Let Me Introduce the Band..”SUzi meet DEe…”#3 (non-dated material)#3 This injection is designed to give you an idea about who we are, the names, the sights, the smells, the sounds, if you will… Suzi Gardner (L7 guitarist and vocalist), Dave Ratt (soundperson), Joe Double-O’Neil (SnowRangler, HinkleyTech and stageminder), Donita Sparks (L7 vocalist and guitarist), John Brubaker ( guitar techie), Demetra Plakas (L7 goddess of thunder-drummer), Rod Doak (tour manager, distributor of the meal tickets), Lenny Douglas (drum tech and quite the dancer), Jennifer Finch (that would be me and I play bass and sing), Dean Menta (bass tech for the first few shows), Dav Michael (assistant creator of the snow scene and on the road for the first few shows) and Craig All our bus driver who we are stealing from Pearl Jam.
Category: Lollapalooza Diaries
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Lollapalooza Diaries: Subj: Pre-show FLAKING Date: 94-07-11 04:51:59 EDT From: L7s
STINKY LOG STARDATE July 4th – 6th We said goodbye to our friends, dads, lovers and dogs on, Monday July 4th and headed easton the 10 freeway. The first show and the pre-show rehearsals are in Las Vegas and you know what that means!! Ka-ching! Ka-ching! (more…)
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Subj: Bio-Degrading-part 2 Date: 94-07-18 18:49:07 EDT From: L7s
(Bio-Degrading part 2)
The L7 story began when Donita Sparks, a Chicago suburbs transplant met former Sacramento resident Suzi Gardner in Los Angeles in 1985. Both had played (more…) -
Introducing Jennifer Finch’s Lollapalooza Diaries.
In 1993 when I was playing with L7, I kept a diary of our Lollapalooza tour. Pictures of people and year book style notes written to me fill the pages along with photos of our adventures, people on the tour and other generally weird shit.. Think Nick Cave drinking Slimfast. Or the alienation in the eyes of every member of The Smashing Pumpkins. Except Billy, his eyes were just filled. I haven’t been able to get it together enough to put this stuff into a book, but I’m glad I can share it through here. Maybe some day… Maybe never..
– Precious