For members of The Bangles, the quintessential all-female band of the 1980s, “Walk Like An Egyptian” was an aberration — not just a departure from their rock-influenced roots, but running counter to ...

Forty years on, The Bangles’ Different Light remains a defining pop rock album, with hits like Manic Monday and Walk Like an Egyptian still resonating worldwide.

In the autumn of 1989, and just six months after their irrepressibly pretty “Eternal Flame” had hit the top of the charts the world over, The Bangles imploded. It had been an intense run. Three years ...

The Bangles made such an impact on the 80s music scene that it’s hard to believe they only released three albums in that decade. It might be even harder to grasp that their recorded output stayed ...

Vicki Peterson's six-string contribution to some of the most enduring ’80s hits cannot be overstated – with irresistible earworms such as Walk Like an Egyptian (1986), Manic Monday (1986), and Eternal ...

When they started out at the beginning of the 1980s, The Bangles' members were never part of the Los Angeles punk scene that slightly predated them, with bands such as X, the Germs and the other ...

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 ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Bangles, one of the most successful girl bands in the history of pop rock, concluded a two-day stint at the intimate Rams Head On Stage by taking an older, sold-out crowd back to ...

The first authorized biography of the all-female pop rock band, the Bangles, is set to be released on Tuesday, February 18. Writer Jennifer Otter Bickerdike had been given 'unprecedented access' to ...

It's hard to think offhand of a band more irrelevant than the Bangles. Hugely popular in the 1980s, they stumbled out of the decade and into semi-obscurity with neither apparent influence nor lasting ...

Plus, get the details on Jenny Lewis' new band. — -- intro: This week, turntable legend DJ Shadow makes a strong comeback, The Avett Brothers release their latest album, The Bangles reissue their ...