The 9:30 Club was home to the post-punk hardcore scene. Bands like the Ramones, Fugazi, REM, Tiny Desk Unit and more played there
Jennifer Finch, the bassist and vocalist who helped define the sound of L7 across three decades of punk and alternative rock, has died at the age of 59 following a fight with an aggressive form of brain cancer. Her family announced her death on her Instagram page, calling her impact on music "seismic." Finch joined […] The post Jennifer Finch, L7 bassist and punk fixture, dead at 59 after brain cancer battle appeared first on American Almanac .
Jennifer Finch, the bassist and vocalist who helped define the sound of L7 across three decades of punk and alternative rock, has died at the age of 59 following a fight with an aggressive form of brain cancer. Her family announced her death on her Instagram page, calling her impact on music "seismic." Finch joined L7 in 1986 and contributed bass and vocals on five of the band's seven albums. She was also a photographer, visual artist, and member of several other projects, including the Shocker, Sugar Babylon, and Other Star People, the last of which placed music on television shows including Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Degrassi: The Next Generation. Her death, reported by Entertainment Weekly , came roughly one week after L7 publicly…Open
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Known as “The Clobberer,” he pounded out driving rhythms that fueled the band’s boisterous blend of traditional Irish music, rock and punk.