Born and raised in NYC's East Village, drummer Laura Cromwell started playing in 1991. Self-taught, she was a core member of feminist pop-punk trio Growing Up Skipper; instrumental avant-rock bands Dim Sum Clip Job and The Vivian Sisters. She received a commission from Roulette and the Jerome Foundation for her 1999 work “Burning.”
Laura played for The Dot Wiggin Band, featuring Dot Wiggin of legendary primitivist sister act The Shaggs. DWB's release "Ready! Get! Go!" (2013, Alternative Tentacles) was met with critical acclaim. In 2017, Laura was honored to perform with her sheros Dot and Betty Wiggin for a history-making Shaggs reunion concert at Wilco's Solid Sound Festival at Mass MOCA.
In Feb 2021 she wrote, performed and released may the birds inherit the earth — a meditation on art, nature and the music of Brian Eno, available on Bandcamp.
Laura currently plays in Boston based Julee Cruise Director performing music from the cult tv series Twin Peaks, and other works from director David Lynch; and Brittany Anjou's gender non-conforming Jazz/Punk band BiTyrant [Bandcamp]
She teaches drums out of her studio in South Berwick, Maine.
Laura is also an accomplished visual artist whose work focuses on the fragility of the natural world.