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Cheri Amour

“My rig broke on live TV. I started hitting it as hard as I could, but the bass would not break… so I threw it in the ocean”: L7’s Jennifer Finch on touring with Nirvana, gigging with Courtney Love and donating her Ghost bass to the Punk Rock Museum

Jennifer Finch.

“My name is Jennifer Precious Finch and I have been servicing punk rockers, artsy types and queers since 1984,” begins the L7 bass player from her sunlit living room. But she needs no introduction – her name is etched alongside countless others in the punk rock rolodex.

As a longstanding pal of Courtney Love, Finch was recruited to join Sugar Babydoll alongside the future Hole leader and future Babes In Toyland founder Kat Bjelland. After releasing their 1990 sophomore Smell the Magic on Sub Pop, Finch travelled to England with L7 to open for Nirvana.

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