L7 may be coming into their own in the age of grunge and riot grrrls, but it’s old-time punk rock that’s central to their D.I.Y. Mean, squealing, subversive guitars that Sparks and Gardner wield like the weapons they are. “It was so ironic, because in the beginning, we used to get a lot of questions like that,” says Finch. I hope the story angles for L7 will eventually be the same as for Nirvana or Cracker. L7 was released by Epitaph in 1988, followed by a 1990 Sub Pop EP, Smell the Magic.