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37-613: FYF Fest (short for "Fuck Yeah Fest Fest ") was an annual three-day music festival held at the Los Angeles Exposition Park in Los Angeles, California . It was founded by Sean Carlson in 2004 and later solely produced by Goldenvoice, a subsidiary of AEG Live . The event showcased many genres of music, including rock, pop, indie, electronic and hip hop as well as art installations and sculptures. The festival also had its own night market where people could buy food while watching

74-434: A banjo string for the high A. He used this four-string setup for several years, but has recently been seen using a five-string setup, tuned to C G D A E, with banjo strings for the A and E. Gibson also uses several effects pedals, including overdrive pedals, an octaver , a delay pedal , and a whammy pedal ( pitch shifter ). Like many noise rock bands, Lightning Bolt mostly plays extremely loud, aggressive music. In

111-440: A conventional microphone, instead using the type of microphone built into a household telephone receiver, held in his mouth or attached to a mask, which is then run through an effects processor to further alter the sound. Chippendale has also used a KMD 8021 Drum Exciter, a simple drum- synth module, triggered by the bass drum. Gibson plays his bass guitar tuned to cello standard tuning, in intervals of fifths (C G D A), using

148-554: A number of local avant-garde artists and musicians, including Brian Ralph as well as Lightning Bolt. The band's first full-length album was a self-titled vinyl record on the Load Records label. The album was initially released in a limited edition pressing of 750 copies, and a 50-minute companion cassette titled "Zone" was released later. In 1999 the album was re-released on CD, including "Zone" as bonus tracks and alternative cover art. Lightning Bolt's second full-length album

185-469: A time and "just playing". The concept of writing songs and recording an album didn't occur to the band until 1997, when Ben McOsker, founder of Load Records , approached the duo. During these formative years, Chippendale and his freshman-year college roommate Matt Brinkman began to set up Fort Thunder , a disused warehouse space in the Olneyville district of Providence. The space eventually came to house

222-468: Is a need to avoid pleonasms such as redundant acronyms depends on one's balance point of prescriptivism (ideas about how language should be used) versus descriptivism (the realities of how natural language is used). For writing intended to persuade, impress, or avoid criticism, many usage guides advise writers to avoid pleonasm as much as possible, not because such usage is always wrong, but rather because most of one's audience may believe that it

259-413: Is always wrong. Although there are many instances in editing where removal of redundancy improves clarity, the pure-logic ideal of zero redundancy is seldom maintained in human languages. Bill Bryson says: "Not all repetition is bad. It can be used for effect ..., or for clarity, or in deference to idiom . ' OPEC countries', ' SALT talks' and ' HIV virus' are all technically redundant because

296-453: Is currently in the works over at Load Records. It is expected to be available at the end of the summer." No official word has since been released. In 2005, Lightning Bolt released Hypermagic Mountain , their most critically acclaimed album to date. In 2006, Lightning Bolt was deported from Japan days after they arrived to continue their tour from the UK. Band members were detained on arrival on

333-606: Is often used, and in English "please RSVP " (roughly "please respond please") is very common. This occurs for the same linguistic reasons that cause many toponyms to be tautological . The tautology is not parsed by the mind in most instances of real-world use (in many cases because the foreign word's meaning is not known anyway; in others simply because the usage is idiomatic). Examples of RAS phrases include: Lightning Bolt (band) Lightning Bolt are known for their guerrilla-style live performances, where they typically play on

370-619: Is the need for spelling alphabets in radiotelephony. Some instances of RAS syndrome can be viewed as syntactic examples of the principle. The redundancy may help the listener by providing context and decreasing the " alphabet soup quotient" (the cryptic overabundance of abbreviations and acronyms) of the communication. Acronyms from foreign languages are often treated as unanalyzed morphemes when they are not translated. For example, in French, "le protocole IP" (the Internet Protocol protocol)

