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Kate Schellenbach

Kate Schellenbach

American musician and television producer

Aug 3, 2026

21:53
Right.
21:54
Hardcore punk.
21:55
It was still sort of punk and then post-punk and new wave, Vought times.
22:00
Um, I started, you know, getting into, like, new wave, I guess, like Blondie and the, and punk or, like, The Clash and the sort of more popular stuff.
22:09
And I was...
22:10
I, I guess I'm just, I get history of me sort of getting obsessed with things, and when I get obsessed with something I have to do all the research and find out everything, read all the articles.
22:18
But of course back then it's just, you have to go, you can go to the library or you can go to the record store or look at a fanzine or, or a, a music magazine or a newspaper, um, to get your information.

25 MINS LATER

47:14
L7.
24:56
And one of our most popular guests we've ever had on the show is Luscious Jackson's Kate Schellenbach, so of course, we had to invite her back to share another story.
25:05
Hello, everybody.
25:06
This is Kate Schellenbach, and I am the drummer for Luscious Jackson and also a founding member of Beastie Boys.
25:13
Now, first of all, huge congratulations to Mike Hipple and Live Through That for hitting 100 episodes.
25:19
Today, I'm going to share a story about the moment my teenage dream actually came true.
25:24
So my first ever favorite band was Blondie.
25:27
I'm talking posters on my walls, Debbie Harry T-shirt.
29:37
I'd like to introduce my friends, Kate Schellenbach, Chris Stein, Debbie Harry.

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