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	Smell Tha Noize - LA Weekly November, 1999
		While Sparks urges the crowd to be more responsive, and Gardner doles out eye contact like it’s endangered goods, and probationary bassist Tanaka, if she wants to keep the job, knows she damn well better act like she’s playing Madison Square Garden, Dee Plakas just fucking rocks.
		DONITA: Well, we started out with Ministry for the first six dates, and that was really fun and very cush because we were the opening act and there’s not all the pressure of being the headliner.
		Sparks, recalled fondly as a Weekly art-department prankster, could also make co-workers cry ("She was like the mean girl on the school playground," recalls one).
	www.angelfire.com /punk3/l7/1999/LAWeekly_nov_99.htm (2092 words)

	CNN - Fierce feminists L7 rant on with live album - December 11, 1998
		Sparks: We don't like many of those singers or very much of their music, because they seem to be very mainstream with a fake edge.
		Sparks: We're between labels right now and it worked out great because we've wanted to put something out an indie label for a long time, and would never have been able to do that if we were with a major studio, which wouldn't allow us to release anything on an indie label.
		Sparks: We started it because we were disturbed by what was happening with bombings and such at clinics.
	www.cnn.com /SHOWBIZ/Music/9812/11/l7/index.html (922 words)

	L7 Lyrics
		The band was formed in 1985 by Donita Sparks and Suzi Gardner, who were later joined by Jennifer Finch and Dee Plakas.
		The band gained a certain amount of notoriety for their performance at the 1992 Reading Festival, when Donita Sparks removed her tampon on-stage and threw it into the crowd in protest against the missiles being thrown by the crowd.
		Donita Sparks is currently pursuing her own solo career, along with drummer Dee Plakas and two other guitarists.
	www.lyricsystem.com /l7 (494 words)

	Phoenix - News - Wargasm - phoenixnewtimes.com
		Though the group -- Sparks, guitarist Suzi Gardner and drummer Dee Plakas -- has been together since 1985, it has endured the departure of bassist and founding member Jennifer Finch (as well as that of her touring replacement Gail Greenwood, since replaced by Janis Tanaka).
		Sparks knows all too well that the contributions of female rockers -- the ones that actually rock, in more than name only -- have been marginalized, swept up in the rush of promotional and mainstream press hype that has proclaimed and celebrated the rise of women in music over the past few years.
		For Sparks and the band, the decision to stake out their own piece of the record biz was a practical one, not one born of an unrealistic, though common, indier-than-thou attitude.
	www.phoenixnewtimes.com /issues/1999-11-04/music_1.html (894 words)

	Ink 19 :: L7
		Donita Sparks, Suzi Gardner, and Dee Platkas came on stage and quickly took command of the audience, showing that years of touring and performing have not mellowed these ladies at all.
		There was a little obligatory moshing going on and someone threw a cup of beer at Donita Sparks that missed, but there was no stage diving or body surfing.
		Donita said she didn't want to be outdone by boys in bras.
	www.ink19.com /issues_F/00_02/live_ink/035_l7.shtml (574 words)

	Sparks – Music at Last.fm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Sparks are basically two brothers, Ron and Russell Mael, Ron on keyboards and Russell on lead vocal.
		Sparks might not be making music anymore, but if they are, you can help keep other users informed by adding new events when they're announced.
		Sparks are one of the overlooked geniuses of rock music.
	www.last.fm /music/Sparks (540 words)

	Girls Will Be Girls
		In May, 1991, Donita, Demetra, Jennifer, and Suzi signed their names on the bottom line and started work for the third disc.
		Donita continued, "In Utah abortion is not legal, and we were thinking of boycotting Utah on tour just as artists boycott South Africa.
		Donita shrugs it off, "They don't have the nerve to picket a rock show, 'cause a rock audience would go off on those freaks.
	squareweenie.8m.com /pages/articles/girlsw.html (673 words)

	L7: Having a Uterus Doesn't Mean You Don't Have Balls (NY Rock)
		Donita Sparks took to the stage wearing a grimy, fl Coney Island High T-shirt.
		Bleached-blond guitarists/singers Donita Sparks and Suzi Gardner, sinewy drummer Dee Plakas, and tornado/bassist Janis Tanaka tore the dimples off the crowd and showed off their wicked head-banging skills with the opening song "Andres" from 1994's Hungry For Stink.
		Sparks wanted to know what it would take for the crowd to get its ass moving.
	www.nyrock.com /reviews/2000/l7.asp (394 words)