407-413: Is the song "13 Monsters", where Chippendale sings a playground style counting chant through heavy distortion over the instrumentals of his drums and Gibson's bass guitar. As for the band's genre, Brian Gibson is quoted as saying, "I hate, hate, hate the category "noise-punk" I really don't like being labeled with two words that have so much baggage. It's gross." As the group's vocalist, Chippendale eschews

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444-515: The film The Power of Salad , Gibson attributes much of their success to volume: We used to get more negative reactions when [we] didn't have as loud of stuff. It's just, be super loud and you're all set. (laughs) The rock and roll has been revealed. I do feel that that's the message – if there's any message, that's what it is. This is kinda what we do to keep ourselves excited these days. In these days – everyone knows what I'm talking about. (laughs) The band have reportedly never been fans of

481-464: The Band • Nudity • Gayrilla Biscuits • Blood Meridan • The Po Pos • Issiea Saccua • Bad Dudes • Black Fag • Horses • Sex Eyes August 19: Giant Drag • Silversun Pick Ups • Envy • The Thermals • Dios Malos • Darker My Love • Foreign Born • Subtitle • Hit Me Back • Brother Reade • Chuck Ragan • Graf Orlock • The Rolling Blackouts • Whiskey Biscuit • Sleeping People • Strange Boys August 20: Dead Meadow •

518-540: The Jewels • !!! (Chk Chk Chk) • Flying Lotus • Savages • Simian Mobile Disco • Dinosaur Jr. • Jon Hopkins • The Drums • Kaytranada • Shlohmo • Cold Cave • Joyce Manor • Joy Orbison • Melody's Echo Chamber • Tennis • Ben UFO • BadBadNotGood • METZ • Alvvays • La Femme • Horse Meat Disco • Mikal Cronin • BRONCHO • Kevin Morby • DJ Dodger Stadium • Junk August 23: Morrissey • D'Angelo and

555-789: The Knife • Triumph of Lethargy Skinned Alive to Death • Mannequin Men • Best Fwends • Crystal Antlers • War Tapes • Frank Farfield • Graham Forest • Nodzz • Witch Hats • Rusty Lazer Comedy: Bob Odenkirk • Jeff Garlin • Josh Fadem • Matt Dwyer • Jonah Ray • Andy Daly • Matt Besser • Matt Braunger • Natasha Leggero • Jarrett Grode • Kyle Kinane • Brody Stevens September 5, 2009 @ LA State Historic Park Black Lips • Tim & Eric • Lightning Bolt • No Age • Converge • Lucero • Fucked Up • Glass Candy • Dillinger Escape Plan • Torche • The Thermals • Times New Viking • Wavves • Mika Miko • Darker My Love • Crystal Antlers • Woods • Telepathe • Peanut Butter Wolf • Japanther •

592-1590: The Lizard Wizard August 27 & 28, 2016 @ LA Sports Arena & Exposition Park Line Up July 21, 22 & 23, 2017 @ Exposition Park July 21: Missy Elliott • Björk • Anderson .Paak • Flying Lotus • Slowdive • Majid Jordan • Angel Olsen • BADBADNOTGOOD • John Talabot • Thee Oh Sees • Beach Fossils • Horse Meat Disco • Hundred Waters • Survive • Kamaiyah • Royal Headache • Helena Hauff • Kirk Knight • Paranoid London • Kelly Lee Owens July 22: Frank Ocean • A Tribe Called Quest • Erykah Badu • MGMT • Nicolas Jaar • King Krule • Sleep • Thundercat • The Drums • The Black Madonna • Built To Spill • Motor City Drum Ensemble • Cap'n Jazz • The Faint • NONAME • Arca + Jesse Kanda • Jonathan Richman • Perfume Genius • Daniel Avery • Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 • Mitski • Homeshake • Princess Nokia • Fatima Yamaha • Young Marco • Avalon Emerson • Big Thief July 23: Nine Inch Nails • Iggy Pop • Solange • Run The Jewels • Mac DeMarco • Little Dragon • Hannibal Buress • Kehlani • 6lack • Chicano Batman • Mura Masa • Ty Segall • Talaboman • Blonde Redhead • DJ Harvey • Temples • Tiga • Whitney • TR/ST • Moses Sumney • Omar-S • Andy Shauf • Joey Purp • Honey Soundsystem • Cherry Glazerr • Nadia Rose • Julia Jacklin RAS syndrome RAS syndrome , where RAS stands for redundant acronym syndrome (making

