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

Eternal Flame (song) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Eternal Flame" Single by The Bangles from the album Everything Released February 11, 1989 Format Vinyl record (7") CD (3") Cassingle Recorded Ocean Way, Studio 55 (1988) Genre Pop Soft rock Length 3:56 Label CBS Writer(s) Susanna Hoffs Tom Kelly Billy Steinberg Producer Davitt Sigerson The Bangles singles chronology " In Your Room " (1988) " Eternal Flame " (1989) " Be With You " (1989) Alternate cover UK cover " Eternal Flame " is a...Read Full Story

Susanna Hoffs at The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's "An Evening" Honoring Rachel Zoe Benefiting Homeless Youth Services at Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood, Ca USA January 23, 2012 - http://www.lagaycenter.org ***This footage is available for licensing***Read Full Story

Photo and autograph courtesy of the G Archives. Susanna Hoffs Lead singer of The Bangles, Susanna Hoffs turns 52 today, January 17, 2011.  We wish her a happy birthday.  I met Susanna at a birthday party for legendary comedian Milton Berle and she was extremely nice.  Of course, Prince famously penned The Bangles smash hit “Manic Monday,” but it was originally intended for Apollonia 6.  The Bangles were set to record the track “Happy Birthday, Mr. Christian,” which Apollonia 6 ended up...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...Read Full Story

Susanna Hoffs Born: January 17, 1959 Known for: Lead singer of the Bangles, being hot Prince is such a little pisher. Despite persistently failing to give the impression that he was sexually attracted to anyone or anything other than himself, he romanced some of the very finest ladies in '80s music, including Susanna Hoffs, the lead singer of the Egyptian-walking estrogenated power pop band the Bangles, for whom he wrote the hit "Manic Monday." But once her salad days of boffing androgynous...Read Full Story