The last time L7 singer-guitarist Donita Sparks was at Brooklyn’s Warsaw, she was being shoved out of it by security at a Joan Jett show for lighting up a cigarette. “I feigned ignorance,” the 52-year ...

Los Angeles art-punk veterans L7 have seen it all, from playing Raji’s in Hollywood in the ’80s, to the grunge circuit in the ’90s, to huge punk and metal festivals all over the world. “We feel at ...

The all-female rock band L7 blazed a notorious trail through the late 1980s and early ‘90s grunge scene but has never quite gotten its due as an important act of the era. Respect is finally arriving ...

As the burgeoning Seattle grunge scene of the early ‘90s exploded into a global phenomenon, fans and record executives alike scrambled to find the next denim-and-flannel-clad savior of rock’s new ...

Critics agree that it’s hard to sum up L7 in a brief descriptor or single genre label, but a piece on display at the Punk Rock Museum does a pretty good job. The poster, built around the album cover ...

Grunge-punk pioneers L7 explore their history in Sarah Price’s upcoming documentary L7: Pretend We’re Dead. The movie’s official trailer finds a pair of rock legends, Garbage singer Shirley Manson and ...

L7 have announced the In Your Space Tour. It includes dates in September and October at U.S. venues. “The energy and vibe that smaller venues allow is something that we always want to stay connected ...

L7 first came together about 19 hours south of Seattle, in Los Angeles, in 1985. Although they had no claim to the Emerald City’s grunge explosion, they signed to Sub Pop, toured with Nirvana and ...

When it comes to grunge bands, Los Angeles’ L7 were among the grungiest. Their sludge punk riffs and cat scratch vocals were as gnarly as Mudhoney or Nirvana’s, and their hair just as ratty. The only ...

L7‘s 30th-anniversary reissue of Smell the Magic is out tomorrow on Sub Pop. Singer/guitarist Donita Sparks performed new live vocals on her group’s 1990 song “Fast and Frightening,” and there’s a new ...