Ep344: Donita Sparks of L7
L7 are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the LP "Bricks Are Heavy" with as reissue and tour. Today co-founder, guitarist, songwriter Donita Sparks shares the journey across several decades & multiple record labels to celebrate this record and many more.
Topics include:
The 30th anniversary of “Bricks are Heavy”
Reissues of albums with band cooperation
Nearly burning her neighbourhood during the cover of “Bricks Are Heavy” photoshoot
Different versions of the Bricks reissue
The state of the L7 master tapes
The story of Yoko Ono on Wargasm
The story of the name “L7”
The various labels of L7
The live L7 albums on Easy Action
Memories of “Yummy Yummy” on the SST compilation
How L7 ended up on Epitaph records
The varying cover crops of the L7 debut LP
Does Donita recall the runout groove etchings?
L7 joining up with SubPop Records – Shove/Packin A Rod single
Recording Shove, Packin a Rod & Smell the Magic w Jack Endino
Why was Smell The Magic an EP, not an LP?
Bootleggers selling L7 recordings
L7 moving from SubPop to Slash
Memories from the early days of Subpop
L7 band members have ephemera collections
Recording Bricks are Heavy w Butch Vig
The impact of Nirvana breaking on Butch Vig and L7
L7 making gold records of “Bricks Are Heavy”
Who inspired the writing of the song “Shitlist”?
Vinyl status of “Omaha to Osaka” on Man’s Ruin Records
Comic Book and vandalism stencil inside “Slap Happy”
When did the band recognize the large fanbase that missed L7
The L7 documentary “Pretend We’re Dead”
The issues of “Scatter The Rats” on Pledge Music
Interview wrap up
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