Artist
L7
L7 is a grunge artist from Los Angeles, USA formed in 1985. 18 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Grunge · Los Angeles, USA · Best grunge albums
- 18
- Releases
- 1988–2021
- Active years
- 1985
- Formed
Artist
L7 is a grunge artist from Los Angeles, USA formed in 1985. 18 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Grunge · Los Angeles, USA · Best grunge albums
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Bricks Are Heavy
1992 · 11 tracks
Hungry for Stink
1994
L7
1988
Slap-Happy
1999
Scatter the Rats
2019
Wargasm: The Slash Years 1992-1997
2021
Detroit (Live)
2017
Fast & Frightening
2016
Wireless (Radio Session)
2016
Hollywood Palladium
2014
The Best of L7: The Slash Years
2000
The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum
1997
The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum (U.S. Release)
1997
Fast and Frightening
1993
Skeleton Songs
1993
Maneater
1992
Keep On Rocking
1992
L7 was formed by René Lucas on bass guitar, Donita Sparks and Suzi Gardner on shared electric guitar and shared vocals in 1985. A year prior, Gardner had performed backing vocals on the Black Flag song "Slip It In". The punk rock duo were soon joined by Jennifer Finch on bass guitar, replacing René Lucas who left the band to raise a family, and Roy Koutsky on drums. Koutsky left shortly after and Demetra "Dee" Plakas became their permanent drummer. The band's name derives from a 1950s slang phrase meaning "square", but is often mistaken for a reference to the sex position, "69". The slang phrase "L7" can be heard in the Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs song "Wooly Bully" ("Let's not be L7, come and learn to dance..."), in the Rick James song "Bustin' Out" ("L7- just a little too damn straight..."), and in the Paul McCartney song "C Moon" ("I could be L7 and I'll never get to heaven if I fill my head with glue"). In 1991, the band formed Rock for Choice, a Pro-Choice women's rights group which was supported by other prominent bands of that era, including Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, and Rage Against the Machine. Their 1992 third album Bricks Are Heavy, produced by Butch Vig…
