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.

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 ...

“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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Bangles re-recorded it in 1987 as part of the soundtrack to Less Than Zero, a movie adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' novel of the same name starring Andrew McCarthy and Jami Gertz, plus Robert ...

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 ...

The Bangles are timeless. The all-female band, armed with an ability to make lasting pop tunes that today still glisten and gleam with their inextinguishable spirit, ruled the 1980s and continue to ...

Prince wrote songs for other artists, including The Bangles’ “Manic Monday.” Notably, the singer intended the song for another band. Subsequently, The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs discussed singing the song ...