Jennifer Finch, L7 Bassist and Tireless Indie-Rock Champion, Dies After Battle With Brain Cancer
Jennifer Finch, bassist, singer and songwriter for the veteran indie-rock band L7, died Saturday after a battle with an aggressive form of brain cancer,...
Key points
- Jennifer Finch, bassist, singer and songwriter for the veteran indie-rock band L7, died Saturday after a battle with an aggressive form of brain cancer, according to a statement from the band’s rep.
- A popular and well-known presence on the indie-rock scene of the 1990s, earlier in her career Finch played with Courtney Love in a band called Sugar Baby Doll and was an avid photographer and writer.
- “We 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 band wrote on social media.
- The group’s debut album, produced by Bad Religion’s Brett Gurewitz and released on Epitaph, featured the band performing live in a blurry, proto-grunge photo on its cover and opened with a song called “Bite the Wax Tadpole,” a fitting statement of their sound and attitude.
What happened
Jennifer Finch, bassist, singer and songwriter for the veteran indie-rock band L7, died Saturday after a battle with an aggressive form of brain cancer, according to a statement from the band’s rep. A popular and well-known presence on the indie-rock scene of the 1990s, earlier in her career Finch played with Courtney Love in a band called Sugar Baby Doll and was an avid photographer and writer. “We 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 band wrote on social media. The group’s debut album, produced by Bad Religion’s Brett Gurewitz and released on Epitaph, featured the band performing live in a blurry, proto-grunge photo on its cover and opened with a song called “Bite the Wax Tadpole,” a fitting statement of their sound and attitude. The band followed with “Hungry for Stink” in 1994 but Finch left the group two years later. Over the following years she joined the band OtherStarPeople, which released an album on Interscope in 1999, and later the punk band the Shocker.
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