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\"\"L7\u00a0have announced a documentary film, directed by award-winning documentary filmmaker, Sarah Price (American Movie, The Yes Men, Summercamp) titled ‘L7: Pretend We’re Dead’. The film takes viewers on an all access journey into the 1990\u2019s grunge movement that took the world by storm and the band that helped define it as the genre of a generation. Today, they launch a Kickstarter, offering fans a remarkable array of rewards, including a potential s\u00e9ance with the band, as thanks for helping to fund the project. Go to the Kickstarter project\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0to check out the full list\u00a0of rewards.<\/p>\n

Culled from over 100 hours of vintage home movies taken by the band, never before seen performance footage, and candid interviews, ‘L7: Pretend We’re Dead’ chronicles the early days of the band’s formation in 1985 to their height as the ‘queens of grunge’ and follows a roller coaster ride of triumphs and failures. It offers particularly revelatory insight into the band’s eventual dissolution in 2001.<\/p>\n

The formula: one part Donita\u2019s love of pop and punk and one part Suzi\u2019s hard rock and blues, charged with lyrics that had political bite and humor proved irresistible to the disenfranchised, the marginalized, and the punk. Watch the video for the band’s classic track, Pretend Ypu’re Dead<\/em> via YouTube below.<\/p>\n

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The band also\u00a0recently announced an original line-up\u00a0reunion tour. L7 will kick off a European tour, bringing their high-octane energy and anthemic chops to the stage to ignite audiences once again.<\/p>\n

Tour dates<\/strong><\/p>\n

6\/19: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain @\u00a0Azkena Rock Festival<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0TICKETS<\/a>
\n6\/20: Clisson, France @\u00a0Hell Fest<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0TICKETS<\/a><\/p>\n

Watch the tour teaser video below.<\/p>\n

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