Valerie Agnew

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Agnew moved from Ohio to Seattle, Washington, where she met the musicians that would become her future bandmates: Selene Vigil (vocals), Elizabeth Davis (bass), and Stefanie Sargent (lead guitar).{{Cite web |date=June 4, 2023 |title=Valerie Agnew |url=https://thesestreets.org/valerie-agnew/ |website=thesestreets.org |access-date=June 5, 2023 |archive-date=February 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207123416/https://thesestreets.org/valerie-agnew/ |url-status=live }} They formed 7 Year Bitch and signed with C/Z Records. They released their debut album Sick 'Em in 1992. 7 Year Bitch's career came to a close in 1997,{{Cite web |last=Wojcik |first=Alexandria |date=November 24, 2015 |title=7 Year Bitch Announce New 'Live at Moe' Album, Share "The Scratch" [LISTEN] |url=https://www.musictimes.com/articles/55744/20151124/7-year-bitch-announce-new-live-moe-album-share-scratch.htm |website=Music Times |access-date=June 5, 2023 |archive-date=April 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409212845/http://www.musictimes.com/articles/55744/20151124/7-year-bitch-announce-new-live-moe-album-share-scratch.htm |url-status=live }} after a final tour with San Francisco's Lost Goat.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

Agnew also worked as a massage therapist{{Cite web |date=August 2009 |title=Int: Valerie Agnew, 7 Year Bitch |url=http://popular1.com/revista/articlesinterviews/articles-in-english/interview-with-valerie-agnew-of-7-year-bitch/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904073656/http://popular1.com/revista/articlesinterviews/articles-in-english/interview-with-valerie-agnew-of-7-year-bitch/ |archive-date=September 4, 2009 |access-date=June 4, 2023 |website=Popular 1 Magazine}}{{Cite web |last=Berman |first=Judy |date=June 17, 2010 |title='90s Grunge Bands: Where Are They Now? |url=https://www.flavorwire.com/98576/90s-grunge-bands-where-are-they-now |website=Flavorwire |access-date=June 5, 2023 |archive-date=October 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025212329/https://www.flavorwire.com/98576/90s-grunge-bands-where-are-they-now |url-status=live }} and was a shareholder at Rainbow Grocery Cooperative,{{Cite web |date=February 23, 2022 |title=2021 INFRA Fall Newsletter by Natural Food Retailers |url=https://issuu.com/naturalfoodretailers.com/docs/2021_infra_fall_newsletter_0?fr=sZWY2ZjUxMTgyNDc |website=Issuu |page=12}} a worker-owned grocery in San Francisco for over 22 years. Since 2021, Agnew works as a region manager at Independent Natural Food Retailers.

While still living in Ohio, Agnew dated Steve Moriarty, the drummer for the American punk band The Gits.{{Cite web |last=Arieff |first=Rachel |date=February 2009 |title=Interview: Steve Moriarty of The Gits |url=https://rachelarieff.com/en/eng-interviews/eng-interview-with-steve-moriarty-of-the-gits/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118190507/https://rachelarieff.com/en/eng-interviews/eng-interview-with-steve-moriarty-of-the-gits/ |archive-date=January 18, 2021 |access-date=2021-12-22 |website=Rachel Arieff |language=en-US}} Additionally, Agnew was a very close friend of Mia Zapata, the band's frontwoman.

• Sick 'Em (C/Z Records, 1992).
• ¡Viva Zapata! (C/Z Records, 1994).
• Gato Negro (Atlantic Records, 1996).

• "Lorna" b/w "No Fucking War," "You Smell Lonely" (Rathouse/Face The Music Records), (1991; reissued by C/Z Records in 1992).
• "Antidisestablishmentarianism EP" (Rugger Bugger Records, 1992)
• "7 Year Bitch" / "Thatcher on Acid" "Can We Laugh Now?" / "No Fucking War" (Clawfist Records, 1992)
• "7 Year Bitch EP" (C/Z Records, 1992)
• "Rock-A-Bye Baby" b/w "Wide Open Trap" (C/Z Records, 1994)
• "The History of My Future" b/w "24,900 Miles Per Hour" (promo only) (Atlantic Records, 1996)
• "24,900 Miles Per Hour" (promo only) (Atlantic Records, 1996)
• "Miss Understood" b/w "Go!" (Man's Ruin, 1996)

• "8-Ball Deluxe" on Kill Rock Stars (Kill Rock Stars, Nov '12).
• "Dead Men Don't Rape" on There's A Dyke in the Pit (Outpunk/Harp Records, 1992).
• "The Scratch" on Power Flush: San Francisco, Seattle & You (Rathouse/Broken Rekids, 1993).
• "In Lust You Trust" on Rawk Atlas (promo only) (C/Z Records, 1993).
• "Dead Men Don't Rape" on Progression (Progression, 1994).
• "The Scratch," "Icy Blue" on the Mad Love Motion Picture Soundtrack (Zoo Records, 1995).
• "Kiss My Ass Goodbye" on Seattle Women in Rock: A Diverse Collection (Insight Records, 1995).
• "Damn Good And Well" on Space Mountain (Rough Trade Publishing, 1995).
• "The Scratch" on Take A Lick (promo only) (BMG, 1995).
• "M.I.A." on Notes From The Underground, Vol. 2 (Priority Records, 1995).
• "Mad Dash" on Home Alive: The Art Of Self-Defense (Epic Records, 1996).
• "24,900 Miles Per Hour" on huH Music Sampler No. 23 (promo only, RayGun Press, 1996).
• "Knot (Live)" on Hype! The Motion Picture Soundtrack (Sub Pop Records, 1996).
• "Damn Good And Well" on Rough Cuts: The Best Of Rough Trade Publishing, 1991–1995 (Rough Trade Publishing, 1997).
• "Rock-A-Bye Baby" on She's A Rebel (Beloved/Shanachie Records, 1997).
• "Shake Appeal" on We Will Fall: The Iggy Pop Tribute (Royalty Records, 1997).
• "M.I.A." on Whatever: The 90's Pop & Culture Box (Flying Rhino Records/WEA, 2005).
• "The Scratch" on Sleepless in Seattle: The Birth of Grunge (LiveWire Recordings, 2006).

• "In Lust You Trust" (1992)
• "Hip Like Junk" (1994)
• "24,900 Miles Per Hour" (1996)

• The Gits Movie (2005)
• Mad Love{{Cite magazine |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |date=March 22, 2020 |title=Riot Grrrl Album Guide |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/riot-grrrl-album-guide-bikini-kill-sleater-kinney-972476/bratmobile-pottymouth-1993-972546/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=June 5, 2023 |archive-date=May 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517195502/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/riot-grrrl-album-guide-bikini-kill-sleater-kinney-972476/bratmobile-pottymouth-1993-972546/ |url-status=live }}

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