Brian Chippendale

For the English footballer, see Brian Chippendale (footballer).
Brian Chippendale
Birth name Brian Chippendale
Born 22 July 1973 (age 41)
New York City, New York
Origin Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Genres Experimental music, noise rock
Occupation(s) Singer, drummer, comic book creator
Instruments Drums, vocals
Years active 1994–present
Labels Thrill Jockey, Load Records, Corleone, Bulb, Ooo Mau Mau
Associated acts Lightning Bolt, Mindflayer, Björk, Black Pus, Boredoms

Brian Chippendale (born 1973 in New York City, New York) is a musician and artist based in Providence, Rhode Island. He is best known as the drummer and vocalist for the experimental noise rock band Lightning Bolt.

Microphone

As a vocalist for Lightning Bolt and Mindflayer, Chippendale eschews the usual microphone stand and conventional microphone, instead using a contact microphone. 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 incomprehensible. More recently, Chippendale has used a Line 6 delay pedal to delay and repeat his vocals while drumming.[1]

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.

Chippendale performed drums on Björk's 2007 album Volta.[2] He also did a remix for Björk's single "Declare Independence" under the alias Black Pus.

Graphic art

Chippendale is also an artist. He created the album art for all Lightning Bolt releases.[3]

In October 2006, Chippendale released the comic book Ninja, an art book and comic that incorporates simple action comics he drew as a child with more surreal work drawn as an adult.[4] 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 are not inked in by his pen.[5] His latest graphic novel is called "If n' Oof".

In June 2010 an exhibit Fruiting Bodies of Chippendale's artwork opened at the Cinders Gallery in Brooklyn.[6] Since May 2011, Chippendale has published a monthly comic in Mothers News, a monthly newspaper published in Providence, Rhode Island.

Selected Discography

Lightning Bolt

Black Pus

Boredoms

References

  1. ↑ Licht, Alan (2005-01-12). "Lightning Bolt". The Wire #262. The Wire Archive. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
  2. ↑ "Volta is the name and the date is...". Bjork.com. 2007-03-02. Retrieved 2007-03-02.
  3. ↑ Sisario, Ben (2004-12-02). "The Art of Noise". Spin. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
  4. ↑ Wolk, Douglas (Feb 14, 2010). "Ninja". Salon. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
  5. ↑ "Maggots by Brian Chippendale". Review. MadInkBeard. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
  6. ↑ "2010 Brian Chippendale". Cinders Gallery. Retrieved 6 June 2010.

External links