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 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 ...

For members of The Bangles, the quintessential all-female band of the 1980s, “Walk Like An Egyptian” was an aberration — not just a departure from their rock-influenced roots, but running counter to ...

My entire life up until that point had been spent obsessing over boy bands: not One Direction, but actual bands like The Beatles, The Who, The Kinks, The Clash, and The Byrds. But they always seemed ...

Susannah Hoffs is so down to earth, it’s disarming. Her perpetual wide smile is warm and friendly. The lead singer of The Bangles is luminous as she speaks about her first novel, This Bird Has Flown, ...