Donita Sparks (born 8 April 1963, Chicago, Illinois) is a vocalist, guitarist and song-writer in Los Angeles. Donita is the co-founder, along with Suzi Gardner of grunge/punk/rock and roll band L7. Sparks also contributed to The New Yorker Outloud CD series, composing the score for the "Brokeback Mountain" segment in 1998. ^[1] Since June of 2005, Sparks has been touring with her eponymously named solo project. Sparks is currently in the studio recording her first solo CD. The first single off her new album is titled "Infancy of a Disaster". The video for the song can be seen on YouTube. April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... A songwriter is someone who writes either the lyrics or the music for songs. ... Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Area    - City 1290. ... Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is an independent-rooted music genre that became a commercially successful offshoot of hardcore punk, thrash metal, and alternative rock in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... L7 is a punk all-women band. ... YouTube is a popular free video sharing website which lets users upload, view, and share video clips. ...

Credits

Sparks's song-writing credits include:

L7 (1987)

• "Metal Stampede", "Cool Out" (herself)
• "Let's Rock Tonight", "Runnin' from the Law" (with Gardner)
• "Uncle Bob", "I Drink", "Ms. 45" (L7)

Smell The Magic (1991)

• "Shove", "Fast and Frightening", "'Till the Wheels Fall Off" (with Gardner)
• "Deathwish" (with Plakas and Finch)
• "Broomstick" (with Gardner and Finch)

Bricks are Heavy (1992)

• "Wargasm", "Pretend We're Dead", "Diet Pill", "Mr. Integrity", "Shitlist" (herself)
• "Scrap" (with Gurewitz)
• "Slide" (with Gardner)

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Hungry For Stink (1994)

• "Can I Run", "Riding With a Movie Star", "Talk Box" (herself)
• "Andres", "Baggage", "Stuck Here Again", "Freak Magnet" (with Gardner)
• "The Bomb", "Questioning My Sanity", "She Has Eyes" (with Finch)
• "Fuel My Fire" (with Cosmic Psychos)

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The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum (1997)

• "Off the Wagon", "Non-Existent Patricia", "Lorenza, Giada, Allesandra" (herself)
• "Drama", "I Need", "Moonshine", "The Masses Are Asses", "Bad Things", "Must Have More" (with Gardner)

Quotes

• "One of the doctors was playing our song ("I Need") in the operating room and her assisting doctor – it drove him over the edge and he jumped off the roof of the hospital. We were just giddy over that. Apparently, the doctor who attempted suicide referred to us (the band) as "gurgling transvestites." " - on having one of their songs used in an episode of the television show Chicago Hope

• "That's a badge of honor. We're shouting it from the mountaintops." - on L7 being banned from the Christian Coalition

• "It's a brutal business. At times, it's very masochistic." - on the music industry

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References

External links

• Donita Sparks' official website
• Interview