially referred to as sax) is a conical-bored instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece like the clarinet. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Hearing impairment or deafness is decreased or absent ability to perceive auditory information. ... Fort Thunder was a warehouse on the second floor of a pre-Civil War former textile factory in the Olneyville district of Providence, Rhode Island. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Nickname: Location in Rhode Island Coordinates: Country United States State Rhode Island County Providence Government  - Mayor David N. Cicilline (D) Area  - City  20. ... Nickname: Motto: Philadelphia maneto - Let brotherly love continue Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States Commonwealth Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Government  - Mayor John F. Street (D) Area  - City 369. ...

Sound

Chippendale is known for his fast-paced, frantic drumming. In the Peter Glantz and Nick Noe film The Power of Salad, revolving around a string of Lightning Bolt 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." ^[2] The Power of Salad, also known as The Power of Salad & Milkshakes, is a film by Peter Glantz and Nick Noe, featuring and documenting the Providence, Rhode Island noise rock band Lightning Bolt. ...

Equipment

Lightning Bolt is known for their dynamic and often hodge-podge setups. Chippendale does, however, have a fairly consistent equipment set-up during live performances: ^[3]

Drum setup

• One snare drum (Ludwig-Musser Supraphonic)
• Two floor toms
• One kick drum with a DW 5000 kick pedal
• Two cymbals (one Sabian 20" ride cymbal and one Zildjian 20" Ping ride cymbal)
• Drum sticks: Zildjian "Absolute Rock" blunt-end sticks
• Drumheads: REMO pinstripe drumheads

Though the composition of Chippendale's drum setup is fairly consistent, the positioning of them is not. Usually the kick drum and cymbals are to his right, the floor toms in front and to the left, and the single snare drum directly infront of the floor toms. During more recent concerts, Chippendale has added a smaller tom and moved one of his floor toms to the more conventional place, to his right. The snare drum or side drum is a tubular drum made of wood or metal with skins, or heads, stretched over the top and bottom openings, and with a set of snares (cords) strethced across the bottom head. ... Ludwig-Musser is a drum and percussion instrument manufacturer owned by Conn-Selmer, Inc. ... A floor tom is a double-headed tom-tom drum usually equipped with legs (usually three) mounted along the side, though they are quite often attached to a cymbal stand by using a clamp. ... A bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. ... It has been suggested that Pacific Drums and Percussion be merged into this article or section. ... It is also possible that you want to know about the Cymbalum instrument. ... 10-Inch AA Splash Sabian is a Canadian cymbal designer and manufacturer. ... A Zildjian 22 Z Custom Power Ride A ride cymbal is a type of cymbal that is a standard part of most drum kits. ... The Zildjian logo as seen on the official website The Avedis Zildjian Company is the worlds largest manufacturer of cymbals. ... A pair of drum sticks. ... The Zildjian logo as seen on the official website The Avedis Zildjian Company is the worlds largest manufacturer of cymbals. ... A drumhead is a membrane stretched over one or both of the open ends of a drum. ... Remo is the most prominent drumhead company in the United States, and their product is the most widely used. ...

During Mindflayer performances, Chippendale also tends to employ a second Ludwig-Musser snare drum. Mindflayer is a noise rock band from Providence, Rhode Island made up of Brian Chippendale (of Lightning Bolt) and Matt Brinkman (of Forcefield) which was formed out of Fort Thunder. ...

Microphone

As a vocalist for Lightning Bolt and Mindflayer, 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 alter the sound further. Chippendale often warbles or makes nonsensical sounds into the microphone, so the vocals typically come out extremely distorted and almost incomprehensible. More recently, Chippendale has used a Line 6 delay pedal to delay and repeat his vocals while drumming. ^[4] The Line 6 logo. ... A delay pedal is an effect used by guitarists to create an echo, or a lapse in time between when they play the note and when it sounds through the amplifier. ...

Effects

• Line 6 DL-4 Delay Modeler
• Boss SD-1 Overdrive pedal
• Morley Wah pedal
• Boss OC-3 Super Octave Pedal
• Death by Audio Interstellar Overdriver Pedal – used to add noise to drums
• BIAS Coron DS-7 Drum Synth – a simple drum-synth module attached to bass drum

The Line 6 logo. ... A typical compact effects pedal. ... Morley Pedals is a guitar effects pedal company famous for manufacturing their own brand of wah-wah effects pedal. ... A typical compact effects pedal. ... A synthesizer (or synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument designed to produce electronically generated sound, using techniques such as additive, subtractive, FM, physical modelling synthesis, phase distortion, or Scanned synthesis. ... A bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. ...

Comics

Panel from Protista Inspections

Aside from music, Chippendale is also a prolific comic-book artist. He's created the album art for all four Lightning Bolt releases, and draws a number of other, usually one-shot comics. Chippendale's drawing style, like his drumming, is very busy and full of small, perhaps unnecessary details. Chippendale's style has been described as "almost a little too enthusiastic". The same reviewer continues: "The manic detail and cross-hatching on every page, the Winsor McCay level of ambition in creating a beautiful page layout -- it's all a little hard to process." ^[5] Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (671x621, 107 KB) This image is a single panel from a comic strip or the interior of a single issue of a comic book and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic or... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (671x621, 107 KB) This image is a single panel from a comic strip or the interior of a single issue of a comic book and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic or...

In October 2006, Chippendale released his long-awaited Ninja comic book, an epic 80-page graphic novel five years in the making. [1] Trade paperback of Will Eisners A Contract with God (1978), often mistakenly cited as the first graphic novel. ...

