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Seattle, United States (1990 – 1997)
7 Year Bitch was an American punk rock band from Seattle, Washington that was active between 1990 and 1997. Their career yielded three albums, and was impacted by the deaths of their guitarist Stefanie Sargent and close-friend Mia Zapata of fellow Seattle punks The Gits.
7 Year Bitch was formed in 1990 by vocalist Selene Vigil, guitarist Stefanie Sargent, bassist Elizabeth Davis and drummer Valerie Agnew. Vigil, Sargent, and Agnew had been playing together in the Seattle band Barbie’s Dream Car when their bassist left for Europe. They subsequently recruited Davis and renamed their band after the movie Seven Year Itch.
At their first concert, the band opened for The Gits, who would prove to have a significant influence on their music. In 1991 the band released the single “Lorna” and signed with C/Z Records. Their first album, Sick ‘Em, was released in 1992, but it was overshadowed by Sargent’s death on June 27. Sargent passed out on her back after returning home from a party where she had drunk alcohol and taken a small amount of heroin. She died of asphyxiation when she failed to wake up after throwing up the contents of her stomach. After a prolonged period of uncertainty, the band decided to continue, recruiting guitarist Roisin Dunne as Sargent’s replacement later that year.
In July 1993, longtime friend and Gits frontwoman Mia Zapata was brutally raped and murdered while walking home late at night. This event, coupled with Sargent’s death the previous year, had a profound effect on the group.
7 Year Bitch was formed in 1990 by vocalist Selene Vigil, guitarist Stefanie Sargent, bassist Elizabeth Davis and drummer Valerie Agnew. Vigil, Sargent, and Agnew had been playing together in the Seattle band Barbie’s Dream Car when their bassist left for Europe. They subsequently recruited Davis and renamed their band after the movie Seven Year Itch.
At their first concert, the band opened for The Gits, who would prove to have a significant influence on their music. In 1991 the band released the single “Lorna” and signed with C/Z Records. Their first album, Sick ‘Em, was released in 1992, but it was overshadowed by Sargent’s death on June 27. Sargent passed out on her back after returning home from a party where she had drunk alcohol and taken a small amount of heroin. She died of asphyxiation when she failed to wake up after throwing up the contents of her stomach. After a prolonged period of uncertainty, the band decided to continue, recruiting guitarist Roisin Dunne as Sargent’s replacement later that year.
In July 1993, longtime friend and Gits frontwoman Mia Zapata was brutally raped and murdered while walking home late at night. This event, coupled with Sargent’s death the previous year, had a profound effect on the group.
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incesticide_ wrote:
Banda muito boa, junto com o Hole e o L7 fizeram minha vida ser bem mais alegre! Bons tempos e boas lembranças ao som Riot Grrrl delas! ♥
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GordoTunder wrote:
¡Awesome band!
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Mamwyn wrote:
Wonderful.
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love-MATE wrote:
Anyway, good band. :D
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lslmad wrote:
eu amo essas mulheres
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cramped_ wrote:
Whoa. x_lallorona_x totally nailed it. [2]
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VioletFVK wrote:
Whoa. x_lallorona_x totally nailed it.
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x_lallorona_x wrote:
@phlunked you are so completely off. chickies? attempting? go do your macho cock rock guitar somewhere else newbie
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BenniBonniBunni wrote:
Crying Shame ♥ [2]
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Thai-Mudhoney wrote:
Gosto muito desta banda, pena que poucos conheçem, uma das melhores do Riot Grrrl
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Phlunked wrote:
Just chickies attempting to make grunge music. Not particularly great or anything, it just is as it is. Riot-Girl, yeah! or somethin' Yeah!
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incesticide_ wrote:
It's Too Late ♥
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My_Sharona wrote:
Crying Shame ♥
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incesticide_ wrote:
banda muito boa essa aí! pena que não é muito lembrada na cena grunge.
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hataedym_2 wrote:
adoro elas
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Blodsinn wrote:
Thanks
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Hip_Like_Junk wrote:
Selene's solo album: m e g a u p l o a d . c o m / ? d = Z 6 9 G Z 6 7 X remove spaces. [2] great piece of music. [3] THANKS FOR THE UPLOAD <3
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pokeyaha wrote:
relove it lml
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m-ska wrote:
Selene's solo album: m e g a u p l o a d . c o m / ? d = Z 6 9 G Z 6 7 X remove spaces. [2] great piece of music.
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SK8ergirlGC wrote:
Thanks!
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