Jennifer Finch

Jennifer Finch (also Jennifer Precious Finch), born August 5, 1966, is an American photographer and musician, notable for her involvement in the all-female punk rock group L7.

Music

Jennifer began her musical career playing bass in an all-female English Goth and Los Angeles Deathrock influenced band called Sugar Baby Doll (or variously, Sugar Babylon). Also featured in the band was Courtney Love, (later of the band Hole) and Kat Bjelland, (later of the band Babes in Toyland). The band was together in the mid 1980s in San Francisco, California. This powerful line-up lived long enough to produce a demo which remains unreleased. [http://www.katbjelland.com/sugarbabylon/indexsugar.html] Finch subsequently played in a very short-lived version of The Pandoras, formed by bassist Gwynne Kahn, which did not include Pandoras' founder Paula Pierce.

In 1984 Jennifer Finch made an appearance in the film "The Census Taker" [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162907/ The Census Taker (1984) ] ]

In 1986, Finch joined L7, as bass guitar player and vocalist, and usually performed barefoot. She quit the group in 1996.

She has since been involved in other musical projects, including the major label Pop rock band OtherStarPeople and a stint in Betty Blowtorch, appearing in the documentary film Betty Blowtorch And Her Amazing True Life Adventures. Her latest band is called The Shocker, which played dates on the 2005 Warped Tour. In 2006 The Shocker released the full length album Up Your Asstray on Go-Kart Records.

Finch produced a Ramones tribute record for the St. Judes Charity. The album is for kids and sung by kids with guest vocals and music provided by various stars of rock, pop and punk music.

Photography

Originally a photographer, her punk rock photography (1979-1995) was on display at an "LA Weekly" sponsored art show at Aidan Ryley Taylor Gallery, 1639 Vine Street, Hollywood, until November 18, 2006. [ [http://www.laweekly.com/news/features/14-and-shooting/14886/?page=1 LA Weekly - News - 14 and Shooting - Jennifer Finch Words By John Albert - The Essential Online Resource for Los Angeles ] ]

Discography

L7

*L7 1988
*Smell the Magic 1991
*Bricks are Heavy 1992
*Hungry for Stink 1994

The Shocker

*Up Your Asstray 2006

Personal life

She was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, and grew up in West Los Angeles. In the early 90s, she dated Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters (then the drummer for Nirvana) and Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins.

References

External links

* [http://www.SHOCKERSITE.com The Shocker Official site]
* [http://www.jenniferfinchphoto.com/ 14 and shooting - Jennifer Finch Photography]
* [http://www.myspace.com/bratsonthebeat Ramones For Kids Website]