The Bangles are an all-female band that originated in the early 1980s, scoring several hit singles through much of the decade.

The Bangles were one of the new generation of independent all-women bands that followed the Go-Go’s in the early 1980s. Consisting of Susanna Hoffs (guitar, vocals), Debbi Peterson (drums, vocals), sister Vicki Peterson (guitar, vocals,) and Annette Zilinskas , who was later replaced by Michael Steele , (bass, vocals). The band was formed, in Los Angeles, in 1981 as The Supersonic Bangs , later shortened to Bangs . They were forced to change their name to the Bangles when a band from New Jerse