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Funk-Rock Group Luscious Jackson Call It QuitsNew York group, known for hit 'Naked Eye,' put out four albums over eight years. by Senior Writer Gil Kaufman |
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Luscious Jackson recently completed a tour in support of their latest album, 1999's Electric Honey. (Danny Clinch) |
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Funk-rock group Luscious Jackson
have split after four albums and nearly a decade together, a spokesperson
for the group confirmed. The New York act announced its breakup in a press release Friday
Three weeks ago the band completed a tour in support of its final album, Electric Honey (1999), which included the tracks "Ladyfingers" (RealAudio excerpt) and "Summer Daze" (RealAudio excerpt). "We want to let our fans know that we are still good friends," bassist/vocalist Jill Cunniff said in the statement. "We all want to diversify what we do individually, and the band just came to its natural conclusion. It's been a great eight years, and we hope to work together again in the future." Formed in New York in 1991, Luscious Jackson consistently mined a dark, funk-influenced groove that mixed elements of pop, rap, Latin percussion and soul built around the group's intertwined female vocalists. Schellenbach was the original drummer in the early '80s hardcore punk lineup of future multiplatinum rap act the Beastie Boys. Cunniff met Schellenbach when she interviewed the Beastie Boys for her 'zine "The Decline of Art." Cunniff and guitarist/vocalist Gabby Glaser moved to San Francisco in the late '80s to attend art school, eventually returning to New York in 1991 and reconnecting with Schellenbach and keyboardist Vivian Trimble to form the quartet. The band — named after a former member of the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team — released its debut EP, In Search of Manny, on the Beastie Boys' Grand Royal label in 1992. The EP was followed by the 1994 full-length debut, Natural Ingredients, a melange of rap, Spanish rhythms, funk and jazzy keyboard riffs that featured such songs as "City Song," "Here" (RealAudio excerpt) and "Energy Sucker." Schellenbach and Cunniff released an album under the name Kostars in 1996 titled Klassics With a K. It featured a low-key mix of stripped-down acoustic guitar and keyboard tracks such as "Jacqueline" and "Jolene on the Freeway." In addition to keyboard contributions from Trimble, the album featured guitars and vocals from Ween members Gene Ween and Dean Ween. Luscious Jackson's 1996 album, the moody Fever in Fever Out, was produced by Daniel Lanois (U2, Bob Dylan) and spawned the radio hit "Naked Eye" (RealAudio excerpt). Trimble quit the group in April 1998 and formed a duo with former Breeders bassist Josephine Wiggs called Dusty Trails, whose debut is slated for release in May. Cunniff and Schellenbach contributed to the album. No information was available on future projects from Cunniff, Schellenbach and Glaser. The final recordings by Luscious Jackson will be released on the upcoming soundtrack to the animated film "Titan A.E." and the companion album to the WB television drama "Felicity," according to the band's publicists. Song titles for the tracks were not available at press time. |
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