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 members of '80s girl group The Bangles were awarded honorary "rock'n'roll diplomas" Friday by Sir Paul McCartney at his Liverpool arts school. McCartney made the band honorary companions of the ...

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.

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 ...

Michael Steele, born Susan Nancy Thomas, is an American bassist, guitarist, songwriter, and singer, best known as the bass player for the Bangles. Under the name Micki Steele, she was a founding ...

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 ...

Review rating: Three out of five stars. A party atmosphere ruled the soundstage at WorkPlay for Thursday night's concert by the Bangles. Seeing was easy, with the elevated stage. Hearing wasn't ...

The Bangles reformed in the early ’00s and have been going ever since (though Michael Steele bowed out of the band in 2005), most recently releasing Sweetheart Of The Sun in 2011. Their terrific 1982 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Susanna Hoffs is a cautious inter- viewee. She refers to the 1989 break-up of her group the Bangles as "when the band started to not ...

They were first known as The Bangs -- four L.A. women who answered a classified ad. By the time they hit it big in 1985 with Walk Like an Egyptian, Debbi Peterson, Susanna Hoffs, Michael Steele and ...