629-1025: The Ponys • Erase Errate • Mika MIko • Midnight Movies • Gris Gris • Icarus Line • Plot to Blow up The Eiffel Tower • Partyline • Wires on Fire • The Adored • Bobby Birdman • Barr • Matt & Kim • No Age August 25 & 26, 2007 @ Echo, Echoplex, Rec Center August 25: The Explosion • The Fuse! • Lavender Diamond • Busdriver • Boom Bip • American Steel • Entrance • the Mae Shi • Fleshies • Bobby Birdman • Thee More Shallows • Greg Ashley of Gris Gris • Upsilon Acrux • Residual Echoes • Imaad Wasif • Times New Viking • Hit Me Back, • Brother Reade • Wooden Shjips • Love or Perish • Devon Williams • Japanese Motors August 26: Deerhunter • Indian Jewelry • The Blood Arm • Midnight Movies • Jay Reatard • Foreign Born • Pissed Jeans • No Age • xBxRx • Darker My Love • The Nice Boys • Langhorne Slim • Great Northern • Triclops • Red Fang • Best Fwends • Whispertown 2000 • Moonrats • Rumspringa •

666-786: The Radio • FLAG • Deerhunter • Devendra Banhart • The Breeders (performing Last Splash ) • The Locust • Toro y Moi • Death Grips • Roky Erickson • STRFKR • Simian Mobile Disco B2B Bicep • Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires • Thee Oh Sees • Ty Segall • Dan Deacon • Nosaj Thing • Title Fight • Classixx • Delorean • Eleanor Friedberger • Joyce Manor • Horse Meat Disco • METZ • Crystal Antlers • Mikal Cronin • The Underachievers • Lemuria • Waxahatchee Comedians: Doug Benson • Brendon Small • Brett Gelman • Hampton Yount • Jim Hamilton • Jonah Ray August 25: My Bloody Valentine • MGMT • Beach House • Solange • Yo La Tengo • Washed Out • Holy Ghost! • Melvins • No Age • Les Savy Fav • Shlohmo • Kurt Vile &

703-2359: The Sky • Guided by Voices • Simian Mobile Disco (Live) • Cold War Kids • Girls • No Age • Kid Dynamite • The Dead Milkmen • Dan Deacon • The Head and the Heart • Glass Candy • Cass McCombs • Four Tet • YACHT • The WEakerthans • Cults • Chromatics • Olivia Tremor Control • Smith Westerns • OFF! • The Strange Boys • Mr. Heavenly • Ty Segall • Japandroids • Pink Pink Mountaintops • Avi Buffalo • Fool's Gold • Nosaj Thing • Twin Sister • Title Fight • Touche Amore • Future Islands • Purity Ring • Tijuana Panthers • Girls SEPTEMBER 1 & 2, 2012 @ LA State Historic Park September 1: Refused • M83 • James Blake • Sleigh Bells • Quicksand • Simian Mobile Disco (Live) • Hot Snakes • Warpaint • Black Mountain • The Growlers • Fucked Up • Chromatics • The Vaselines • Future Islands • Tanlines • The Pains of Being Pure at Heart • Chairlift • Tycho • Purity Ring • Cloud Nothings • Two Gallants • Redd Kross • AA Bondy • Dam Funk • The Men • The Soft Pack • King Tuff • DJ Harvey • Moonface • John Maus • FIDLAR • Nite Jewel • The Suicide of Western Culture • The Orwells • Sandro Perri • White Arrows • Doldrums • Devin • JDH and Dave P Comedians: Baron Vaughn • Jonah Ray • Matt Braunger • Pete Holmes • Sklar Brothers • Greg Barris • Jim Hamilton • Neil Hamburger • Leo Allen • Eric Andre Show (Live) September 2: Beirut • The Faint • Yeasayer • Nicolas Jaar (Live) • Desaparecidos • American Nightmare • Dinosaur JR • Against Me! • Turbonegro • Twin Shadow • Glass Candy • Liars • Health • Paul Banks • Cursive • Converge • King Khan & The Shrines • Lightning Bolt • Gold Panda • Aesop Rock • Atlas Sound • Black Dice • Ceremony • The Field • Givers • Father John Misty • Wild Nothing • Nick Waterhouse • Tiger & Woods • Papa • Joyce Manor • Allah Las • White Fence • DJ Coco • Daughn Gibson • Kishi Bashi • Lovely Bad Things • JDH & Dave P Comedy: Jerrod Carmichael • Joe Sib • DJ Douggound • Garfunkel & Oates • Rory Scovel • Maria Bamford • Sean O'Connor • Matt Dwyer • Brendon Walsh • Brent Weinbah • David Cross AUGUST 24 & 25, 2013 @ LA State Historic Park August 24: Yeah Yeah Yeahs • TV on

