Bangles biography
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The Bangles was one of the new generation of independent all-women bands that followed The Go-Go's in the early 1980s. Consisting of Susanna Hoffs (guitar, vocals), Debbi Peterson (drums, vocals), sister Vicki Peterson (guitar, vocals,) and Annette Zilinskas, who was later replaced by Michael Steele, (bass, vocals). The band was formed in Los Angeles in 1981 as The Supersonic Bangs, later shortened to The Bangs. They were forced to change their name to the Bangles when a band from New Jersey, also named the Bangs, threatened to sue. Early in their career they were associated with the Paisley Underground scene in Los Angeles. The single 'Manic Monday', written by Prince launched their international career. After 3 successful albums ("All Over The Place", "Different Light" and "Everything"), The Bangles broke up.
Susanna Hoffs released two solo albums in the 90's (a third album remained unreleased). Vicki Peterson joined the Continental Drifters. Debbie Peterson had a short-lived career with Siobhan Maher as Kindred Spirit, while Michael Steele lived in semi-retirement in California.
The Bangles reconvened in 2000 and recorded a reunion album, released in 2003, on Koch Records called "Doll Revolution". By lucky coincid
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The Bangles’ journey began in a garage, and took them around the world – and then, it was over, owing to a mix of music industry overreach and old fashioned sexism.
That’s according to a new book, “Eternal Flame: The Authorized Biography of the Bangles” by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike, due Feb. 18. The tome takes readers through the band’s less-than-10-year journey from obscurity to pop-stardom and back again, a path illuminated with ’80s hits such as “Eternal Flame,” “Manic Monday,” “Walk Like an Egyptian” and an electric cover of “Hazy Shade of Winter.”
From outside the tour buses and executive boardrooms, the group seemed larger than life to many – including Bickerdike, a music academic as well as an author. She recalled to The New York Times that “when I first encountered the Bangles as a kid, I thought they were powerful, in control, just ruling everything.”
But as she dug into the story, speaking with Bangles founding members Debbi Peterson, Susanna Hoffs, and Vicki Peterson, she says “what was strange, sad and shocking was finding out just how much they had to deal with the agendas of these people surrounding them and the inherent misogyny of the music industry.”
She added, “It was hard to reconcile that with the image of the band that I’d always had.”
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