A legend in his own right, the Gangsta Rabbi is a one man machine: playing flute, bass (backwards and upside down) and a myriad of percussion machines and pedals. He has recorded and self-released 16 records to date, and with JDub behind his 17th release, Lieberman's self-styled “pit-bash revolt” has finally come to fruition.

By day, a town comptroller; by night, Steve Lieberman is the Gangsta Rabbi, a snarling, savage beast on stage and in his home-studio. His sound, having evolved crookedly and without much guidance since the 1970's, is fueled by his isolationist religious beliefs, modeled after the ancient Karaites, a long-dead cult that took the bible literally. He has opened for the madcap Andrew WK, and played flute onstage at Madison Square Garden with Weezer. Lieberman is the lone reincarnation of the Sex Pistols, a scratchy, singular Butthole Surfers; yes, he's the Jewish Wesley Willis—think Dead Kennedys with a long black coat and scruffy beard.