Kate Schellenbach (born on January 5, in New York City, New York) was a founding member and drummer for
Beastie Boys from 1979 to
1984, and drummed for
Luscious Jackson
until the band broke up in the spring of 2000 and then again when they reformed in 2011.
Schellenbach was also a replacement drummer for the New York all-girl
punk band,
Lunachicks, and for the New
York-based advanced commercial performance group, Hagatha. She's
performed on recordings by
Beastie Boys,
the
Indigo Girls,
Amy Ray, Dusty Trails, Kostars,
'Clarabell',
Buffalo Daughter, The
Josephine Wiggs Experience, Ladies Who
Lunch, and has performed live with
Emmylou Harris,
Blondie,
Joan Jett and the
Indigo Girls.
She's worked as a producer on The Late Late Show with James Corden,
Lopez Tonight (2009) and
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003).
She appeared on-screen on a show first aired on December 4, 2007,
playing the bongos with host
Ellen DeGeneres.