Jill Cunniff (born August 17, 1966) is an American musician and artist, best known as the lead singer of the band

Luscious Jackson Luscious Jackson is an alternative rock/ rap-rock group formed in 1991. The band's name is a reference to former American basketball player Lucious Jackson. The original band consisted of Jill Cunniff (vocals, bass), Gabby Glaser (vocals, guit ...

. Cunniff was born in

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and attended college in

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. After returning to New York in 1991, she formed

with friend

Gabby Glaser Luscious Jackson is an alternative rock/ rap-rock group formed in 1991. The band's name is a reference to former American basketball player Lucious Jackson. The original band consisted of Jill Cunniff (vocals, bass), Gabby Glaser (vocals, guit ...

. Cunniff plays bass, sings lead vocals, and has been the chief songwriter of the band. Cunniff appeared in a 1996 episode of the

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series ''

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'' as herself. That same year, she provided the voice of Laura for the English localization of the

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game ''

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''. Cunniff joined bandmate

Vivian Trimble Vivian Elizabeth Trimble (born May 24, 1963 in New York City) is an American musician, best known as the keyboardist in the band Luscious Jackson from 1991 to 1998. She also joined bandmate Jill Cunniff under the name Kostars and recorded an album ...

under the name

Kostars Kostars was an alternative/pop-rock side project formed by Vivian Trimble and Jill Cunniff while on a headlining tour with Luscious Jackson in 1995. Trimble and Cunniff, who needed an additional outlet, wrote under the name Kostars and released ...

and recorded the album ''

Klassics with a "K" ''Klassics with a "K"'', was the only full-length album by Kostars, a side project of Luscious Jackson members Vivian Trimble and Jill Cunniff, released in 1996 on Grand Royal. Fellow Luscious Jackson members Kate Schellenbach and Gabby Glaser ...

'', released in 1996. In 2002, she formed a

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group named the Cooler Kids. Cunniff released a solo album, '' City Beach'', in early 2007.

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