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July 22, 1999

L7 Attack Summer Package Tours

L7 Attack Summer Package Tours
July 21, 1999

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July 20, 1999

L7 Attack Summer Package Tours

The women of L7 mount attack against Lilith, Warped Tours
February 18, 1999

Donita Sparks -- L7

"Les Paul doesn't look like the hippest cat on the block, and yet he's playing amazing stuff."

Recordings and Reviews

Slap Happy

On L7's sixth album, frontwomen Donita Sparks and Suzi Gardner, and drummer Dee Plakas keep on doing punk metal right: Slap-Happy is all hopped-up, pared-down riffage with no apologies or gratuitous change-ups. The band turns the tables on female subjugation on "Lackey," as Sparks sings, "I wanna...

1999 RS: 3of 5 Stars

The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum

1997

Hungry For Stink

1994

Bricks Are Heavy

1992

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They didn't get the grunge millions, but these wickedly witty witches perfected the metal-punk alloy that generally eluded their many flailing male contemporaries. With Donita Sparks' and Suzi Gardner's twin lockstep guitars racing down the highway to hell, Smell the Magic was one of Sub Pop's finest hours (okay, one of its finest 30 minutes). Fleeing L.A.'s late-'80s glam sleaze, L7 glimpsed its...

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