# L7 discography

This is the discography of the American rock band L7.
L7 was originally formed in 1985 by Donita Sparks and Suzi Gardner, both of whom sang and played guitar. The band's early lineup consisted of bassist Jennifer Finch and drummer Roy Koutsky. After their debut album, the band recruited Demetra Plakas as their permanent drummer. This lineup continued through their albums Smell the Magic (1990), released on Subpop records, and Bricks Are Heavy (1992) and Hungry for Stink (1994), both released on Slash. In 1996, Finch elected to leave the band to attend college and Greta Brink replaced her as the bass player for The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum, the third and final album released through Slash, in 1997. Gail Greenwood took over on bass for the album Slap-Happy (1999), which was produced by L7's own company, Wax Tadpole Records. After this, there were further changes to the lineup when Greenwood left the band, to be replaced by Janis Tanaka on bass. The group announced it was on an indefinite hiatus in 2001.
L7 reunited in 2014, including Jennifer Finch. The following year, they performed in Europe and North America. The reception was positive and the band continued to tour in 2016 and 2017. In 2016, a Kickstarter-funded documentary film, titled L7: Pretend We're Dead, directed by Sarah Price, was screened at film festivals and later released in the US and abroad.
In September 2017, the band issued the single "Dispatch from Mar-a-Lago", their first new song in eighteen years. This song was closely followed by the single "I Came Back to Bitch" in 2018. On May 3, 2019, L7's full-length album Scatter the Rats was released to generally favorable reviews.

## Albums
### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications :
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Notes |
| Title | Details | US | US Heat | AUS | SWE | UK | Notes |
| L7 | Released: 1988 Label: Epitaph | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Smell the Magic | Released: September 1, 1990 Label: Sub Pop | — | — | — | — | — | Reissued in 1991 with three extra songs |
| Bricks Are Heavy | Released: April 14, 1992 Label: Slash | 160 | 1 | 47 | — | 24 | |
| Hungry for Stink | Released: July 12, 1994 Label: Slash | 117 | 2 | 57 | 47 | 26 | |
| The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum | Released: February 25, 1997 Label: Slash | 172 | 12 | — | — | — | First album without bassist Jennifer Finch |
| Slap-Happy | Released: August 24, 1999 Label: Wax Tadpole | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Scatter the Rats | Released: May 3, 2019 Label: Blackheart | — | 19 | — | — | — | |

### Compilations

| Title | Details | Notes |
| The Slash Years | Released: May 2, 2000 Label: Slash | Compilation of popular songs from 1992–1997 |
| Fast and Frightening | Released: September 16, 2016 Label: Easy Action | 2-CD set of rarities, covers, compilation tracks + radio session + live set |
| Pretend We're Dead – Best Of | Released: March 2019 Label: Slash | Compilation of popular songs from 1992–1997 |
| L7: Wargasm – The Slash Years | Released: 2021 Label: Slash | 3-CD box set of releases under Slash |

### Live albums

| Title | Details | Notes |
| Live: Omaha to Osaka | Released: December 15, 1998 Label: Man's Ruin | |
| Hollywood Palladium | Released: November 5, 2014 Label: Easy Action | Recorded May 17, 1991, at the Hollywood Palladium |
| Detroit | Released: January 13, 2017 Label: Easy Action | |
| Wireless | Released: February 2, 2018 Label: Easy Action | Recorded in Brisbane in 1992 for Triple J's Live at the Wireless radio programme |

## Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | US Alt. | AUS | UK | Album |
| "Shove" | 1990 | — | — | — | Smell the Magic |
| "Pretend We're Dead" | 1992 | 8 | 50 | 21 | Bricks Are Heavy |
| "Everglade" | 1992 | — | 85 | 27 | Bricks Are Heavy |
| "Monster" | 1992 | — | — | 33 | Bricks Are Heavy |
| "Slide" (live) (split single with Faith No More) | 1992 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Andres" | 1994 | 20 | 86 | 34 | Hungry for Stink |
| "Drama" | 1997 | — | — | — | The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum |
| "Off the Wagon" | 1997 | — | — | — | The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum |
| "Freeway" | 1999 | — | — | — | Slap-Happy |
| "Mantra Down" | 1999 | — | — | — | Slap-Happy |
| "Dispatch from Mar-a-Lago" | 2017 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "I Came Back to Bitch" | 2018 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Burn Baby / Fighting the Crave" | 2019 | — | — | — | Scatter the Rats |
| "Fake Friends / Witchy Burn" | 2020 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Cooler Than Mars" | 2023 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |

