Jennifer Finch, bassist and vocalist for the 1990s grunge band L7, has been diagnosed with brain cancer. The 59-year-old announced her shocking diagnosis on Monday in a joint statement with the band. ‘Our beloved bandmate, sister and friend Jennifer Finch has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer,’ L7 shared on social media.’Following multiple surgeries and serious complications, Jennifer now requires extensive medical care, rehabilitation and professional in-home support.’They also announced a GoFundMe campaign to help cover medical fees and allow Finch to live at home through the course of her treatment.By Tuesday morning, her GoFundMe had already raised more than $225,000 toward a goal of $350,000, with proceeds going to such causes as ‘home-care expenses that will allow Jennifer to remain safely and comfortably at home.’The crowdfunding page also requested donations to help recover the ‘significant out-of-pocket medical expenses and legal fees’ already paid for her care. (from left) Donita Sparks, Suzi Gardner, Jennifer Finch and Demetra ‘Dee’ Plakas are pictured in Belgium in a 1992 publicity shot for their grunge band L7 Finch, 59, was one of the earliest and longest-lasting members of the girl group, which she joined in 1986, the year after they first formed in Los Angeles; Finch pictured in 2020Finch, 59, was one of the earliest and longest-lasting members of the girl band, which she joined in 1986, the year after they first formed in Los Angeles.She also featured in the 1994 Doll Parts music video for Courtney Love’s group Hole as a replacement for bassist Kristen Pfaff, who had died at 27 of a heroin overdose.Although she left L7 in 1996 and the band broke up altogether in 2001, she got back together with her old colleagues when L7 reformed in 2014.This May, they announced that they would be embarking on their final tour called The Last Hurrah 2026 with dates to begin this October.The Daily Mail has contacted Finch’s representatives for comment.Taking stock of the ‘the difficult reality that Jennifer may have more good days behind her than ahead,’ her loved ones also requested contributions so they could maintain Finch’s ‘legacy by creating an archive of her artistic and creative work.’ Finch abruptly exited L7 in 1996, grappling with the combined grief of losing both her father and the band’s roadie Umbar; Plakas, Sparks, Finch and Gardner pictured 1992 Born in Los Angeles, Finch began her career in San Francisco as part of Courtney Love’s early pre-fame band Sugar Babydoll in the 1980s; pictured 1991 in London performing with L7Born in Los Angeles, Finch began her career in San Francisco as part of Courtney Love’s early pre-fame band Sugar Babydoll in the 1980s.In 1986 she joined L7, which was formed the previous year by Donita Sparks and Suzi Gardner, habituées of the art scene of Los Angeles’ bohemian Echo Park area.The band rose to its greatest heights of success in the early- to mid-1990s with a lineup comprised of Finch, Sparks, Gardner and Demetra ‘Dee’ Plakas. Perhaps their best remembered song is their 1992 breakout single Pretend We’re Dead, which they played on The Late Show with David Letterman.Finch confessed she was ‘barely’ able to ‘remember’ one early L7 tour because she ‘was on so much heroin,’ in an interview with Louder.Having become ‘an opiate IV drug user at 13,’ she eventually ‘got clean’ in 1990, she recalled in a podcast appearance a few years ago.During the early 1990s she enjoyed a dalliance with Dave Grohl, who was then the drummer for Nirvana before his days in the Foo Fighters. Finch featured in the 1994 Doll Parts music video for Courtney Love’s group Hole as a replacement for the late bassist Kristen Pfaff; Finch (left) pictured with Love (right) During the early 1990s she enjoyed a dalliance with Dave Grohl, who was then the drummer for Nirvana before his days in the Foo Fighters; Finch and Grohl pictured 1991They have remained friendly enough in the decades since their split that she publicly defended him in 2024 amid the explosive scandal over his having fathered a daughter outside his longtime marriage to Jordyn Blum. During the controversy, Finch insisted Grohl was ‘doing everything he can for his family’ and ‘giving it his all in spite of the messy situation,’ via TMZ. Finch abruptly exited L7 in 1996, while the band was still reeling from the overdose death of their beloved roadie Umbar on their tour bus the previous year.She announced her departure to her bandmates by walking out of a recording session and leaving them a note scrawled in pencil, as revealed in a 2016 documentary documenting the group’s history called L7: Pretend We’re Dead.’I remember starting to have a lot of concerns over my health, and I might have to leave,’ Finch recalled. ‘My own control issues were getting fired up. I was having money concerns. I was grieving over the loss of my father and Umbar.’She added: ‘Any one of those things would’ve not been a problem, but all of them kind of converging together – it was just gonna be hard to continue.’After an interregnum as the frontwoman of her own punk band, The Shocker, Finch reunited with Sparks, Gardner and Plakas as L7 in 2014.