740-871: The Strange Boys • 60 Watt Kid • Abe Vigoda • the Muslims (Soft Pack) • The Prayers • Bad Dudes • Jail Wedding Comedy: Jonah Ray • Bob Odenkirk • Josh Fadem • Matt Braunger • Cracked Out • Anthony Jeselnik • Aziz Ansari August 30 & 31 2008 @ the Echo, Echoplex, Jensen Rec Center, Taix No Age • Negative Approach • Matt & Kim • Fucked Up • Two Gallants • Ladyhawk • David Vandervelde • Glass Candy • High Places • Paint it Black • Off with their Heads • Past Lives • Mae Shi • Halloween Swim Team • Underground Railroad to Candyland • Japanther • Mika Miko • Monotonix • The Strange Boys • Trash Talk • Anavan • Frank Fairfield • Michael Runion • Dimitri Coats • Tod Adrian Wisenbacker • Preacher and

777-1161: The Strange Boys • Cold Cave • Kurt Vile • Avi Buffalo • Dios • Eat Skull • Ninjasonik • Nobunny • Carbonas • Har Mar Superstar September 4, 2010 @ LA State Historic Park The Rapture • Panda Bear • Sleep • Dead Man's Bones • Unbroken • !!! • Man Man • 7Seconds • Thee Oh Sees • The Mountain Goats • Ted Leo & the Pharmacists • Local Natives • Delorean • Cold Cave • Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti • Washed Out • Wavves • School of Seven Bells • AA Bondy • The Blow • Best Coast • Davila 666 • Titus Andronicus • The Soft Pack • Abe Vigoda • Warpaint • OFF! • Vetiver • Ceremony • Big Freedia • Screaming Females • Magic Kids • The Growlers • Lower Dens • Let's Wrestle & Cults Comedy: Janeane Garofalo • Skylar Bros • Matt Besser • David Koechner • Matt Braunger • Jen Kirkman • Brent Weinbach • Brody Stevens • Jarrett Grode • Matt Dwyer • Kyle Kinane • Harris Wittels • Joselyn Hughes • Josh Fadem September 3, 2011 @ LA State Historic Park Descendents • Death from Above 1979 • Broken Social Scene • Explosions in

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814-485: The Vanguard • Flume • FKA twigs • Solange • Belle and Sebastian • Spiritualized • Mac DeMarco • Death Grips • Toro y Moi • Nicolas Jaar • Dixon • Neon Indian • Battles • Thee Oh Sees • Laura Marling • Title Fight • DJ Harvey • Goldroom • Tobias Jesso Jr. • Health • Unknown Mortal Orchestra • Andrew Jackson Jihad • Evian Christ • Lower Dens • Hop Along • Girlpool • King Gizzard &

