Brian Chippendale

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Name = Brian Chippendale

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Origin = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Born = 1973
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Genre = Noise rock
Occupation = Musician, comic artist
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Instrument = Vocals
Drums
Saxophone
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Label = Load Records
diarreahRama Recordscite web
last = Stosuy
first = Brandon
title = Interview: Brian Chippendale
publisher = Pitchfork Media
date = 2006-12-05
url = http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/37421/Interview_Interview_Brian_Chippendale
accessdate = 2007-03-21]
Associated_acts = Lightning Bolt
Mindflayer
Black Pus
Lord Sun Sun
Pissants
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Brian Chippendale (born 1973) is a musician and artist 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, "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, Pennsylvania, 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."cite video
people = Peter Glantz, Nick Noe
title = The Power of Salad
medium = DVD
publisher = Load Records
location =
date = 2003 ]

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: [http://www.laserbeast.com/photos/090405/Lightning-Bolt-Earthunder-1.jpg]

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 in front 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 and Black Pus 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.cite web
last = Maerz
first = Jennifer
title = CD Review Revue (Wonderful Rainbow)
publisher = "The Stranger"
date = 2003-02
url = http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=13405
accessdate = 2007-08-01] 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.cite web
last = Licht
first = Alan
title = Lightning Bolt
work = The Wire #262
publisher = The Wire Archive
date = 2005-01-12
url = http://www.thewire.co.uk/web/unpublished/lightning_bolt.html
accessdate = 2007-03-21]

Effects

*Line 6 DL-4 Delay Modeler (two when performing as Black Pus)
*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 drumDigiTech Wammy pedal when performing as Black Pus

Comics

Aside from music, Chippendale is also a prolific comic-book artist. He's created the album art for all four Lightning Bolt releasescite web
last = Sisario
first = ben
title = The Art of Noise
publisher = Spin
date = 2004-12-02
url = http://www.spin.com/features/magazine/2004/12/art_noise/
accessdate = 2007-08-02] 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."cite web
last = English
first = Austin
title = Ninja #4
publisher = The Comics Journal
date = 2002
url = http://www.tcj.com/dogsbody/db050119.html
accessdate = 2007-02-21]

In October 2006, Chippendale released his long-awaited "Ninja" comic book, an epic 80-page graphic novel five years in the making. [http://www.gingkopress.com/_cata/_popk/ninja.htm]

Other projects

Chippendale performed drums on Björk's 2007 album "Volta".cite web
title = Volta is the name and the date is...
publisher = Bjork.com
date = 2007-03-02
url = http://bjork.com/news/?id=608;year=2007
accessdate = 2007-03-02] He also did a remix for Björk's single "Declare Independence" under the alias Black Pus.

In 2003 Brian played on at least one occasion with Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore under the label Nuntronix,cite web
title = Updated: July 2, 2004
date = 2004-07-04
url = http://spazioinwind.libero.it/mikeattacks/want.html
accessdate = 2007-03-02] which seems to be a catch-all moniker for Moore's free improvisation collaborations.

Brian participated as drummer 77 in the Boredoms 77 Boadrum performance which occurred on July 7th, 2007 at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn, New York.

Discographies

Solo projects

* "Glemun" cassette (1993)
* "Glemun 2" cassette (1995)
* 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)
* "Black Pus IV: All Aboard the Magic Pus!" (2008)
* "Black Pus/Foot Village" split 12" (2008)
* "Olneyville Providence Live Compilation" (10 CD-r handmade bootleg boxset) (no label) (2005)

Lightning Bolt

Albums

* "Lightning Bolt" cassette (self released) (1996)
* "Lightning Bolt" (Load) (1998)
* "Zone" 50-minute companion cassette (1998)
* "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

elf-released

* "Raise Your Tentacles and Yell!" (released on official website) (2000)cite web
authorlink = Mindflayer (band)
title = Mindflayer (songs)
url = http://www.mindflayer.com/mp3.html
accessdate = 2007-03-21 ]
* "Live CD-R" (released on official website) (Bulb) (2000/2001)
* "Apeshit" cassette, 50 copies (2003) Thunder Tapes

tudio 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)
* Split (with Deep Jew) " (not not fun) (2007)

Appearances on compilations

* "Old Tyme Lemonade" compilation (Hospital Productions) (2004)

Pissants

* "Mindless Little Insects" (1990)
* "Aphidz Army Anarchy" (1991)

Collaborations

* "Volta" (2007)

References

External links

* [http://laserbeast.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.lightningband.com Other website]
* [http://www.fauxfetus.net/ Faux Fetus Collective - Black Pus]
* [http://www.loadrecords.com/ Load Records]
* [http://newton.sunderland.ac.uk/~vardygallery/brian/brianinfo.htm Art programme]
* [http://www.viva-radio.com/77Boadrum/drummers.php?id=77&view=video 77 Boadrum Site Profile] Viva Radio, Sep 2007. (Flash)