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[[Image:Lightning Bolt.jpg|thumb|right|Lightning Bolt playing live]]
Lightning Bolt is a noise rock duo from Providence (Rhode Island, USA). The members are Brian Chippendale as drummer and vocalist and Brian Gibson as bassist.

Muse have covered live the Lightning Bolt song [[Dracula Mountain (song)|Dracula Mountain]]. The first time was at Earls Court, 19th December 2004, but Muse also played it a few times during their 2005 North America Tour.

==Muse mentions==
Muse (Bellamy most of times) have mentioned Lightning Bolt as one of their favourites bands, and as an influence to them. Here are some examples:
*In a June 2005 interview with Keyboard Magazine, when Bellamy was asked about what was he listening at the moment, he said "I’m into a little bit of skronk, like Lightning Bolt; skronk is kind of noise-punk. To me, the drummer of Lightning Bolt is one of the best drummers in the world; he’s like the lead. Bass and drums, that’s all it is. Very experimental."<ref>{{cite/keyboardmagazine200506}}</ref>
*In a June 2006 interview with Howard, he mentioned Lightning Bolt among others as inspirations for Muse whilst in the studio. <ref>[[Space Prog: The Final Frontier - Muse (20060622 Gigwise feature)]]</ref>
*In a July 2006 interview with Bellamy, he said that he has "been influenced by an American band called Lightning Bolt. It’s like a two-piece kind of thing, and they manage to get an extremely powerful sound out of just bass and drums".<ref>[[Interview (20060720 Under the Radar article)]]</ref>
*Bellamy mentioned Lightning Bolt in an interview as one of the two piece bands he likes, in September 2006. The interview can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qCnECRP9yg here].
*In a interview with Rock Mag in May 2007, Bellamy mentioned Lightning Bolt as one of their latest album purchases.<ref>[[Discussion in London (200705 Rock Mag article)]]</ref>
*In a [[The Supermassive Selection (compilation)|compilation]] that came free with NME magazine in June 2007, that was composed of tracks chosen by Muse, the song Magic Mountain by Lightning Bolt was included.

==References==
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==See also==
*[http://lightningband.com/ Official site]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Bolt Wikipedia article]

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