Susanna Hoffs

Put your hand up if you know 'Walk Like an Egyptian'? If you do, then there's the likelihood you'll know that in the 80's we had Bananarama, The Runaways, The Go-Go's and The Bangles. Females bands ruled the world, and The Bangles were the reigning Queens, earning hit after hit. The Bangles Greatest Hits is a tribute to some of their best tunes. One of the first things you realise while scouring this CD is that nearly every hit The Bangles had was with Susanna Hoffs and her sugary sweet...Read Full Story

The three women who make up veteran LA garage-popsters The Bangles these days - Susanna Hoffs and sisters Vicki and Debbi Peterson - still wanna rock it out, garage style. The Bangles have a new release called " Sweetheart of the Sun " and they are touring this LP while playing the songs that fans remember from their 1980s heyday. The Bangles hit the big time in the 1980s with smash new-wavey hits like "Walk Like an Egyptian", "a cover of Simon and Garfunkel's "A Hazy Shade of Winter", the...Read Full Story

Sun, surf, sex, and Susanna Hoffs. Sounds like a winning combination, doesn't it? Although the movie critics back in 1987 didn't think so, The Allnighter has a loyal fanbase, albeit mostly comprised of hardcore fans of Hoffs' famous band The Bangles. This fluffy but delightful campus comedy, directed by Hoffs' mother Tamar Simon Hoffs was made a couple of years before The Bangles broke up in 1989, although they would regroup in 2000, release a much-loved album in 2003 called Doll...Read Full Story

As many fans of The Bangles know, there are many friends of the band who help to make the Bangle magic sparkle ever brighter. One of these talented friends is Greg Hilfman, otherwise known as "Harpo", the mysterious funmeister who supplies his keyboard talents to the lovely band members Susanna Hoffs, Vicki Peterson, Debbi Peterson, and former member Michael Steele. A few months ago, Harpo's beloved wife Cindi Hilfman became very ill and needed both kidneys replaced. The benefactor who...Read Full Story

On their forthcoming album, Sweetheart of The Sun, The Bangles capture the two crucial elements that created the bond that formed the group: their common love for rock’s golden age and the crystalline sound they quite naturally created. Sweetheart of The Sun (Model Music Group), the group’s first album of new material in nearly eight years, is filled with a fresh batch of definitive Bangles songs. Due out September 13, Sweetheart of The Sun reveals The Bangles guitarist/singer Susanna Hoffs...Read Full Story