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The Bangles were one of the new generation of independent all-women bands that followed the Go-Go’s in the early 1980s. Consisting of Susanna Hoffs (guitar, vocals), Debbi Peterson (drums, vocals), sister Vicki Peterson (guitar, vocals,) and Annette Zilinskas, who was later replaced by Michael Steele, (bass, vocals). The band was formed, in Los Angeles, in 1981 as The Supersonic Bangs, later shortened to The Bangs. |
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News in english
about Bangles
(November / 2009)
Sid ’n’ Susie party like it’s 1979 Date: 06 Nov 2009
Access Atlanta -
Matthew Sweet and Bangles vocalist/guitarist Susanna Hoffs have created a ’70s theme-party soundtrack.
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Trio fled with gold bangles Date: 06 Nov 2009
Straits Times -
THREE men, posing as customers at a Chinatown goldsmith shop, fled off with two gold bangles worth $4,500 on Thursday afternoon. They approached an assistant at the Weng Cheong Goldsmith Shop and asked to see a bangle and he passed it to them.
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15:09 (BST), 13/11/2009 Rock Band Press Release PROVIDED BY GAMES PRESS **ROCK BAND MEDIA ALERT** Cambridge, Mass ... (gamesindustry.biz)
Date: 13 Nov 2009
Cambridge, Mass. – Nov. 13, 2009 - Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a five pack of tracks from AFI and a single from The Bangles will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation® 3 computer entertainment system and Wii™.
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Rock Band Adds AFI Five-Pack and The Bangles Date: 13 Nov 2009
IGN Wii -
Rock Band 2 (Wii) Also, tracks from Dead Kennedys and Sleater-Kinney for Rock Band Unplugged.
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Next Week's Rock Band DLC Features AFI, The Bangles Date: 13 Nov 2009
1up.com -
Five tracks from AFI are coming to the Rock Band music store next week, in addition to the Bangles' 1986 hit "Walk Like an Egyptian." Each song will be available for $2 (160 Microsoft points; 200 Wii Points), with the AFI five-pack going for a slightly discounted $8.49 (680 Microsoft points) on the Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Store. Be on the lookout for the following DLC next Tuesday ...
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Rock Band Adds AFI Five-Pack and The Bangles Date: 13 Nov 2009
IGN PSP -
Rock Band Unplugged (PSP) Also, tracks from Dead Kennedys and Sleater-Kinney for Rock Band Unplugged.
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Bangles leader and alt-rock singer find chemistry 'under the covers' Date: 14 Nov 2009
The Morning Call -
It doesn't seem surprising that 1990s alt-rocker Matthew Sweet and 1980s pop icon Susanna Hoffs, who fronted the popular girl group The Bangles, should have similar musical tastes or even seize an opportunity to work together.
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School gives students an Egyptian Tut-orial Date: 21 Nov 2009
Montgomery Advertiser -
About the only thing missing Friday at Holy Cross Episcopal School was The Bangles -- you know, the '80s band that sang "Walk Like an Egyptian" -- as pupils welcomed parents and other guests to the Egyptian Museum.
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