Kate Schellenbach (born January 5, 1966) is an American musician and television producer. She is the drummer of

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 ...

and was a founding drummer of the Beastie Boys. Born in

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, she played with the Beastie Boys from 1981 to 1984, and drummed for Luscious Jackson until the band broke up in spring of 2000, and again when they re-formed in 2011. Schellenbach was also the drummer for the punk band the Lunachicks, during early 1993 for a very short period of time, before Chip English was recruited. She was later an Emmy Award-winning segment producer on ''

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'' appearing on screen on a show first aired on December 4, 2007, playing the bongos with host

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. She has also worked as a producer on ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings'', ''

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'', '' Hello Ross'', and currently ''

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''.

Personal life

Schellenbach attended New York City's math and science high school, Stuyvesant High School. She graduated with a BA in Studio Art from Hunter College. She was romantically linked to

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bassist, Josephine Wiggs. During their relationship, they were featured in an article in '' The Advocate'', a national

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magazine published in the

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. They formed the short-lived band

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, and Schellenbach played drums on Luscious Jackson's side-project, Kostars, which Wiggs recorded and co-produced.Kostars Biographies
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