Are there any other bands that sound like Lightning Bolt?

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the Happy Flowers

― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Friday, 25 November 2005 11:30 (eighteen years ago) link

The first couple of American Heritage releases if you can still track them down. They aren't as spazzy but have this crazy, relentless, polyrhythmic riffing thing going.

― mzui (mzui), Friday, 25 November 2005 11:47 (eighteen years ago) link

Check out Olneyville Sound System. Not exactly so much a band that sounds like Lightning Bolt, but a band without which Lightning Bolt could never exist. OSS, you see, was one of the progenitors of the whole Providence "noise" scene.

OSS is (was?) great but I don't think they ever successfully captured their live sound in a recording.

I'd also recommend Astoveboat if you're looking for drum/bass rumbling noise things. IIRC they predated OSS.

Although for the record there aren't many bands that "sound like" Lightning Bolt. Which is the point.

― Edward III (edward iii), Friday, 25 November 2005 13:35 (eighteen years ago) link

Noxagt = The Norwegian Lightning Bolt

http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/noxagt

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Friday, 25 November 2005 13:56 (eighteen years ago) link

Dragon or Emperor. Except they are 1000x better than Lightening Bolt.

― flowersdie (flowersdie), Friday, 25 November 2005 13:59 (eighteen years ago) link

guapo

― cb, Friday, 25 November 2005 14:52 (eighteen years ago) link

yes GUAPO!!

― JonBenet Taxidermy (piratestyle), Friday, 25 November 2005 15:23 (eighteen years ago) link

DJ Martian Noxagt are great but they really don't sound anything like Lightning Bolt

― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Friday, 25 November 2005 15:25 (eighteen years ago) link

GODHEADSILO
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GODHEADSILO
GODHEADSILO
GODHEADSILO
GODHEADSILO
GODHEADSILO
GODHEADSILO
GODHEADSILO

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Friday, 25 November 2005 15:26 (eighteen years ago) link

Elephantitus Of The Night is great. If Lightning Bolt played rock songs.

― jhoshea (scoopsnoodle), Friday, 25 November 2005 15:30 (eighteen years ago) link

cb Guapo are great but they really don't sound anything like Lightning Bolt

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Friday, 25 November 2005 15:37 (eighteen years ago) link

i'll concede the resemblance may be kinda superficial (i haven't heard either recently), but i think it's fair to say if you like lightning bolt, you'd probably find guapo of interest.

― cb, Friday, 25 November 2005 16:07 (eighteen years ago) link

I agree on the Godheadsilo...
Also: Enemymine shreds supreme.

― bobby.lasers, Friday, 25 November 2005 16:14 (eighteen years ago) link

re: Melt Banana and pedals, here (if this is still accurate) is Agata's equipment - http://guitargeek.com/rigview/262/

― fandango (fandango), Friday, 25 November 2005 16:24 (eighteen years ago) link

vs. Lightning Bolt - http://lightningbolt.proboards23.com/index.cgi?board=lb&action=display&thread=1128106812

http://www.laserbeast.com/photos/090405/Lightning-Bolt-Earthunder-2.jpg

― fandango (fandango), Friday, 25 November 2005 16:26 (eighteen years ago) link

All of which is over my head, but confirms they share an 'octave' pedal. Whatever that does....

― fandango (fandango), Friday, 25 November 2005 16:35 (eighteen years ago) link

Duracell. a ONE man lightning bolt.

does great computer game lightning bolt like songs. Check the Turrican one :)

He's on drums with some home made triggers too.

http://www.geocities.com/tribalboomboom/duracell.html

― Mr Monket (apn99), Friday, 25 November 2005 17:33 (eighteen years ago) link

Here's Duracells home page:
http://andrediamant.free.fr/duracell.htm

― Mr Monket (apn99), Friday, 25 November 2005 17:34 (eighteen years ago) link

I just went over to LB's homepage... I still can't seem to get excited about this band :/ The way the drumming constantly flops in/out of sync sorta bothers me in a amateur-but-not-good-amateur way.

― fandango (fandango), Friday, 25 November 2005 17:40 (eighteen years ago) link

downloading the duracell guy now :)

― fandango (fandango), Friday, 25 November 2005 17:44 (eighteen years ago) link

Olneyville Sound System were one of the best Providence bands ever, whatever the era. My favorite album of theirs is probably "On Safari," but they're all unique and have different things to recommend them. The free jazz OSS album, "Efforts in Freedumb," is also fantastic and shows them stretching away from the bludgeoning trash rock of earlier releases.

― Special Agent Dale Koopa (orion), Friday, 25 November 2005 20:43 (eighteen years ago) link

The Psychic Paramount (featuring 2 former Laddio Bolocko members), but they're even better than Lightning Bolt (whom I love).

― original plagiarist, Saturday, 26 November 2005 00:47 (eighteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

just been listen to an old C90 of peel.anyone know of (and this is phonetic spelling) gera gera gay gay gay. cd called "melt" on "work in progress" could be early 90,s track "anal beethoven" only "the man" would play this on national radio. radio 1 "in new musuc we trust", fetch me the sick bucket.

― LEE PINDER, Saturday, 10 December 2005 12:08 (eighteen years ago) link

Gerogerigegege... Google should give you plenty of info

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Saturday, 10 December 2005 12:37 (eighteen years ago) link

These reccomendations are all over the musical map!

Try those Mindflayer records, same drummer.

― QuantumNoise (Justin Farrar), Saturday, 10 December 2005 15:37 (eighteen years ago) link

BLACK PUS

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Sunday, 11 December 2005 02:51 (eighteen years ago) link

eleven years pass...

My favorite 10 Load LPs.

http://clrvynt.com/10-load-records-favorites/

― Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 21:48 (six years ago) link

*Like*

― Brexterminate all the brutes (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 21:50 (six years ago) link

ha! (I always find myself trying to do that on ILX these days.)

― Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 21:55 (six years ago) link

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