With their dark hip-hop-influenced alternative rock, Luscious
Jackson re-create the dense, multicultural bohemian world of New
York in a collage of sound, where Spanish guitars, jazzy
keyboards, funky beats, and breathy, singsong vocals combine
into one. Like the Beastie Boys, Luscious Jackson's eclecticism
doesn't acknowledge boundaries; instead, it takes freely from
every kind of music. Luscious Jackson's first two recordings,
1992's In Search of Manny and 1994's Natural Ingredients, earned
the band a cult following and positive critical reviews. The
core of Luscious Jackson -- Kate Schellenbach (drums), Jill
Cunniff (vocals, bass), and Gabby Glaser (vocals, guitar) -- all
met as teenagers on the New York post-punk scene of the early
'80s. Schellenbach was the drummer in the original hardcore punk
incarnation of the Beastie Boys; she met Cunniff when she
interviewed the Beasties for her fanzine, The Decline of Art.
Eventually, the trio began hanging out, seeing bands that ranged
from hardcore and arty post-