Ride the Skies
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Ride the Skies is the second album by noise rock
band Lightning Bolt. This album is considered their breakthrough in the noise rock world.
Track #2, "Saint Jacques," is named after bassist Dan St. Jacques, a friend of the band and member of the bands Olneyville Sound System, Vincebus Eruptum (former), and Landed, the latter of which both Brian Gibson and Brian Chippendale are former members.
Scandinavian free jazz power trio The Thing
recorded a cover of track #4, "Ride the Sky." The cover is on their 2006 CD Action Jazz, released on the Norwegian label Smalltown Superjazzz
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Noise rock
Noise rock describes a style of post-punk rock music that became prominent in the 1980s. Noise rock makes use of the traditional instrumentation and iconography of rock, but incorporates atonality and especially dissonance, and also frequently discards usual songwriting conventions.-Style:Noise...
band Lightning Bolt. This album is considered their breakthrough in the noise rock world.
Track #2, "Saint Jacques," is named after bassist Dan St. Jacques, a friend of the band and member of the bands Olneyville Sound System, Vincebus Eruptum (former), and Landed, the latter of which both Brian Gibson and Brian Chippendale are former members.
Scandinavian free jazz power trio The Thing
The Thing (jazz band)
The Thing is a Norwegian/Swedish jazz band, consisting of Mats Gustafsson , Ingebrigt Håker Flaten , and Paal Nilssen-Love ....
recorded a cover of track #4, "Ride the Sky." The cover is on their 2006 CD Action Jazz, released on the Norwegian label Smalltown Superjazzz
Smalltown Superjazzz
Smalltown Superjazzz is an independent record label based in Oslo, Norway, and dedicated to new forms of jazz. It is a subsidiary of the label Smalltown Supersound.Their catalog features albums by The Thing, Mats Gustafsson and Free Fall....
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Track listing
- "Forcefield" – 4:01
- "Saint Jacques" – 4:13
- "13 Monsters" – 2:48
- "Ride the Sky" – 4:27
- "The Faire Folk" – 6:16
- "Into the Mist 2" – 3:21
- "Wee Ones Parade" – 5:19
- "Rotator" – 5:08
Album personnel
- Brian ChippendaleBrian ChippendaleBrian Chippendale is a musician and artist based in Providence, Rhode Island. Chippendale is best known as the drummer/vocalist for the bands Lightning Bolt and Mindflayer . He also plays saxophone and drums in a solo project called Black Pus...
– drums and vocals - Brian GibsonBrian Gibson (musician)Brian Gibson is a musician and artist based out of Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Gibson is best known as the bassist for the band Lightning Bolt, alongside drummer and vocalist Brian Chippendale, and as the drummer of Wizardzz, with Rich Porter of Bug Sized Mind, and Megasus. Gibson...
– bass guitar - Dave Auchenbach – recording engineer
- Jeff Lipton – mastering