History Music / LightningBolt

* CarefulWithThatAxe: The vast majority of Chippendale's vocals are deranged howling, sometimes going into SingingSimlish

* CarefulWithThatAxe: The vast majority of Chipppendale's vocals are deranged howling, sometimes going into SingingSimlish

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Very rarely do they go below an 8, and the majority is at a solid 10. However, "Horsepower" off of ''Fantasy Empire'' is a [[SurprisinglyGentleSong 7]] [[{{MoodWhiplash}} until the end.]]
** "The Faire Folk" off of ''Ride the Skies'' surprisingly stays at a 2 or 3 for most of the song, with the occasional jump to a 7.

* SensoryAbuse: Their music is so loud and chaotic that it's not uncommon for concertgoers to be unable to hear properly after attending a show.

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* SensoryAbuse

* TheUnintelligible: Chippendale's singing style is... [[{{Understatement}} a little hard to understand.]]
** This can be attributed to most of the vocals being shouted into a contact microphone inside a balaclava; the signal is then sent though an old-school telephone filter, causing the end result to be heavily distorted.
** Many of the band's songs feature vocals that are just gibberish and warbling.

* NobodyLovesTheBassist: Averted. The band doesn't have a guitarist, with Brian Gibson's bass playing being widely praised for its complexity and catchiness.

** This can be attributed to most of the vocals being shouted into a contact microphone inside a balaclava; the signal is then sent though an old-school telephone filter, causing the end result to be heavily distorted.

!!'''''Trope you in the evening, trope you in the dawn...'''''

'''''Trope you in the evening, trope you in the dawn...'''''

* TheUnintelligible: Chippendale's singing style is... [[{{Understatement}} A little hard to understand.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right: [[OneSteveLimit Brian and Brian.]]]]

* ''Oblivion Hunter'' (2012)

* NoiseRock

* Noise Rock
* Sensory Abuse

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Very rarely do they go below an 8, and the majority is at a solid 10. However, "Horsepower" off of ''Fantasy Empire'' is a [[SurprisinglyGentleSong 7]] until the end.

* TheUnintelligible: Chippendale's singing style is... [[{{Understatement}} A little hard to understand.]]

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Very rarely do they go below a 9.

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Lightning Bolt is a noise rock band from Rhode Island, USA. There are only two members: Brian Chippendale on drums, and Brian Gibson on bass. The band formed in 1994, and they originally had a third member, Hisham Bharoocha. Bharooch was the vocalist and guitarist until he left in 1996. They released their self-titled album in 1999.

Key features in their music involve Chippendale's wild drumming and Gibson's heavily distorted bass. Gibson is known to shred on his bass in songs like "Bizarro Zarro Land." Despite the music being loud, chaotic, and aggressive, you can tell that the duo is having fun. When performing, the band prefers not to play on stage, and the crowd usually circles around them. The duo also seems to be very calm and relaxed when they aren't performing.

While the duo hasn't gotten much mainstream attention, they are very popular in the noise rock community. Their song "Dream Genie" from their 2015 album, "Fantasy Empire," was featured in the game Rock Band 4, and is an infamous song in the game's community for the insane difficulty.