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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. 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.
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." [1]
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: [2]
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.
During Mindflayer performances, Chippendale also tends to employ a second Ludwig-Musser snare drum.
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.[3] 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]
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
Comics
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]
In October 2006, Chippendale released his long-awaited ''Ninja'' comic book, an epic 80-page graphic novel five years in the making. [1]
Chippendale has also done the album art for all of Lightning Bolt's studio album.[6]
Other projects
Chippendale performed drums on Björk's 2007 album ''Volta''.[7]
In 2003 Brian played on ar least one occasion with Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore under the label Nuntronix,[8] which seems to be a catch-all moniker for Moore's free improvisation collaborations.
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)
Lightning Bolt
Main articles: Lightning Bolt discography
Albums
★ ''Lightning Bolt'' (Load) (1999)
★ ''Zone'' 50-minute companion cassette (1999)
★ ''Ride the Skies'' (Load) (2001)
★ ''Wonderful Rainbow'' (Load) (2003)
★ ''Hypermagic Mountain'' (Load) (2005)
DVD / Video
★ ''The Power of Salad'' (Load) (2002)
★ ''Pick a Winner'' (Load) (2004)
Mindflayer
Self-released
★ ''Raise Your Tentacles and Yell!'' (released on official website) (2000)[9]
★ ''Live CD-R'' (released on official website) (Bulb) (2000/2001)9
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)
7-inch singles
★ Split (with Prurient)'' (Important Records) (2007)
Appearances on compilations
★ ''Old Tyme Lemonade'' compilation (Hospital Productions) (2004)
Pissants
★ ''Mindless Little Insects'' (1990)
★ ''Aphidz Army Anarchy'' (1991)
Collaborations
★ ''Volta'' (2007)
References
1.
2. http://www.laserbeast.com/photos/090405/Lightning-Bolt-Earthunder-1.jpg
3. CD Review Revue (Wonderful Rainbow)
4. Lightning Bolt
5. Ninja #4
6. The Art of Noise
7. Volta is the name and the date is...
8. Updated: July 2, 2004
9. Mindflayer (songs)
External links
★ Official website
★ Other website
★ Faux Fetus Collective - Black Pus
★ Load Records
★ Art programme
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