R. B. Korbet

R.B. Korbet
Background information
Birth name	Rebecca Korbet
Born	Manhattan, New York City, USA
Genres	Punk rock, hardcore punk, industrial, garage rock, noise rock, art rock, experimental
Instrument(s)	Bass guitar, drums, guitar, percussion, vocals
Years active	1981–present
Labels	Shimmy Disc
Member of	Highly Effective People, Silk Cut, King Missile (Dog Fly Religion),
Formerly of	Big Stick, Bush Tetras, The Carvels NYC, Even Worse, Missing Foundation, Pussy Galore, The Wharton Tiers Ensemble

R.B. Korbet (born Rebecca Bronwyn Korbet) is an American musician. She is perhaps most well-known for her contributing drumming and vocals to the first incarnation of art rock band King Missile, and was a member of Bush Tetras, having joined them on bass guitar in 2020.

After first joining Even Worse as lead vocalist in 1981, Korbet would go on to play guitar or bass and sing in bands such as Chop Shop, Hit by a Truck, Missing Foundation, Pussy Galore, Big Stick, Navigator, Madgodz, Bubba Zanetti, Sloth, Hellvis, the Floyds of Flatbush, The Wharton Tiers Ensemble, Judas Livingston Seagull, Verona Downs, and Um.^[1]

From 2019 to 2022, she played bass and sang backups with the Carvels NYC. In the duo Silk Cut, with King Missile's John S. Hall, she plays all instruments (except ukulele) and produces their recordings.^[2]

In 2020, Korbet contributed the track "The Power Broker" to Marc Sloan's compilation project Reel to Real Vol. 1.^[3] She also joined Bush Tetras the same year, brought in by the late Dee Pop. Several months after Pop's death in October 2021, she rallied for Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley to join the band, and subsequently appeared on their 2023 album They Live in My Head.^[4] In 2021, Korbet started another project, a trio called Highly Effective People, in which she writes all of the music, plays bass and sings, as well as creates their videos and other artwork.^[5] In 2024 Korbet was interviewed by music historian Jesse Rifkin for Walk on the Wild Side NYC.[1]