Lightning Bolt roared out of Rhode Island's experimental underground in the early '90s, bringing punk rock's playful energy to extreme noise. Playing with the sweaty intensity of basement-show vets, bassist Brian Gibson lets loose with a dizzying barrage of fearsomely distorted but surprisingly catchy riffs, and drummer Brian Chippendale bashes out high-speed beats that blur the line between hardcore's skate-or-die attack and free jazz's disorienting squall. The two Brians also stay busy outside of Lightning Bolt, putting in time with even noisier outfits like Black Pus and Mindflayer.