It's Time For L7 to Have Their Own Thread

Don't wanna be L7
I had enough of this
This is brainwash
And this is a clue
To the stars who fool you

Ned's "Not Just The Ticket" series recently covered a couple of L7 shows and goddamnit I miss them a lot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b00jXAscEI

I once saw them supporting Faith No More, so got most of Bricks Are Heavy followed by most of Angel Dust. I heart 1992.

Wargasm, Pretend We're Dead, Shitlist (especially in its Natural Born Killers OST incarnation) and Shove still rule.

My first thought when I saw this revived was that they had reformed and would be curating a forthcoming festival at Butlins Minehead.

That would be something.

And what the hell, for those curious -- the various L7 show reports in the series (including opening band slots):

http://nedraggett.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/not-just-the-ticket-14-butthole-surfers-may-17-1991/

http://nedraggett.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/not-just-the-ticket-24-nirvana-headlining-rock-for-choice-october-25-1991/

http://nedraggett.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/not-just-the-ticket-28-fugazi-headlining-rock-for-choice-january-24-1992/

http://nedraggett.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/not-just-the-ticket-32-l7-february-20-1992/

http://nedraggett.wordpress.com/2010/05/17/not-just-the-ticket-45-l7-may-22-1992/

Blasting "Smell the Magic" right now. Truly a big, fat piece of heavy. It's great! They don't get much credit, really.

That first L7 show I mention above?

http://nedraggett.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/not-just-the-ticket-14-butthole-surfers-may-17-1991

Now available, per a tcote Twitter post, as a formal release:

http://easyaction.co.uk/index.php?route=product%2Fproduct&product_id=271

https://play.spotify.com/album/1POBMSsj3B6Np2jaXSeTrY

From their Facebook page today:

ATTENTION! A personal message from the band:
Greetings People! We want you to know that the love and support you have shown us here on Facebook this year has taken us all a bit by surprise. What started as a simple band page for us to post some archival photos we had been sifting through for an upcoming L7 documentary has turned into a wellspring of enthusiasm for the band. For this WE THANK YOU!
Many of you have asked when we might return for a reunion. Well, it’s been 14 years since our last show, longer if you consider our original line up. But we (Donita, Suzi, Jennifer, and Dee) are hearing you, we are talking about it, and we kinda agree. Why the hell not?
Here’s the situation…
They say to raise a child it takes a village, well to get interest from promoters for L7 to do reunion shows it’s going to take an ARMY. An army of you all. No joke.
Here’s what we need…
We need your continued enthusiasm, your spreading the word by “Sharing” our posts and getting your friends and enemies to “Like” our page.
First and foremost WE NEED YOUR EMAIL ADDRESSES at our new website http://l7theband.com/
We need to reach you all directly. No spam, no problem.
Let’s show ‘em all! Your love and support will make this happen!
For those about to rock, WE SALUTE YOU.
Love, L7 xo

I had kinda forgotten how good Smell the Magic is.

always felt like Courtney Love ripped off their sound tbh

"Death Wish" rules so hard

Okay folks, the news comes tomorrow:

L7 Email Subscribers!
Check your email tomorrow at 1:00 pm Eastern US.
As promised, you will be first to know some BIG NEWS! xoxo!
For those who haven't signed up yet, you can sign up to the left of this page or here:
l7theband.com

oh hey I was just thinking about how good donita sparks' solo album was

Tomorrow is here.

it's not 1 pm yet

Mail just went out. First tour dates:

6/19: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain @ Azkena Rock Festival
6/20: Clisson, France @ Hell Fest.

More dates announced tomorrow, some more news very shortly...

And here's that other news:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/975436123/l7-pretend-were-dead

Couple more tour dates...

13 June 2015 – AUSTRIA – Nickelsdorf – Novarock Festival
14 June 2015 – U.K – Donnington – Download Festival

...and the Kickstarter is halfway to its goal, which is cool to see.

Hello, he said:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/975436123/l7-pretend-were-dead/posts/1133811

We are also offering GUEST LIST and BACKSTAGE MEETING with L7 at their club shows in LOS ANGELES and PRAGUE (in May and June)

No further word on this LA show yet beyond that.

Prague???

We have LA show info, this will be the first official reunion show as I understand it. Link is being a bit wonky but -- Thursday, May 28th, tickets on sale in two days.

http://www.attheecho.com/event/830197

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QCvLqOrDZg

Righteous show last night. The intervening 20 years might as well not exist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnvgqXc3qnE

Anyway, catching up on a few things:

* new documentary is out or about out; I got my DVD earlier this week thanks to being a Kickstarter backer. Had seen a slightly early cut already -- it's good! Relies on the copious footage they took themselves, with the band providing voiceovers. Smart approach.

* finally caught a reunion show the other day, due to missing out two years back as it fell around the time of my Bay Area move and I was otherwise busy in settling in. Per Elvis above: honestly didn't feel like much had changed, and a solid setlist. Would have loved "Wargasm" (one of many songs that sadly haven't aged at all) but what can you do. Playing LA tomorrow as well as an Amoeba set in a couple of weeks.

* new song!

https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/after-18-years-how-do-l7-return-with-a-song-about-trashing-trumps-mar-a-lago-interview/

oh cool another chance to talk about how much I like Donita Sparks' solo album

(it's really good!)

I reviewed my cassette of Smell the Magic for my first record review in my high school newspaper so these ladies will always have a special place in my heart

<3 this band and the reunion shows seem well received, good for them

I saw the documentary screening in Philly a few weeks ago. It was really enjoyable and a little different, mainly because the hugest portion of it was old video footage the band shot themselves while on tour and otherwise back "in the moment" which gave it a very contemporary feel as opposed to most music docs which almost always come off as the hindsight that they are.

They also kept the interview stuff to a minimum instead of the huge list of names at the end being thanked in order of appearance. Hell, I don't even think Ian MacKaye was in it and he is in every documentary!

I saw the reunion tour in 2015 and they fucking rocked.

MacKaye is in it, but not as a talking head irrc - there is footage of them asking him to dance onstage with them at the Rock For Vote concert in DC.

God, the documentary is so much fun. I could watch hours of the hi8 footage of them goofing around while recording Bricks Are Heavy.

Every time I listen to L7 I'm like this fucking rocks. My heart will always belong to Mudhoney but L7 are so underrated. I don't hate Soundgarden or anything but nah

New album in the works

https://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/l7theband

some of their songs are soooo great

def not all though lol, my main struggle is the repetitivenessssssss. still some bangers.