{"id":1092,"date":"2026-07-21T20:42:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationacrossamerica.com\/?p=1092"},"modified":"2026-07-21T20:42:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:42:42","slug":"l7s-jennifer-finch-was-fast-fierce-and-fearless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationacrossamerica.com\/?p=1092","title":{"rendered":"L7\u2019s Jennifer Finch was fast, fierce and fearless"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p>Barely a week passed between the news, via GoFundMe, that L7 bassist Jennifer Finch was fighting an aggressive form of brain cancer and the announcement of her death. For those who had just taken in the first shock, the second was devastating.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationacrossamerica.com\/?p=1090\">The real reason conservatives hate Nolan\u2019s \u201cOdyssey\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But Finch, 59, anchored a band whose calling card was thrilling, glorious bluntness. Together for the better part of four decades, L7 did not faff around with small talk and pleasantries: They took the stage and rocked your face off. If Finch didn\u2019t want fans to know she was leaving until she had one foot out the door, it would make perfect sense. Either way, it\u2019s a brutal loss.<\/p>\n<p>Finch was one of hard rock\u2019s greatest connectors. A photographer and fixture in the L.A. punk scene by 14, the fact that she didn\u2019t play an instrument was a minor hurdle when she joined L7 in 1986. \u201cI knew I would have to make up for [it] with attitude,\u201d Finch recalled in the documentary \u201cL7: Pretend We\u2019re Dead.\u201d She knew punk, metal and hard-rock musicians up and down the West Coast, and her make-sh*t-happen briskness spurred the band\u2019s rise. (\u201cShe was fearless in talking to people and asking for things,\u201d the band\u2019s singer, Donita Sparks, has said.)<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationacrossamerica.com\/?p=1088\">\u201cThe Vampire Lestat\u201d is a study in nature versus nurture<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amid the alternative-rock frenzy of the 1990s, L7 was often mistakenly described as either grunge or Riot Grrrl, but the band\u2019s breakneck speed and diabolically catchy riffs had much more in common with Mot\u00f6rhead and the Ramones \u2014 and, as a live band, inspired the same kind of devotion. There was nothing girlish or even mock-girlish about their swagger \u2014 they were women.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Got a problem with that? The hell you do.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If L7 was a statement, Finch was its punctuation, her crayon-bright hair complementing a radiant humanity. Once the band had the ears of a generation, they made it count, co-founding Rock For Choice (arguably godmother to the later, lighter Lilith Fair) to raise money for abortion access. L7\u2019s statement reads, in part, \u201cWe are shattered by the loss of our beloved bandmate, sister, and friend Jennifer Finch, whose fierce spirit, humor and boundless creativity helped shape L7 and changed all of our lives forever . . . the impact she made on music, art and everyone lucky enough to know her cannot be measured. We love her beyond words and will carry her with us always.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationacrossamerica.com\/?p=1082\">The humiliation of Tom Homan<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L7 bassist Jennifer Finch leaves behind a towering influence on rock music and activism <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[1431,1432,1433,120,762,1434,1435],"class_list":["post-1092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-90s-music","tag-jennifer-finch","tag-l7","tag-music","tag-obituary","tag-rock-for-choice","tag-the-ramones"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>L7\u2019s Jennifer Finch was fast, fierce and fearless - 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