851-1646: The Violators • Flume • !!! • Jonathan Richman • Baroness • Poolside • Touché Amore • Omar Souleyman • Mac Demarco • Glasser • How to Dress Well • Chelsea Wolfe • The Orwells • Guards • Pional • Fear of Men • Antwon Comedians: Paul Scheer & Rob Huebel • Karen Kilgariff • Ron Funches • Chris Fairbanks • Matt Dwyer • Cameron Esposito • Kumail Nanjiani August 23 & 24, 2014 @ LA Sports Arena & Exposition Park August 23: Phoenix • Interpol • Slowdive • Julian Casablancas + The Voidz • Grimes • Little Dragon • Caribou • Future Islands • Tycho • Slint • Against Me! • Albert Hammond Jr. • Todd Terje (Live) • Run The Jewels • Ty Segall • Boris • Man Man • DJ Harvey • Angel Olsen • XXYYXX • Mount Kimbie • Joyce Manor • Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks • Chet Faker • Mariachi El Bronx • Connan Mockasin • Daniel Avery • Jacco Gardner August 24: The Strokes • Haim • The Blood Brothers • Flying Lotus • Blood Orange • Darkside • Jamie XX • Built To Spill • Earl Sweatshirt • Four Tet • Murder City Devils • Mac Demarco • The Bronx • Tanlines • John Talabot • Daphni • Presidents Of The USA • Deafheaven • La Dispute • Thundercat • Kindness • Kelela • Ryan Hemsworth • Les Sins • Benjamin Booker • Jessy Lanza • Balance & Composure • Joanna Gruesome • Twin Peaks August 22 & 23, 2015 @ LA Sports Arena & Exposition Park August 22: Kanye West • Bloc Party • Chet Faker • The Jesus and Mary Chain • Purity Ring • Run

888-760: The concerts. Throughout the whole park, four stages hosted live music. There was the Main Stage, the Lawn, the Arena, and the newest installment of the Woods. Although FYF's popularity was not as big as Coachella or EDC, the festival showcased popular and established music artists. Notable artists included: Janet Jackson , Yeah Yeah Yeahs , MGMT , Interpol , Phoenix , Kanye West , Morrissey , Flume , The Strokes , Kendrick Lamar , Grace Jones , Frank Ocean , LCD Soundsystem , and D'Angelo . July 2, 2004 @ The Echo The EchoPlex (before it

925-687: The ground rather than a stage, with the crowd gathered around them. The band's sound is typically loud and aggressive, though the group cites composers Philip Glass and Sun Ra as compositional influences. The band formed while Chippendale and Gibson attended the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island , and Chippendale had heard about "a new kid who was a whiz on the bass guitar ." The two formed Lightning Bolt, with Brian Chippendale on drums , Brian Gibson on bass guitar , and with Hisham Bharoocha on guitar and vocals joining

962-576: The grounds that they did not have work permits. Their official appeal was rejected after 48 hours, and they were deported back to the United States. In 2009, their album Earthly Delights was released on Load Records. In 2012, their first EP Oblivion Hunter was released on Load Records. The EP is a collection of unreleased material recorded in 2008. On March 9, 2015, the group's full length Fantasy Empire became available to stream via NPR's First Listen. The accompanying writeup praised

999-472: The group after their first show. Bharoocha left the group in 1996 to continue with another RISD band that would eventually become Black Dice , and Chippendale took over vocal duties. The only officially released music with Bharoocha was a track on the Repopulation Program compilation. For the first few years, Lightning Bolt was primarily an improvisational band, touring the United States for months at

1036-928: The increased clarity and fidelity of the recording, as compared to their earlier work, citing as a parallel example "... the scene in The Wizard Of Oz where a sepia tone gives way to Technicolor; it opens up new vistas to the sound, while giving the band an opportunity to exhibit more involved musicianship." It was released on the Thrill Jockey label on March 25, 2015. On October 11, 2019, the group released their seventh studio album Sonic Citadel on Thrill Jockey . The band's music takes cues from Japanese noise rock bands such as Boredoms and Ruins , although composers Philip Glass and Sun Ra are acknowledged influences. The band's sound consists of Chippendale's frenetic drumming, his usually incomprehensible vocals, and Gibson's rhythmic bass guitar – an example of which

