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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