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side project formed by

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and

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while on a headlining tour with

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in 1995. Trimble and Cunniff, who needed an additional outlet, wrote under the name Kostars and released the album '' Klassics with a "K"'' in 1996. The album was recorded at Luscious Jackson drummer

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's home studio. It featured drums by Schellenbach and a guest guitar spot by Gabrielle Glaser (also of Luscious Jackson), as well as

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and

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of Ween, and was engineered/recorded by

Josephine Wiggs Miranda Cordelia Susan Josephine Wiggs (born 26 February 1965), simply known as Josephine Wiggs, is an English multi-instrumentalist rock musician, best known for her work as bassist in the alternative rock bands The Breeders and The Perfect D ...

, bass player of

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, marking her first full-length engineering project. A few years later, Wiggs and Trimble would release a self-titled album together as Dusty Trails. The group released one full-length album, as well as one single for the track "Hey Cowboy", both of which were released on the

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label, the same label that released Luscious Jackson's albums. The distribution rights for the Kostars releases were subsequently sold to

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. On April 6, 2023, it was reported that Trimble had died two days prior, on April 4, at the age of 59, due to cancer.

Discography

Albums

*'' Klassics with a "K"'' (1996)

Singles

*"Hey Cowboy" (1996)

References

External links

* Allmusic entry for Kostars*
The Kostars performance on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic on Wed. July 3rd, 1996 The Official Site for Jill Cunniff
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Discography

Albums

Singles

See also

References

External links