The Bangles: ‘If we were a boyband, we’d have just punched each other out’ - INTERVIEW: The women behind ‘Eternal Flame’ and ‘Manic Monday’ were among the most successful – and ...

Her journey with The Bangles, the band she co-founded with her sister, drummer Debbi Peterson, and rhythm guitarist Susanna Hoffs in 1981, served as a crucial coming-of-age experience for her as a ...

The Bangles, from left: Vicki Peterson, Michael Steele, Susanna Hoffs and Debbi Peterson. The band broke big in the 1980s, scoring five Top 5 hits. Rob Verhorst/Redferns, via Getty Images ...

So back in 1982, I, like Bickerdike years later, pushed for the Bangles to be evaluated on their own terms. And it was Vicki Peterson, not me, who suggested Josie and the Pussycats were their main ...