	NY Rock, July 2000
		Donita recently took a few minutes off from setting up for a performance at NYC's Bowery Ballroom to have a chat with NY Rock.
		DONITA: Yeah, it is. But, it's OK. We partnered up with Bongload, a label out of LA, for this record.
		DONITA: Black Halos have been with us this whole tour and part of our last tour of the US as well.
	www.angelfire.com /punk3/l7/2000/NYRock_July2000.htm (913 words)

	eBay — L7 Music CDs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		L7: Suzi Gardner, Donita Sparks (guitar, vocals); Jennifer Finch (bass, vocals); Dee Plakas (drums).
		L7: Donita Sparks (vocals, guitar, bass, piano, percussion); Suzi Gardner (vocals, guitar); Dee Plakas (drums, percussion).
		L7: Donita Sparks (vocals, guitar, bass); Suzi Gardner (vocals, guitar); Dee Plakas (drums, percussion).
	artist.ebay.com /L7_music_W0QQcZ1025009459 (507 words)

	The Spin I'm In on Odeo
		Each week, Donita shares a new playlist of tunes shes been listening to with the FDL community, who are invited to share their tunes in the comments section as well.
		This is the second of a 2 part interview Donita Sparks did with her friend Jane Wiedlin of The Go...
		This is the third edition of Donita Sparks’ The Spin I’m In podcast for Firedoglake.c...
	odeo.com /channel/143893/view (270 words)

	Amazon.com: Profile For Eric Brothers: Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Ordinarily, it would be unthinkable to put out a live album without your biggest hit, but I've always thought that one possible reason had to do with comments Donita Sparks has made about how it's not their strongest song live and how difficult it is to sing live.
		After three years of no word whatsoever from L7 and two more years of "indefinite hiatus", L7 co-founder Donita Sparks announced this year that L7 has broken up and that she and drummer Dee Plakas have formed a new band.
		This record is so bad that founding members Donita Sparks and Suzi Gardner have completely disowned it and have retired it from their live shows.
	amazon.com /gp/cdp/member-reviews/A27S2FKP62OHZW (1054 words)

	Style Council » Blog Archive » Donita Sparks’ Mushroom Mullet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This is a photo of Donita and her tampon at the Reading Festival that year, shortly before said tampon was hurled into the crowd.
		You can imagine my excitement when I heard that Donita was opening for X at the House of Blues last night, a show for which Steffie had blagged free tickets.
		We were running late, and as Steffie argued with the doorman about not being allowed to bring her camera in to the venue, I raced inside to catch the last moments of Donita on stage with her new band.
	blogs.laweekly.com /style_council/donita-sparks-mushroom-mullet (767 words)

	YouTube - Donita Sparks - Infancy of a Disaster
		YouTube - Donita Sparks - Infancy of a Disaster
		Donita Sparks has a new band, new songs, Donita Sparks has a new band, new songs, and a new video.
		Donita Sparks Infancy Disaster Rock Punk L7 Music Video (more) (less)
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=kXwGsJWqSW8 (185 words)

	The Big Takeover: X with The Johns and Donita Sparks - House of Blues (West Hollywood, CA) - Thursday, February 16, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		X with The Johns and Donita Sparks - House of Blues (West Hollywood, CA) - Thursday, February 16, 2006
		The opening sets by the generic SoCal punk band THE JOHNS (I was hoping that X mainstay John Doe would be one of the members, but unfortunately, it was not to be) and former L7 singer/guitarist DONITA SPARKS (who unfortunately sacrificed the fiery intensity of her old band for generic bar-band rock) were disappointing.
		But fortunately we only had to endure a few songs by Sparks and her band, since we got there a bit late.
	www.bigtakeover.com /reviews/x-with-the-johns-and-donita-sparks-house-of-blues-west-hollywood-ca-thursday-february-16-2006 (437 words)

	L7 - Music Downloads - Online
		Bio: Although often lumped in with the "Seattle Movement" of the early '90s (due to their sound, look, and attitude), the all-female punk band L7 hailed originally from Los Angeles.
		The seeds for L7 (whose name was taken from a slang term in the '50s that meant someone who was a "square") were planted in 1985, when a pair of guitarists/singers, Suzi Gardner and Donita Sparks, decided to start a band.
		Over the next few years, the group extended its lineup to include bassist Jennifer Finch and drummer Dee Plakas, as their sound grew more and more metallic, yet never losing the attack and simplicity of punk.
	musicstore.connect.com /artist/423/L7/1022678.html (295 words)

	City Pages - Adam's Ribfest
		Phoning from her home in L.A., Sparks sounds both relieved to be free of the major-label grind and energized by the labor of managing her own affairs.
		Still, Sparks and Gardner occasionally chime together for surprisingly sweet, almost girlish harmonies, and their guitars chatter playfully on the edges.
		Sparks credits the more aurally daring tracks (the tinny-yet-tender "Little One," the sampling hi-fi of "Freeway") to the mixing prowess of Bongload's Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf (Beck, Foo Fighters, Elliott Smith).
	www.citypages.com /databank/20/977/article7899.asp (1107 words)

	Event Detail
		Singer/guitarist Donita Sparks is a member of L7, the female punk-rock quartet that helped set the stage for the "riot grrrl" movement in the '90s.
		Sparks was born April 8, 1963, in the Chicago suburbs.
		She formed L7 in Los Angeles in 1985 with singer/guitarist Suzi Gardner, singer/bassist Jennifer Finch, and drummer Anne Anderson (Dee Plakas became the drummer in 1990).
	www.luckymanonline.com /EventDetail.aspx?eventID=456 (137 words)

