THE BANGLES: Making Pop Her-Story

You can almost hear the buzz of excitement in the air at Mike Gormley�s L.A.P.D. (for �personal direction�) management offices in Hollywood. After months of anticipation, the Bangles� second LP (after one independently-produced EP), Different Light, has finally hit the streets, and the media reaction is swift for El Lay�s reigning gurl group Queens now that the Go-Go�s are Gone-Gone.

�We�ve got US, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, People, USA Today..,CREEM? We�ll try to squeeze you in.� See what happens when you�re off the newsstands a couple of months?

The Bangles are a case study of democracy in action. Four interchangable, singing/songwriting/playing parts. In the classic tradition of True Groups like (of course) the Beatles, the Seeds, the Knickerbockers, the Beau Brummels, the G.T.O�s, the Byrds...Whaddya mean I can�t talk to Susanna Hoffs? Not to worry. In true interlocking pop fashion, we get to interview the gals two by two, in rotation with BAM, no less.