{"id":932492,"date":"2026-07-13T18:10:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/932492\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T18:10:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:10:16","slug":"l7s-jennifer-finch-diagnosed-with-brain-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/932492\/","title":{"rendered":"L7\u2019s Jennifer Finch Diagnosed With Brain Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer Finch, longtime bassist of the \u201990s grunge outfit <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/2399-l7\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">L7<\/a>, is currently undergoing treatment for brain cancer. \u201cUnforseen complications have required Jennifer to undergo multiple surgeries that have resulted in physical limitations,\u201d reads a press release shared by the band. A <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/gofund.me\/a4cfdb622\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/gofund.me\/a4cfdb622&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/gofund.me\/a4cfdb622\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GoFundMe page<\/a> has been set up to help Finch cover her medical expenses and additional at-home care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are all devastated by the news and are surrounding her with love,\u201d L7 singer and guitarist Donita Sparks said in a statement. \u201cJennifer is family, and we want her to feel the full strength of the community that has loved and supported her for so many years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, L7 made a comeback with <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/l7-scatter-the-rats\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scatter the Rats<\/a>, their <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/l7-announce-first-new-album-in-20-years\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first album<\/a> since 1999\u2019s Slap-Happy. The band celebrated their 40th anniversary last year with a <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/l7-to-celebrate-40th-anniversary-with-los-angeles-concert-featuring-lunachicks-and-css\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">special concert<\/a> at the Belasco in Los Angeles. Finch will not join L7 on the initial North American leg of their <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/l7-map-2026-farewell-tour-dates\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Last Hurrah farewell tour<\/a>, which is set for the fall, but reportedly encouraged the band to go on with the shows without her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jennifer Finch, longtime bassist of the \u201990s grunge outfit L7, is currently undergoing treatment for brain cancer. \u201cUnforseen&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":932493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[185,171,376033,50,27645,67,132,68,1940],"class_list":["post-932492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-l7","tag-news","tag-textaboveleftsmall","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-web"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116914018021015143","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=932492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/932493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=932492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=932492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=932492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}