## Videos

* 1990 – "Just Like Me" (from Smell the Magic)
* 1991 – "Fast and Frightening" (from Smell the Magic)
* 1992 – "Pretend We're Dead" (from Bricks are Heavy)
* 1992 – "Everglade" (from Bricks are Heavy)
* 1992 – "Monster" (from Bricks are Heavy)
* 1994 – "Andres" (from Hungry for Stink)
* 1994 – "Stuck Here Again" (from Hungry for Stink)
* 1999 – L7: The Beauty Process – documentary about the band by Krist Novoselic
* 2016 – L7: Pretend We're Dead (single)
* 2018 – "I Came Back to Bitch" (single)
* 2019 – "Burn Baby"(from Scatter the Rats)
* 2019 – "Stadium West" (from Scatter the Rats)

## Other appearances

| Year | Compilation | Track |
| 1988 | The Melting Plot | "Yummy Yummy" (Ohio Express cover) |
| 1989 | Radio Tokyo Tapes Volume 4: Women | "Sweet Sex" (cover of Flipper's "Sex Bomb") |
| 1989 | Gabba Gabba Hey: A Tribute to the Ramones | "Suzy Is a Headbanger" |
| 1989 | Every Band Has a Shonen Knife Who Loves Them | "Baggs" |
| 1990 | "Shove" single | "Fast" (early version of "Fast and Frightening") |
| 1990 | Teriyaki Asthma | "Bloodstains" (Agent Orange cover) |
| 1992 | "Pretend We're Dead" single | "Lopsided Head" & "Used to Love Him" |
| 1992 | Virus 100 | "Let's Lynch the Landlord" (Dead Kennedys cover) |
| 1992 | Maneater (live in Waterfront bootleg) | "She's a Lost Cause" |
| 1994 | Serial Mom Soundtrack | "Gas Chamber" |
| 1995 | Spirit of '73: Rock for Choice | "Cherry Bomb" (with Joan Jett) |
| 1995 | The Jerky Boys Soundtrack | "Hanging on the Telephone" (The Nerves cover) |
| 1996 | Twisted Willie | "Three Days" (Willie Nelson cover with Waylon Jennings) |
| 1996 | A Small Circle of Friends | "Lion's Share" (Germs cover) |
| 1997 | "Off the Wagon" single | "Guera" & "Punk Broke (My Heart)" |
| 1997 | Live: Omaha to Osaka | "Pattylean" & "El Wahtusi" |
| 1997 | I Know What You Did Last Summer Soundtrack | "This Ain't the Summer of Love" (Blue Öyster Cult cover) |
| 2000 | Free the West Memphis 3 | "Boys in Black" |

## Compilation appearances

| Year | Compilation | Track |
| 1988 | Tantrum | "Bite the Wax Tadpole" |
| 1990 | The Big One: City of L.A. Power | "American Society" |
| 1991 | International Pop Underground | "Packin' a Rod" |
| 1992 | Pet Sematary II Soundtrack | "Shitlist" |
| 1994 | Alternative NRG | "Shitlist" |
| 1994 | Natural Born Killers Soundtrack | "Shitlist" |
| 1994 | The Grunge Years | "Shove" |
| 1995 | Tank Girl Soundtrack | "Shove" |
| 1996 | Foxfire Soundtrack | "Shirley" |
| 1999 | Stoned Again! – A Bong Load Records Collection | "Stick to the Plan" |
| 2004 | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Official Soundtrack Boxset | "Pretend We're Dead" |
| 2008 | Rock Band 2 | "Pretend We're Dead" |