Tag: Donita Sparks

The story has been told thousands of times, but it bears repeating: Pearl Jam should never have happened. The ’90s had just begun. In March 1990, the promising Seattle rock band Mother Love Bone was about to unveil their debut album. But on the eve of the release, the band’s lead singer, Andrew Wood, died […]

L7’s 30th-anniversary reissue of Smell the Magic is out tomorrow on Sub Pop. Singer/guitarist Donita Sparks performed new live vocals on her group’s 1990 song “Fast and Frightening,” and there’s a new video for the song where Sparks appears “alongside” Los Angeles’ Lucha VaVOOM dancers. As Sparks rocks guitar and vocals, the mask-clad dancers shimmy to the […]