Finch began her career as a visual artist in 1981 at age 13 when she got hold of a film camera and started capturing images of hardcore punk and art shows, as well as the queer scene, performance art, and skate events. While she is known for her iconic photographs of skaters, influential personalities, and performers, her raw documentation of life as a runaway and drug user in the early ’80s is both haunting and deeply transformative, offering an unfiltered glimpse into the underground culture that shaped her artistic perspective and later contributions to the cultural zeitgeist of the grunge, post-grunge and the evolving digital eras.

By the mid-1980s, Finch transitioned to stage performance, collaborating with other artists and musicians in guerrilla-style musical performances held in parking structures, powered by generators and car batteries. This raw and unconventional approach paved the way for her to explore more traditional musical avenues, leading her to write, produce, and perform with several influential bands, including Sugar Babylon (with Courtney Love and Kat Bjelland, 1984–1986), L7 (1986–present), Other Star People (1995–2001), and The Shocker (2003–present).

Currently (2023/24/25), Finch is completing an undergraduate at Antioch University in Applied Arts and Media. And is considered advancing her degree. She thinks a lot about the connections between “end-stage capitalism,” equality, feminism, post-industrialism, punk, and your mom.

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