Editing L7 (band) (section)

==Controversies==
During their performance at the [[Reading and Leeds Festivals line-ups#1992|1992 Reading Festival]], the band experienced "technical difficulties with their audio equipment" and were forced to stall their set. The rowdy crowd grew restless and began throwing mud onto the stage, repeatedly pelting the band. In protest, lead vocalist Donita Sparks removed her [[tampon]] on-stage and threw it into the crowd yelling "Eat my used tampon, fuckers!" Sparks has remained unapologetic about the incident,<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z-44p7V2TrUC&q=L7+tampon&pg=PA369 |author=Mark Yarm |title=Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge |date=March 2012 |publisher=Three Rivers Press |page=369|isbn=9780307464446 }}</ref> and the tampon has been referred to as one of the "most unsanitary pieces of rock memorabilia in history."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spinner.com/2009/11/10/l7-throws-tampon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716120819/http://www.spinner.com/2009/11/10/l7-throws-tampon|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 16, 2011|title=L7 Throws Tampon |date=August 28, 1992 |access-date=August 19, 2011}}</ref>

Later in 1992, Sparks caused controversy in the United Kingdom when she dropped her jeans and underwear on live television, appearing nude from the waist down, during an L7 performance on the late night UK programme ''[[The Word (TV series)|The Word]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Brewer |first=Mary F. |title=Exclusions in Feminist Thought: Challenging the Boundaries of Womanhood |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5PWEpoc-W-0C&q=Donita+Sparks+The+Word+1992&pg=PA127 |date=January 1, 2002 |publisher=Sussex Academic Press |isbn=978-1-902210-63-6 |pages=127 |access-date=May 30, 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Of the incident, Sparks later commented that the Word show L7 appeared on had a number of chaotic aspects already underway including "a men’s bum contest" and a "hidden camera in [[Oliver Reed]]’s dressing room, showing him intoxicated with his shirt off, which was really fucked up. So I added my contribution to this craziness."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://crackmagazine.net/article/long-reads/turning-points-l7s-donita-sparks/|title=Turning Points: L7's Donita Sparks|last=Tehabsim|first=Anna|date=March 18, 2015|work=Crack Magazine|access-date=September 7, 2019}}</ref>

In 2000, the band raffled a one-night stand with Demetra Plakas at a London gig.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/25-jaw-dropping-rock-facts-1427940|title=25 jaw-dropping rock facts|date=October 8, 2009|work=NME|access-date=September 15, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2000/apr/13/artsfeatures3|title=Bad grrls live forever|last=Simpson|first=Dave|date=April 12, 2000|work=The Guardian|access-date=September 15, 2019}}</ref> The winner got to spend the night on the tour bus. ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' reported that Plakas and her bandmates decided "We're not being hypocritical about rock & roll anymore. Rock & roll is prostitution."<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-year-in-weird-120391/|title=The Year in Weird: Santana's shoes, Ziggy's hemp bars and more weirdness from 2000|last=Sprague|first=David|date=December 29, 2000|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=September 15, 2019}}</ref>