Long before their chart domination, global popularity and, ultimately, their implosion, the Bangles began with an ad on a big board in the Sunset Boulevard shopfront of Musicians Contact Service.

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As a trio in 1981, singer Susanna Hoffs and sisters Vicki Peterson (guitar) and Debbi Peterson (drums) called themselves the Colours. Shortly after the band renamed themselves the Bangs. The Bangs ...

In the pantheon of ‘80s bands, The Bangles are among the most underappreciated. Recalled primarily for their chirpy Prince-penned ditty “Manic Monday,” the silly – albeit fun – video for “Walk Like an ...

The Bangles are timeless. The all-female band, armed with an ability to make lasting pop tunes that today still glisten and gleam with their inextinguishable spirit, ruled the 1980s and continue to ...

Susanna Hoffs still shudders at the thought her power ballad, Eternal Flame, nearly didn’t make it to the airways. The song became one of the biggest hits of the 80s but it almost wasn’t recorded at ...

They needn't have worried – at least about the way it would be received. The cover, which Vicki described as having a "gnarly guitar tone with a pop choral feel, sort of a cross between the Mamas and ...

“Ladies and Gentlemen … The Bangles!” a digital download-only 16-track reissue, should put to rest the Bangles’ image as fluffy, innocuous 1980s popsters — forever. It makes a clear-cut case that, ...

Susanna Hoffs missed the 2017 debut of the Arroyo Seco Weekend music festival in Pasadena, but when its organizers called to ask if the Bangles would be interested in playing this year’s version it ...

Cambridge, Mass. - Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a five pack of tracks from AFI and a single from The Bangles will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content ...

With iconic hits like “Manic Monday,” “Walk Like an Egyptian” and “Hazy Shade of Winter,” The Bangles have been going strong as a pop band for nearly 45 years. And now the band is telling their story ...