Because of a potential lawsuit from a pre-existing band, The Bangs – loud, made-you-look, not rigidly gendered – became the softer, more overtly feminine The Bangles. The writing may have been ...

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Eventually Micki Steele joined on bass for the Bangles’ first album, “All Over the Place” (1984). When second album “Different Light” came out in 1986, the band bore emotional scars of a ...

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 ...