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July 1, 2003

Bangles Bring "Revolution"

First album in fifteen years due in September
September 21, 2000

This Day in Rock

Bangles Break Up
September 5, 2000

Bangles Rekindle Flame at Secret Show

Pop songs -- good and bad -- sound divine at Bangles show
August 4, 2000

Well Hung at Dawn

This Week: Faith Hill, Paul Young and that blockhead George W.

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The 1986 album 'Different Light' was the commercial breakthrough for the Los Angeles hard-harmony quartet the Bangles, but it was also the sound of their careers getting away from them. All of the hits were written by outside writers; many of the instruments were played by session players; and the...

1988 RS: 3of 5 Stars

Different Light

1986

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The Bangles wanted to be an all-girl Beatles from California: four pop stars who played competently, wrote good songs, and had distinct personalities. The group formed when a "band members wanted" ad in an L.A. newspaper led Hoffs to the Peterson sisters. The group first called themselves the Colours, followed by the Supersonic Bangs, which they shortened to the Bangs. When a group with prior clai...

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