The Bangles were 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 w…
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