The person who pulled a tampon out on stage was Donita Sparks, the lead singer of the grunge band L7, during their performance at the 1992 Reading Festival in England, after an unruly crowd threw mud at the band. In response to the mud-slinging, Sparks threw her used tampon back at the audience, shouting, "Eat my used tampon, fuckers!".
Later in 1992, Sparks caused controversy in the United Kingdom when she dropped her jeans and underwear on live television, appearing nude from the waist down, during an L7 performance on the late night UK programme The Word.
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In response, Sparks reached into her pants and threw her tampon back at the crowd, and said "Eat my used tampon, fuckers!" The tampon became known as one of the "most unsanitary pieces of rock memorabilia in history".
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