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 ...

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 ...

In the '80s, there were few bands cooler than the Bangles. Along with the Go-Go's, they were one of the essential groups to prove that women could rock just as hard as men, and their combination of ...

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 ...

Even the biggest pop stars of the 1980s can agree: Karaoke bars are great. I had this idea to have an artist invite a bunch of her friends into a private karaoke room and perform one of her own songs, ...

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 ...

When Michael Quercio, lead singer, bassist, and founder of The Three O'Clock used the term "Paisley Underground" in an interview in 1982 to describe a particular slice of the Los Angeles music scene ...

“This is 65, no makeup” the musician says in the clip Catherine Santino is a Style Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She began as a contributor for PEOPLE in 2022 and joined the staff full-time in 2024. Her ...

Eighties icons: Susanna Hoffs, Michael Steele, Debbi Peterson and Vicki Peterson of the seminal pop-rock band The Bangles (Everett/Shutterstock) Why The Bangles broke up has been subject to debate.

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 ...