Lydia's musical circus has included:

Jim Sclavunos
Keyboards, Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds and The Vanity Set
ex- Teenage Jesus, Sonic Youth, Tav Falco's Panther Burns, Cramps, Congo Norvell, etc.

Kid Congo Powers
Guitar, Backing Vocals
Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds
ex- Gun Club, Cramps, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Congo Norvell

Robin Zachary
Guitar, Backing Vocals

Robert Vickers
Bass
ex- Go-Betweens, Mad Scene, Alice Texas

Sean Donovan
Keyboards
Calla

Liz Corcoran
Violin
ex- Congo Norvell

Julia Kent
Cello
Antony and The Johnsons, Burnt Sugar, etc.
ex- Rasputina

Daria Klotz
Viola, Backing Vocals
Kings County Queens, Jack Grace Band, Melomane
ex- The Moonlighters, God Is My Co-Pilot, Planet Filly

Wayne Magruder
Drums
Calla
ex- The Factory Press, Bowery Electric

Peter Mavrogeorgis
Guitar
The Vanity Set
ex- Alice Texas, The Death of Death

Paula Henderson
Saxophones, Bass Clarinet
Moisturizer, Reverend Vince Anderson and His Love Choir, James Chance, Gogol Bordello, Firewater, etc.
ex- Tadanoshin

Samantha Tsistinas
Percussion
Torch Job, Hungry March Band

Erich Schoen-Rene
Cello

Nana Simopoulos
Sitar
World Music of Nana

Link Benka
Guitars
ex- The Spitters, Lydia Lunch & Roward S. Howard's Shotgun Wedding

Tree
Bass

Anna Domino
Accordian
ex- Polyrock