1073-402: The phrase "RAS syndrome" autological ) is the redundant use of one or more of the words that make up an acronym in conjunction with the abbreviated form. This means, in effect, repeating one or more words from the acronym. For example: PIN number (expanding to personal identification number number) and ATM machine (expanding to automated teller machine machine). The term RAS syndrome

1110-425: The power of an extremely limited palette." Lightning Bolt's lyrics, when decipherable, are generally tongue-in-cheek, covering such topics as fairy tales, heavy metal clichés, terrorism, anarchy, and superheroes. They delve occasionally into more political subjects, such as the anti- Bush "Dead Cowboy" from Hypermagic Mountain . Lightning Bolt are known for their so-called " guerrilla gigs ", preferring to play on

1147-494: The second word is already contained in the preceding abbreviation, but only the ultra-finicky would deplore them. Similarly, in 'Wipe that smile off your face' the last two words are tautological —there is no other place a smile could be—but the sentence would not stand without them." A limited amount of redundancy can improve the effectiveness of communication, either for the whole readership or at least to offer help to those readers who need it. A phonetic example of that principle

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1184-850: The space above the American Apparel on Sunset just west of Alvarado that was someones loft turned venue for one night Dillinger Four • The Mean Reds • Giant Drag • Limbeck • Beehive and the Barracudas • Wires on Fire • Darker My Love • Curl Up and Die • Wives (No Age) • Rolling Blackouts • Greg Ashley of Gris Gris • The Oohlas • The Mojo Filters • Toys That Kill • Upsilon Acrux • Travis Shettel of Piebald • The Red Onions • Division Day • The Hips • The Pope • Bobby Dazzler Comedy: Morgan Murphy • Sarah Silverman • Jonah Ray • Matt Dwyer August 18, 19TH, 20TH 2006 @ Echo, Sea Level Records & Jenson Rec Center August 18: Circle Jerks • The Bronx • 400 Blows • The Black Lips • Burning Brides • Future Pigeon • Horse

1221-449: The studio recording process. When they recorded five tracks for their eponymous debut album released in 1999, they discarded four of them and replaced them with lo-fidelity tracks recorded at various live shows from 1997 and 1998. However, their following two albums, Ride the Skies and Wonderful Rainbow , were recorded more traditionally in a studio. For Hypermagic Mountain , half

1258-511: The tracks were recorded in studio, while the rest were performed and recorded in a house direct to a 2-track DAT master tape, where the audio engineer was unable to tell exactly how the final result would sound. Since the band has only two members and two instruments, their sound has a somewhat limited range, though this is often noted as a positive thing. In one interview, Gibson states that his experiences in Lightning Bolt "has showed [him]

1295-594: Was Ride the Skies , released in 2001, followed by Wonderful Rainbow in 2003. The band starred in the 2003 tour-DVD The Power of Salad directed by Peter Glantz and Nick Noe. Lightning Bolt have also performed in DVD compilations such as Pick a Winner (2004) and Sleep When You are Dead by performance artists Mighty Robot (2007). Rumors have persisted concerning the release of an improvisational album entitled Frenzy . A post on Lightning Bolt's official website in early 2004 read "The next Lightning Bolt album, Frenzy,

1332-479: Was coined in 2001 in a light-hearted column in New Scientist . A person is said to "suffer" from RAS syndrome when they redundantly use one or more of the words that make up an acronym or initialism with the abbreviation itself. Usage commentators consider such redundant acronyms poor style that is best avoided in writing, especially in a formal context, though they are common in speech. The degree to which there

1369-503: Was the EchoPlex and was a banquet hall), Sea Level Records, the alley way behind Sea Level Records and Casa De Pablo Wires on Fire • The Mean Reds • Toys That Kill • Poulain • Michael Runion Will Never Die • Horse The Band • Subtitle • Sabertooth Tiger • The Mae Shi • Big Muscles • Snake Vs. Lizard • Jesus Christ Makes A Shotgun Sound • Werewolf With Robot Hands • Shark Pants July 2, 2005 @ The Echo, Jensen Rec Center, Sea Level Records, and

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