Donita Sparks is a vocalist, guitarist and song-writer in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

. In addition to performing with her most recent band Donita Sparks and The Stellar Moments

Donita Sparks and The Stellar Moments

Donita Sparks and The Stellar Moments was former L7 member Donita Sparks' solo project. The band also featured former L7 drummer Demetra Plakas. In an interview with former guitarist Alan "the Italian", he has said that the Stellar Moments are no more...

, she is also the co-founder, along with Suzi Gardner

Suzi Gardner

Suzanne "Suzi" Gardner is an American musician most notable for being a guitarist and vocalist of L7, an all-female grunge band in the 1990s. Before playing with L7, Suzi wrote for LA Weekly. She co-founded the group together with Donita Sparks...

, of grunge

Grunge

Grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American state of Washington, particularly in the Seattle area. Inspired by hardcore punk, heavy metal, and indie rock, grunge is generally characterized by heavily distorted electric guitars, contrasting song...

 band L7

L7 (band)

L7 was an American rock band from Los Angeles, that was active from 1985 to 2000. Due to their sound and image, they are often associated with the grunge movement of the late 1980s and early 1990s.-History:...

. The band has released six studio albums, one live CD and a greatest hits record.

Working with producer Ethan Allen (50 Foot Wave

50 Foot Wave

50 Foot Wave is an American alternative rock band, formed in 2003. The band is fronted by Kristin Hersh, who writes the group's songs with collaborative efforts from the other group members in composing and arranging the music. The group's name is a reference to both an illustration and the term...

, The 88

The 88

The 88 is a four-piece indie rock band based in Los Angeles, California. They have released five full length albums as of 2010, and are the backing band for the Ray Davies Fall 2011 US Tour.- Members :Members of the band are:...

, Gram Rabbit

Gram Rabbit

Gram Rabbit is a rock band based in Joshua Tree, California. The group consists of vocalist/keyboardist/bassist/guitarist Jesika von Rabbit, guitarist/bassist/programmer/vocalist Todd Rutherford, drummer Hayden Scott and guitarist/producer Ethan Allen. Their musical style has been described as an...

), Sparks recently released her debut solo record "Transmiticate" in February, 2008, available online. The first single off her new album is titled "Infancy of a Disaster". The video for the song can be seen on YouTube

YouTube

YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....

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Sparks’ original scores can be heard in the recent feature film The Life Of Reilly, starring Charles Nelson Reilly

Charles Nelson Reilly

Charles Nelson Reilly was an American actor, comedian, director and drama teacher known for his comedic roles in theater, movies, children's television, animated cartoons, and as a panelist on the game show Match Game....

. Her work has also been featured in Natural Born Killers

Natural Born Killers

Natural Born Killers is a 1994 crime/black comedy film directed by Oliver Stone about two victims of traumatic childhoods who became lovers and psychopathic serial killers, and are irresponsibly glorified by the mass media...

, John Waters’ Serial Mom

Serial Mom

Serial Mom is a 1994 American dark satire written and directed by John Waters, starring Kathleen Turner as the title character, Sam Waterston as her husband, and Ricki Lake and Matthew Lillard as her children. Despite statements to the contrary in the movie, the story is completely fictional...

, the soundtrack to Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a 2004 open world action video game developed by British games developer Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the third 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise, the fifth original console release and eighth game overall...

, The New Yorker

The New Yorker

The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...

’s "Out Loud" series CD for the film Brokeback Mountain

Brokeback Mountain

Brokeback Mountain is a 2005 romantic drama film directed by Ang Lee. It is a film adaptation of the 1997 short story of the same name by Annie Proulx with the screenplay written by Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry...

, and most recently, Rock Band 2

Rock Band 2

Rock Band 2 is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems. It is the sequel to Rock Band and is the second title in the series. The game allows up to four players to simulate the performance of popular songs by playing with controllers modeled after musical instruments...

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From July 2006 till July 2008 she wrote a weekly music column, titled "The Spin I’m In", for the blog Firedoglake.

Sparks and L7 formed Rock for Choice

Rock for Choice

Rock for Choice was a series of benefit concerts held over the ten year period between 1991 to 2001. The concerts were designed to allow musicians to show their support for the pro-choice movement in the United States and Canada....

 with the Feminist Majority Foundation

Feminist Majority Foundation

The Feminist Majority Foundation is a non-profit organization in the United States dedicated to Women's Equality, Reproductive Health and Non-Violence, headquartered in Arlington County, Virginia. The name Feminist Majority comes from a 1986 Newsweek/Gallup public opinion poll in which 56 percent...

 in 1991, staging numerous concerts featuring some of the biggest bands in the industry benefiting pro-choice

Pro-choice

Support for the legalization of abortion is centered around the pro-choice movement, a sociopolitical movement supporting the ethical view that a woman should have the legal right to elective abortion, meaning the right to terminate her pregnancy....

 organizations.

