Gabby Glaser

Gabby Glaser founded musical group Luscious Jackson with her old friend Jill in the early 90's. They combined their love of rock and roll, early rap, 70's funk, dub, and whatever else they felt like throwing in to create a sound all their own. Starting with looped beats, live guitar riffs, samples, and sloppy keys, they completed their demo. They played a couple of shows with just the 2 of them and a DAT player but decided it'd be far better to have a live band and found both the great Kate Schellenbach to play drums and Vivian Trimble on keys. Their demo got into the hands of their friend Mike D. of the Beastie Boys and he and the rest of the boys asked them to be the 1st band to be signed to their new label,"Grand Royal". With Gabby's mother's teenage boyfriend on the cover of their 1st ep ( and a bottle of colt 45 between his legs), "In Search of Manny"was released. Soon after they were booked on the Lollapalooza tour and things really started taking off. They played with loads of fantastic bands throughout their career, toured around the world, and released three more albums. After a great run, they decided to call it a day in 2000. Since then, Gab's been writing plenty of songs and jamming with various people. Most recently, she's teamed up with three phenomonal musicians with whom she's played some fun shows in NYC with and recorded an album's worth of songs. The line- up is Sammy Siegler (Nightmare of You, Rival Schools, CIV) on drums, Guyora Kats on bass, Ian Love (Rival Schools, Cardia) on lead guitar, and Gab herself on vocals and guitar. See the 1st blog for detailed information about the guys and what they're currently up to.