The music industry pushed the group behind hits like “Manic Monday” and “Eternal Flame” hard, then pulled them apart. A new book tells their story. By Bob Mehr Reporting from Los Angeles The first ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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, ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. It's true enough ...

AFI will be available next week in a Rock Band DLC five-pack of ... oh wow, The Bangles' "Walk Like an Egyptian" is there too! Hey guys, it's "Walk Like an Egyptian!" So, all you foreign types with ...

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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 ...