The Bangles: ‘If we were a boyband, we’d have just punched each other out’
The women behind ‘Eternal Flame’ and ‘Manic Monday’ were among the most successful – and history-making – pop groups of the ...
Peekaboo! Curious otter pops head through thin ice in Montana
A curious surprise at a frozen lake in Western Montana on March 1: bystanders spotted an otter gliding along the water's edge ...
Otter wreaks havoc in family kitchen in Shetland
A new exhibition hopes to raise the profile of the Highland golfer who became a star in the US. Drone footage shows Lochdhu ...
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‘If we were a boy band, we’d have just punched each other out’ – the rise and fall of US pop icons The Bangles
In the autumn of 1989, just six months after their irrepressibly ­pretty Eternal Flame had hit the top of the charts the world over, The Bangles imploded. It had been an intense run.Three years ...
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Why a popular, all-female pop rock band broke up
In the autumn of 1989, and just six months after their irrepressibly pretty “Eternal Flame” had hit the top of the charts the ...
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Guitarist in huge ‘80s power-pop band says she had reservations about their biggest hit
I was a freakin’ rebel. I was determined to make The Bangles the rock band that we started out as," says Vicki Peterson ...
New book 'Eternal Flame' recounts 80s pop sensations The Bangles’ turbulent run
Eternal Flame uses first-person access to three of the band members, photographs, diary entries and other source materials to ...
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with Jodie Bryant: New music from Marti Perramon and Dora Jar Jodie Bryant presents the future of pop music with a Future Bop from Marti Perramon.
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Santa Cruz writer brings the bang to the story of ’80s rock band The Bangles
Growing up in Live Oak in the 1980s, Jen Otter was not able to get MTV on her family’s cable system, which was a maddening situation for a pop-culture-savvy middle schooler. Instead, she recorded ...
Book Review: 'Eternal Flame' recounts The Bangles' turbulent run as all-female '80s pop sensations
For members of The Bangles, the quintessential all-female band of the 1980s, “Walk Like An Egyptian” was an aberration — not just a departure from their rock-influenced roots, but running counter to ...
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Residents in disbelief after spotting rare animal that nearly went extinct: 'I saw something from quite far away'
Recent sightings of a European otter are bringing smiles and renewed hope for the species' future. On the morning of Jan. 12, an onlooker spotted the creature relaxing on a log on the River Severn in ...