R.B. Korbet is an American

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 musician

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 living in the United Kingdom

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. She contributed drumming

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 and vocals

Singing

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 to King Missile (Dog Fly Religion), the first incarnation of avant-garde

Experimental music

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 band

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 King Missile

King Missile

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. She has also played guitar

Guitar

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 in the bands Even Worse

Even Worse (band)

Even Worse was a band formed in 1980 in New York City that helped define the American punk/post-punk/no wave scene. Band members included Rebecca "R.B." Korbet , Robert Weeks , Eric Keil , Ken Temkin, and Jack Rabid . Other occasional members have included Thurston Moore and Tim Sommer...

 (in which she was also the singer), Chop Shop

Chop Shop

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, Hit by a Truck, Missing Foundation, Pussy Galore

Pussy Galore (band)

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, Madgodz, Bubba Zanetti, Sloth, Hellvis, The Floyds of Flatbush, The Wharton Tiers

Wharton Tiers

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 Ensemble, and Judas Livingston Seagull, and bass

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 in the bands Big Stick

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Big Stick are an alternative/independent band that gained much airplay with their debut release, the Drag Racing EP in 1986. It was instantly recognizable for Yanna Trance's voice repeated spoken line "In the summer I wear my tube top, and Eddie takes me to the drag strip" throughout the track...

, Navigator, and Verona Downs.

Selected discography

Artist	Album	Record Label	Release Year
King Missile (Dog Fly Religion)	Fluting on the Hump Fluting On The Hump Fluting on the Hump is the first album by avant-garde band King Missile, first released exclusively in LP format in 1987 and later included on the CD compilation Mystical Shit & Fluting on the Hump.-Track listing:All lyrics by John S...	Shimmy Disc Shimmy Disc Shimmy Disc was an influential New York City based record label founded in 1987 by Mark Kramer. Before it was sold to the Knitting Factory, it was responsible for providing a mass audience for acts including Bongwater, Daniel Johnston, Fly Ashtray, Galaxie 500, King Missile, Boredoms, Ruins, Ween,...	1987 1987 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1987.See also:Record labels established in 1987-January-February:*January 3 – Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
King Missile (Dog Fly Religion)	They They (album) They is the second album by avant-garde band King Missile, released in 1988.-Track listing:# "Now" – 1:53# "I'm Open" – 2:21# "Mr...	Shimmy Disc Shimmy Disc Shimmy Disc was an influential New York City based record label founded in 1987 by Mark Kramer. Before it was sold to the Knitting Factory, it was responsible for providing a mass audience for acts including Bongwater, Daniel Johnston, Fly Ashtray, Galaxie 500, King Missile, Boredoms, Ruins, Ween,...	1988 1988 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1988.-January-March:* January 1 – André Rieu's Johann Strauss Orchestra plays its first concert....