| Brian Chippendale | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | July 22, 1973 |
| Origin | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Genres | Noise rock |
| Occupations | Musician, comic artist |
| Instruments | Vocals, drums, saxophone |
| Labels | Load, diarreahRama[1] |
| Associated acts | Lightning Bolt, Mindflayer, Black Pus, Lord Sun Sun, Pissants, The Boredoms, Björk |
Brian Chippendale (born July 22, 1973) is a musician and artist based in 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).[2] He also plays saxophone and drums in a solo project called Black Pus. Chippendale also illustrates his own comic book series, Maggots, and a number of other one-shot, limited-publication comics. 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 attended Conestoga High School in Berwyn. He started drumming with his first band, the Pissants, in 1989.
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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."[3]
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:[4]
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 tom to the left, and the two snare drums directly in front and to the right. During more recent concerts, Chippendale has added a smaller tom to the front left of his kit.
During Mindflayer and Black Pus performances, Chippendale also tends to employ a second Ludwig-Musser snare drum.
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.[5] 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, in a style almost identical to Ruins (band). More recently, Chippendale has used a Line 6 delay pedal to delay and repeat his vocals while drumming.[6]
DigiTech Whammy pedal when performing as Black Pus
Aside from music, Chippendale is also a prolific comic-book artist. He's created the album art for all five Lightning Bolt releases[7] and draws a number of other, usually one-shot comics. 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."[8]
In October 2006, Chippendale released his long-awaited Ninja comic book, an art book and comic that incorporates simple action comics he drew as a child with more surreal work drawn as an adult.[9] In 2007 he released Maggots, which was drawn ten years previously but had never been released. Maggots is drawn over a Japanese book catalog, so Japanese characters appear in all the spaces that aren't inked in by his pen.[10] In 2010 another book If 'n Oof is due.[11]
Chippendale, and his graphic work, are featured in the 2009 film Died Young Stayed Pretty about rock poster art.[12]
In June 2010 an exhibit Fruiting Bodies of Chippendale's artwork opened at the Cinders Gallery in Brooklyn.[13] Since May 2011, Chippendale has published a monthly comic in Mothers News, a monthly newspaper published in Providence, RI.
In 2008 Chippendale collaborated on Lee "Scratch" Perry's album "Repentance"
Chippendale performed drums on Björk's 2007 album Volta.[14] He also did a remix for Björk's single "Declare Independence" under the alias Black Pus.
In 2003 Chippendale played on at least one occasion with Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore at the Middle East (Cambridge, MA) under the name Nuntronix.[15]
Chippendale participated as drummer 77 in the Boredoms 77 Boadrum performance which occurred on July 7, 2007 at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn.
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