	Donita Sparks - AOL Music
		Sparks also contributed to The New Yorker Outloud CD series,...
		Donita Sparks is currently pursuing her own solo career (see www.donitasparks.com), along with drummer Dee Plakas and two other guitarists, so L7 appears to...
		Download, listen and watch Donita Sparks music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and more on AOL Music.
	music.aol.com /artist/donita-sparks/127231/main (104 words)

	Sparks Artist Page at Clipland
		Sparks is a newcomer, some people would say a one-hit wonder as the active career spans only one year to date.
		Although not much works were released over the years Sparks is going strong.
		Regarding genres Sparks is solid and has a rooster of only Pop releases.
	www.clipland.com /Artist/Sparks (98 words)

	Another L7 Homepage
		My love of this band started several years ago when I heard parts of Bricks are Heavy on a mix tape that a friend gave me. I soon purchased their other albums (at that time, Smell the Magic and the self titled first release) and discovered that Smell the Magic was the finest of all.
		Seeing Donita, Jennifer, Suzi, and Dee at Lollapalooza in 1994 was a religious experience for me, in stark contrast to the rest of that show.
		Read a quote from Donita herself about why she wanted to do it.
	www.sccs.swarthmore.edu /users/98/hoffmann/L7search.html (415 words)

	art is the new religion: SXSW: Donita Sparks, Shearwater
		Ryan and I sat in the humid evening air drinking our Shiner Bocks and talking, not knowing which bands were slated to perform.
		Donita Sparks, former singer of L7, completely rocked us with her new solo project.
		Their guitars were tough but laid back and they performed with attitude and bite.
	artisthenewreligion.typepad.com /art_is_the_new_religion/2006/03/notes_from_sxsw.html (524 words)

	Donita Sparks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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	www.imdb.com /name/nm0816978 (119 words)

	PowerPop: Donita and Jane
		It's a bit weird when one's childhood idols show up, just a few steps removed from oneself, when you realize that you don't need anything like seven degrees to get to them.
		That's how I felt listening to Donita Sparks' podcast this week.
		Jane didn't really want to have an "interview" so she came over to my place for a couple of beers, and I got some questions in anyway.
	powerpop.blogspot.com /2006/11/donita-and-jane.html (465 words)

	www.myspace.com/donitasparks
		Former leader of the infamous punk band L7, Donita Sparks has now gone solo.
		Donita has recruited Dat T. Ngo (bass), Alan The Italian Santalessa (lead guitar) and Lady Dee Plakas (drums) into the mix.
		I was the kid who would go and get the coffee and stuff, barrys nephew, lol you probably remember me as Jake, everyone here just calls me by my last name
	www.myspace.com /donitasparks (437 words)

	Rolling Stone : Donita Sparks -- L7: L7
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	www.rollingstone.com /artists/l7/articles/story/5926906/donita_sparks__l7 (277 words)

	YouTube - Sparks - #1 Song In Heaven
		It was from the album terminal jive the worst album sparks ever produced some one must have a version of the song?
		Ron actually does lighten up a little in some video and concert scenes...his stiffness is the perfect opposite to Russel's energy, and it was served them well!
		fine, i'm just bitter because i want to see sparks live so badly, and i live in a smallish city in north carolina.
	youtube.com /watch?v=9X_8OnDpayI (357 words)

	lifeofreillybios
		That Donita Sparks has influenced and inspired a generation can be seen in the countless lists and internet polls on heros of modern rock.
		Donita Sparks has now embarked on a whole new mission with her eponymous new group - featuring L7 drummer Lady Dee Plakas and lead guitarist Alan the Italian and bassist Dat T. Ngo.
		Charlesnelsonreilly.com is the official website of the film "The Life of Reilly".
	www.charlesnelsonreilly.com /cnr2006/lifeofreillybios.htm (1237 words)

	The Spin I'm In: Podcast 1 on Odeo
		Donita Sparks, formerly of L7, has been doing a music column since June ‘06 for Firedoglake.com every Friday.
		The Spin I’m In is an eclectic mix of old and new and everything in between.
		Surf on over to www.firedoglake.com every Friday to catch what Spin Donita is in!
	odeo.com /audio/2250461/view (88 words)

	Donita Sparks of L7 -Angels with Attitude - Lovecraft Biofuels Online Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Donita Sparks of L7 -Angels with Attitude - Lovecraft Biofuels Online Forum
		number 1#eternal dieheart fan and true love soulmate of donita sparks for eternity!
		number 1#eternal and only all time king ruler decades dieheart lifelong and lifetime and forever dieheart fan and true unconditional and only number 1#true eternal soulmate love of donita sparks for eternity and forever on this earth for ages to come!
	www.lovecraftbiofuels.com /forum/index.php?action=vthread&forum=8&topic=390 (343 words)

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