# Lightning Bolt discography

Lightning Bolt is a noise rock duo from Providence, Rhode Island, composed of Brian Chippendale on drums and vocals and Brian Gibson on bass guitar. The group's discography consists of seven full-length studio albums and a number of 7-inch singles and splits. Lightning Bolt have also appeared on numerous compilations, starred in the 2003 tour-DVD The Power of Salad, and performed in DVD compilations such as Pick a Winner (Load Records, 2004) and Sleep When You are Dead by performance artists Mighty Robot (Contact Records, 2007).

## Albums

| Year | Details |
| 1999 | Lightning Bolt Label: Load (Load #26) Limited edition vinyl of 750 pressings. 50-minute companion cassette titled "Zone" also released. Re-issued on CD with "Zone" included. |
| 2001 | Ride the Skies Label: Load (Load #31) Released: February 28, 2001 |
| 2003 | Wonderful Rainbow Label: Load Records (Load #41) Released: March 4, 2003 |
| 2005 | Hypermagic Mountain Label: Load (Load #78) Released: October 18, 2005 |
| 2009 | Earthly Delights Label: Load (Load #126) Released: October 13, 2009 |
| 2015 | Fantasy Empire Label: Thrill Jockey Released: March 24, 2015 |
| 2019 | Sonic Citadel Label: Thrill Jockey Released: October 11, 2019 |

## Extended plays

| Year | Details |
| 2012 | Oblivion Hunter Label: Load (Load#142) Released: September 25, 2012 |

### 7-inch records

| Year | Release details |
| 1997 | Split Label: Load Records (Load #14) Split with Forcefield |
| 2000 | "Conan" Label: Load Records (Load #29) Also known as Tour 7" |
| 2006 | Ultra Cross Vol. 1 Label: Ki/oon Records, Sony Japan Split CD with Guitar Wolf Released in Japan only |

### Collaborative extended plays

| Year | Title | Track(s) | Label | Other |
| 2011 | The Flaming Lips 2011 #7: The Flaming Lips with Lightning Bolt (4-song 12" vinyl EP) | 4-songs co-written and performed with The Flaming Lips | Warner Bros./Lovely Sorts of Death | |

## Singles

| Year | Details |
| 2013 | "Barbarian Boy" Label: Released: August 5, 2013 Released as part of the Adult Swim Singles Program 2013 |

## DVD / video

| Year | Video details |
| 2003 | The Power of Salad Label: Load Records (Load #40) Directed by Peter Glantz and Nick Noe |

## Appearances on compilations

| Year | Title | Track(s) | Label | Other |
| 1996 | Repopulation Program | "Revenge" | Load Records | Only official release with Hisham Bharoocha. |
| 1999 | Fruited Other Surfaces | "LB.3.K6K3GU3.GO" | Vermiform Records | |
| 1999 | You're Soaking in It | "Diet of Grapes and Nuts" | Load Records | |
| 2000 | Bad Music for Bad People | "Rotata-ville" | Trash Art! | |
| 2000 | Mish Mash Mush Mega Mix Vol. 3 | "Race Back to Earth" | Fort Thunder | |
| 2001 | U.S. Pop Life Vol. 7: Random Access Music Machine | "Untitled" | Contact Records | |
| 2001 | U.S Pop Life Vol. 12: Tribute to Fort Thunder | "Pee Filled Longstockings" | Contact Records | Early version of "Longstockings" on Wonderful Rainbow |
| 2001 | KFJC Live from the Devil's Triangle Vol. III | "Untitled" | KFJC | First 2 minutes of Wee Ones Parade, but is a live recording |
| 2001 | Real Slow Radio | "Jam at the Parlor" | Fort Thunder | Early version of "2 Towers" on Wonderful Rainbow |
| 2001 | Old Tyme Lemonade | "Swarm" | Hospital Productions | Chippendale side-project Mindflayer also appears. |
| 2001 | Troubleman Mix-Tape | "Waiting for the Snake Assassin" | Troubleman Unlimited Records | Song eventually became "Assassins" on Wonderful Rainbow |
| 2001 | Mish Mash Mush Vol. 7 | "Luxery Tomb" | Fort Thunder | |
| 2002 | Don't Shoot the Toy Piano Player | "13 Monsters" | WFMU |
| 2002 | If The Twenty-First Century Didn't Exist, It Would Be Necessary To Invent It | "Ride The Friendly Skies" | 5RC | |
| 2002 | U.S. Pop Life Vol. 12: Random Slice of Life at Ft. Thunder – Bands Who Played At | "Untitled" | Contact Records | |
| 2004 | Pick a Winner (DVD and CD) | Live performance | Load Records | |
| 2005 | I Love Guitar Wolf...Very Much | "Planet of the Wolves" | Narnack Records | |
| 2005 | A Benefit For Our Friends (DMBQ Tribute CD) | "Excitebike" | none | |
| 2006 | Rough Trade Shops: Rock and Roll 1 | "Riffwraiths" | V2 Records | |
| 2007 | Ex Drummer | "2 Morro Morro Land" | Play It Again Sam | |
| 2007 | The Supermassive Selection CD by Muse | "Magic Mountain" | New Musical Express | CD accompanying NME Magazine, June 16, 2007. |
| 2007 | Sleep When You are Dead by Mighty Robot (DVD) | Live performance | Contact Records | |
| 2007 | Cue the Bugle Turbulent (The 2007 Believer Music Issue CD) | "Deceiver" | The Believer |

## Music videos

| Title | Year | Director(s) |
| "The Metal East" | 2015 | |
| "Blow To The Head" | 2019 | Caleb Wood |