L7

Year	Title	Label	Notes
1988	L7 L7 (album) L7 is the eponymous debut album by Los Angeles band L7. Recorded in 1987 and released in 1988, the album demonstrates the band's punk rock origins, although there are traces of the heavier grunge sound that would dominate their later work....	Epitaph Records Epitaph Records Epitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. The label was originally "just a logo and a P.O. box" created in the 1980s for the purpose of selling Bad Religion records, but has evolved into a large independent record...	Debut album
1990	Smell the Magic Smell the Magic Smell the Magic is the second album by the Los Angeles band L7. It was initially released in September 1990 as a 12" EP containing only the first six songs. It was reissued on CD in July 1991, expanded to album length with three more tracks: "Packin' a Rod", "Just Like Me", and "American Society"...	Sub Pop Sub Pop Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...	Reissued in 1991 with three extra songs
1992	Bricks Are Heavy Bricks Are Heavy Bricks Are Heavy is the third album by the Los Angeles band L7, released in April 1992 through Slash Records. Backed by the single "Pretend We're Dead", the album became a breakthrough hit and the band became the "poster girls" of grunge music....	Slash Records Slash Records Slash Records is a record label in Los Angeles, originally specializing in local and punk rock bands.The label was formed in 1978 by Bob Biggs as an outgrowth of the Los Angeles-based fanzine, Slash. Biggs, a painter, initiated the label with a seven-inch single from The Germs in 1978. A full album...	Reached #1 on Billboard Heatseekers
1994	Hungry for Stink Hungry for Stink Hungry for Stink is the fourth album by the Los Angeles grunge band L7. The title is taken from a personal ad that was seen by one of the bandmembers shortly before the album was released. It was released in July 1994 during their Lollapalooza tour...	Slash Records Slash Records Slash Records is a record label in Los Angeles, originally specializing in local and punk rock bands.The label was formed in 1978 by Bob Biggs as an outgrowth of the Los Angeles-based fanzine, Slash. Biggs, a painter, initiated the label with a seven-inch single from The Germs in 1978. A full album...	Reached #2 on Billboard Heatseekers
1997	The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum The Beauty Process is the fifth album by the Los Angeles band L7. Recorded in late 1996 and released in February 1997, the album was favored by critics yet dismissed by many earlier fans of the band....	Slash Records Slash Records Slash Records is a record label in Los Angeles, originally specializing in local and punk rock bands.The label was formed in 1978 by Bob Biggs as an outgrowth of the Los Angeles-based fanzine, Slash. Biggs, a painter, initiated the label with a seven-inch single from The Germs in 1978. A full album...	First album without bassist Jennifer Finch Jennifer Finch Jennifer Finch , born August 5, 1966, is an American photographer and musician, notable for her involvement in the all-female punk rock group L7.-Music:...
1998	Live: Omaha to Osaka Live: Omaha to Osaka Live: Omaha to Osaka is the first live album by L7. The album was recorded at clubs in Omaha, NE and Osaka, Japan , hence its name.-Track listing:# "L7 Medley/Overture" – 6:41# "Bad Things" – 3:22...	Man's Ruin Records Man's Ruin Records Man's Ruin Records was an independent record label, owned and founded by Bay Area artist Frank Kozik. After the 1994 release of Man's Ruin's first record, entitled Experimental Audio Research : Delta 6, Kozik worked with artists who he wanted to release; he also designed all of the sleeve art for...	Live album
1999	Slap-Happy Slap-Happy Slap-Happy is the sixth and final studio album by rock band L7, released in 1999. The double A side single "Freeway"/"Mantra Down" was available to buy only for a short time on the internet as a 7" single...	Wax Tadpole Records	Final studio album
2000	The Slash Years The Slash Years The Slash Years is the last album released by rock band L7. It comprises L7's greatest hits released on Slash Records.-Track listing:# "Pretend We're Dead" – 3:55# "Mr...	Slash Records Slash Records Slash Records is a record label in Los Angeles, originally specializing in local and punk rock bands.The label was formed in 1978 by Bob Biggs as an outgrowth of the Los Angeles-based fanzine, Slash. Biggs, a painter, initiated the label with a seven-inch single from The Germs in 1978. A full album...	Compilation of popular songs from 1992–1997

Viggo Mortenson's Spoken Word

Year	Title	Label	Notes
1999	One Man's Meat One Man's Meat One Man's Meat may refer to:*One Man's Meat, a 1942 book by E. B. White*One Man's Meat, a 1977 detective novel by Colin Watson*"One Man's Meat", a short story by Jeffrey Archer*"One Man's Meat", a song by Fad Gadget from his 1984 album Gag...	TDRS Music TDRS Music Travis Dickerson Recording Studios Music is a label founded by musician and producer Travis Dickerson. The label is characterized by the way it sells records...

Donita Sparks and the Stellar Moments

Year	Title	Label	Notes
2008	Transmiticate Transmiticate Transmiticate is the first album by the Los Angeles rock musician Donita Sparks' solo project Donita Sparks and The Stellar Moments, also featuring the former guitarist, singer and songwriter of punk rock band L7.-Track listing:...	CASH Music CASH Music CASH Music is an organization founded by Kristin Hersh of Throwing Muses and Donita Sparks of L7. Other participating artists include Xiu Xiu, Adam Gnade, Portugal The Man, 50FOOTWAVE, Colourmusic, Learning Music and Alex Moulton...	Debut album

External links

• Donita Sparks' official website
• Interview