With Jeff Alulis

On Sale: Jan 19, 2027
Page Count: 272 pages
Publisher: Da Capo
ISBN-13: 9780306837043

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From Jennifer Finch, the bassist of L7, comes a candid and clear-eyed memoir that stands apart from the rest with its grounded perspective, raw economy of language, and bracing, edgy wisdom

If overcoming obstacles makes for great art, then Jennifer Finch is the consummate artist. She’s a recovering addict, a photographer, a cancer survivor, the co-founder of an influential pro-choice advocacy group, and the bassist for the groundbreaking all-female hard rock group L7. Driven to express herself despite neglect and abuse, Finch carved an artistic path and pulled herself out of a personal hell. The rest is history.

Finch was twelve when she dove into LA’s hardcore punk scene, fourteen when she first started shooting heroin, nineteen when she joined her first band with Courtney Love and Kat Bjelland, and in her early twenties when L7 got caught up in the maelstrom of the grunge phenomenon. She shared stages with bands like Pearl Jam and the Red Hot Chili Peppers in between overdosing, dated Dave Grohl and Billy Corgan, and coped with the tragic, early deaths of some of her closest friends. And she’s since gone on to re-define herself through sobriety, photography, and battle with a deadly illness.

Shooting Up and Making Out—packed with personal, eye-catching photographs taken by the author herself—is hard-hitting, funny, profane memoir about learning many of life’s lessons the hard and/or dumb way, and about sharing wisdom that bridges generations.

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Jennifer Finch is a cultural instigator, punk rock icon, and multi-disciplinary artist whose work spans sound, image, and story. Best known as the bassist for the groundbreaking band L7, Jennifer has built a career that defies categorization—merging raw energy with emotional intelligence across music, photography, writing, and performance.

Jeff Alulis is the co-author of the New York Times best-seller NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories. He holds an MFA from USC’s Graduate Screenwriting Program, he has directed several award-winning music-based documentaries, and he has toured as the vocalist for seminal punk bands Dead Kennedys and Reagan Youth.

Jennifer Finch

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Jennifer Finch is a cultural instigator, punk rock icon, and multi-disciplinary artist whose work spans sound, image, and story. Best known as the bassist for the groundbreaking band L7, Jennifer has built a career that defies categorization—merging raw energy with emotional intelligence across music, photography, writing, and performance.

Jeff Alulis is the co-author of the New York Times best-seller NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories. He holds an MFA from USC’s Graduate Screenwriting Program, he has directed several award-winning music-based documentaries, and he has toured as the vocalist for seminal punk bands Dead Kennedys and Reagan Youth.

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