Brian Gibson, artist, musician (Lightning Bolt, Guitar Hero, Thumper).

My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin

• Episode: Brian Gibson, artist, musician (Lightning Bolt, Guitar Hero, Thumper).
• Website: My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin
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• Duration: 01:17:34
• Published: 2025-08-19 07:00

Brian Gibson is a musician, artist, and game designer best known for blurring the lines between sound, movement, and chaos. As the bassist for the legendary noise-rock duo Lightning Bolt, he’s released seven studio albums and played countless ferocious, high-velocity live shows. But he’s also spent much of his life working on video games, first as an artist for the music-game developer Harmonix, which he joined in 2001, and more recently as the co-designer of Thumper—a rhythm-violence game that marries kinetic speed and hypnotic visuals.

Since its release, Thumper has become a cult classic, earning acclaim for its singular aesthetic and for redefining what a rhythm game could be. A follow-up, Thrasher, originally released for Meta Quest and Apple Vision Pro is now out on Steam. 

LINKS

Brian's personal site: https://laserbeast.com/

Wishlist Thrasher

Lightning Bolt - Dead Cowboy @ TAICOCLUB'14

Thrasher OST on Bandcamp

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