- Kostars
Infobox musical artist
Name = Kostars
Img_capt = Photo: Danny Clinch
Background = group_or_band
Origin =Manhattan, New York , USA
Genre = Alternative
Pop
RockDance
Years_active =1995 -1996
Label =Grand Royal
Capitol
URL =
Current_members = Jill Cunniff
Vivian TrimbleKostars was an alternative/
pop-rock side project formed by Vivian Trimble and Jill Cunniff while on a headlining tour withLuscious Jackson in 1995. [ [http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9176/bio.html Kostars Biographies ] ] Trimble and Cunniff, who needed an additional outlet for the transistor radio hits they were writing, wrote under the nameKostars titled "Klassics With A "K" ". The album was released in 1996 and featured contributions by Kate and Gabby (also ofLuscious Jackson ) as well as Gene and Dean Ween ofWeen and was engineered byJosephine Wiggs , bass player ofThe Breeders , marking her first full length engineering project. [ [http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9176/bio.html Kostars Biographies ] ] A few years later, Wiggs and Trimble would release an album together as "Dusty Trails ".The group only released the one full length album, as well as one single for the track "Hey Cowboy", both of which were released on the
Grand Royal label, the same label as what Luscious Jackson had been releasing albums with. The distribution rights for the Kostars releases have since been sold toGR2 Records , where they are now sold on their website. [ [http://www.gr2records.com/store/subcategory.cfm?category=51&subcategory=274 GR2 Records ] ]Discography
Albums
*"
Klassics With A "K" " (1996)ingles
*"Hey Cowboy" (1996)
ee also
*
Jill Cunniff
*Dusty Trails
*List of all-women bands References
External links
* [http://www.gr2records.com/store/subcategory.cfm?category=51&subcategory=274 GR2 Records Website (Distribution for Kostars catalog)]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jcfexqqhldte All Music Guide entry for Kostars]
* [http://www.kcrw.com/music/programs/mb/mb960703the_kostars The Kostars performance on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic on Wed. July 3rd, 1996]
* [http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9176/kostars.html A Kostars Archive site]
* [http://www.jillcunniff.com The Official Site for Jill Cunniff]
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