Susanna Hoffs

The Bangles , one of the great girl bands of the 80's are back in the studio, and fans are eagerly awaiting the collection of new songs and covers (Bangles always like to "mix it up" in their music selections.) Susanna Hoffs (left), and the Peterson sisters, Debbi (centre) and Vicki (right) will be working predominantly as a trio, since they are currently without a regular bass player following Michael Steele's departure in 2004, and a string of on-and-off fill-ins. An update from Gracie, the moderator of Return Post (The Bangles message board) and webmistress of The Bangles Official Website , reveals tidbits from ... Read Full Story

Second retro feast with Matthew Sweet due in July Fresh from paying tribute to seminal ’70s punk band The Runaways at a Hollywood show promoted by Daisy Rock Guitars, Bangles member Susanna Hoffs is set to herald even more artists from those bygone days with the second installment in her Under The Covers project with Matthew Sweet. Volume 1 was released back in 2006 and found the duo duetting on covers 15 of their favourite songs from the ’60s, most notably Neil Young’s ‘Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere’ and Bob Dylan’s ‘It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue’, and was fairly well received for its ... Read Full Story

Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs Under The Covers Vol. 2 ••• Shout! Factory Funny things, cover versions. Sometimes approached with trepidation, sometimes with reckless abandon, but most of the time offending someone, somewhere. On the surface of things this may seem odd. The theatre doesn’t usually suffer from this phenomenon, for example; people are rarely in uproar over “exciting new productions” of ‘Death Of A Salesman’ set in a dystopian future on Mars. The performing arts are, after all, acknowledged as being a fluid medium – forever destined to be reinvented, reinterpreted and re-evaluated. So what is it about musicians covering each other’s songs ... Read Full Story

In 2006, Susanna Hoffs fom the band, The Bangles, teamed with longtime friend and fellow 60s music enthusiast, Matthew Sweet, to record an album of covers from their favourite 60s tunes. Three years later, they have joined talents once again to record Under the Covers 2, which will pay homage to the music of the 70s. It will be released on July 21 2009. Here is a sneak peek at the proposed track listing and the original artists who performed the songs. Under the Covers 2 1. Sugar Magnolia (The Grateful Dead) 2. Go All The Way (The Raspberries) 3. Second Hand News (Fleetwood ... Read Full Story

Nadine Kam photos Oh Susanna! Before we headed to the concert, we had dinner at Sergio’s at the Hilton, where the bartender professed his love for the Bangle and wished he were going to the concert too. Twenty years after their biggest hits, she still looks great and is a 16-year-old kind of thin. Debbi Peterson is in command on drums. As we go bravely into 2009, those of us at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Spa could forget our worries while enjoying a return to ’80s party spirit with The Bangles. I missed them the first time they were here, so ... Read Full Story