Other projects

Chippendale will be performing drums on Björk's new album Volta, available May 7, 2007. ^[6] Björk Guðmundsdóttir ( ) (born November 21, 1965 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is an Icelandic singer/songwriter and composer, as well as an occasional actress. ... Volta is the sixth full-length studio album from Icelandic singer Björk, a follow-up to 2004s Medúlla and comprises ten new tracks. ... May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (128th in leap years). ... See also: 2000s in music. ...

In 2003 Brian played on ar least one occasion with Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore under the label Nuntronix ^[7], which seems to be a catch-all moniker for Moore's free improvisation collaborations. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sonic Youth is a seminal American alternative rock group formed in New York City in 1981. ... Thurston Joseph Moore (born July 25, 1958 in Coral Gables, Florida) is an American musician best known as a singer and guitarist for Sonic Youth. ... Free improvisation or free music is improvised music without any rules beyond the taste of the musicians involved, and not in any particular style. ...

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: Metamorpus (2006)
• Olneyville Providence Live Compilation (10 CD-r handmade bootleg boxset) (no label) (2005)

Chimp rock is a style of music distinguished by lack of formal training and/or aspirations for commercial potential. ... A compilation album is an album (music or spoken-word) featuring tracks from one or multiple recording artists, often culled from a variety of sources (such as studio albums, live albums, singles, demos and outtakes. ...

Lightning Bolt

Albums

• Lightning Bolt (Load) (1999)
• Zone 50-minute companion cassette (1999)
• Ride the Skies (Load) (2001)
• Wonderful Rainbow (Load) (2003)
• Hypermagic Mountain (Load) (2005)

Lightning Bolt is the first, eponymous album by Noise rock band Lightning Bolt. ... Ride the Skies is the second album by Noise rock band Lightning Bolt. ... Wonderful Rainbow is the third album by Noise rock band Lightning Bolt. ... Hypermagic Mountain is the fourth album by the noise rock band Lightning Bolt. ...

7 inch records

• Split (with Forcefield) (1997)
• Conan (2000)
• Ultra Cross Vol. 1 (split with Guitar Wolf) (Ki/oon Records) (2006) (Released in Japan only) ^[1]

Forcefield was a noise band and art collective closely associated with Fort Thunder in Providence, Rhode Island. ... The band Guitar Wolf, founded in Japan in 1987, are known for their piercing vocals and extremely loud style of garage punk that emphasized heavy distortion. ...

DVD / Video

• The Power of Salad (Load) (2002)
• Pick a Winner (Load) (2004)

The Power of Salad, also known as The Power of Salad & Milkshakes, is a film by Peter Glantz and Nick Noe, featuring and documenting the Providence, Rhode Island noise rock band Lightning Bolt. ...

Appearances on compilations

• Repopulation Program (Load) (1996)
• Fruited Other Surfaces (Vermiform Records) (1999)
• You're Soaking in it: The Sounds and Smells of Load Records (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 (Fort Thunder) (2001)
• Old Tyme Lemonade (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)
• Olneyville Providence Live Compilation (10 CD-r Rabbit handmade bootleg boxset) (no label) (2005)

5 Rue Christine is a Olympia, Washington based independent record label, formed as a sort of spin off from the Kill Rock Stars label in 1997. ...

Mindflayer

Self-released

• Raise Your Tentacles and Yell! (released on official website) (2000)^[8]
• Live CD-R (released on official website) (Bulb) (2000/2001)^[8]

Studio albums

• It's Always 1999 (Ooo Mau Mau/Load) (2001/2004)
• Take Your Skin Off (Bulb) (2003)
• Die & Mold Services (Corleone) (2004)
• Expedition to the Hairier Peaks (Corleone) (2005)

Its Always 1999 is the first album by the noise rock band Mindflayer. ... Take Your Skin Off is the first album by the noise rock band Mindflayer. ... Die & Mold Services is the third album by the noise rock band Mindflayer. ... Expedition to the Hairier Peaks (also written as Expedition to THR Hairier Peaks) is the fourth album by the noise rock band Mindflayer. ...

7-inch singles

• Split (with Prurient) (Important Records) (2007)

Prurient is the nom de plume of noise musician Dominik Fernow. ...

Appearances on compilations

• Old Tyme Lemonade compilation (Hospital Productions) (2004)

Pissants

• Mindless Little Insects (1990)
• Aphidz Army Anarchy (1991)

Collaborations

• Volta (2007)

Volta is the sixth full-length studio album from Icelandic singer Björk, a follow-up to 2004s Medúlla and comprises ten new tracks. ...

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Stosuy, Brandon (2006-12-05). Interview: Brian Chippendale. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved on 2007-03-21.
2. ^ Peter Glantz, Nick Noe. The Power of Salad [DVD]. Load Records.
3. ^ http://www.laserbeast.com/photos/090405/Lightning-Bolt-Earthunder-1.jpg
4. ^ Licht, Alan (2005-01-12). Lightning Bolt. The Wire #262. The Wire Archive. Retrieved on 2007-03-21.
5. ^ English, Austin (2002). Ninja #4. The Comics Journal. Retrieved on 2007-02-21.
6. ^ Volts is the name and the date is.... Bjork.com (2007-03-02). Retrieved on 2007-03-02.
7. ^ Updated: July 2, 2004 (2004-07-04). Retrieved on 2007-03-02.
8. ^ ^{a b} Mindflayer (songs). Retrieved on 2007-03-21.

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External links

• Official website
• Other website
• Faux Fetus Collective - Black Pus
• Load Records