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THE ROCK-SHOTS INTERVIEW THE BANGLES KNOW WHAT THEY WANT!

Different Light flows so easily, song after song. Was it a dream to make? Michael Steele (bass guitarist): Oh no, no! God, it was soooooo hard to make. We worked really hard on this record. It almost gave us all nervous breakdowns including (producer) David Kahne.

October 2, 1986
Judy Wieder

THE ROCK-SHOTS INTERVIEW THE BANGLES KNOW WHAT THEY WANT!

Judy Wieder

You just gotta love the Bangles. There’s no way around it. Four bright beauties with precious little room for air in their heads, writing and interpreting those gorgeous songs with harmonies that bring the happiest side of the ’60s all the way home to us. It’s the Fifth Dimension and The Mamas & Papas all mushed together singing, if not “Monday Monday,” then how about “Manic Monday”? Working their way up through L.A.’s “paisley underground” club scene, in five short years the Bangles have gone from San Fernando Valley to national superstardom with their second album, Different Light, turning platinum as we speak. Here, then, are more angles on the Bangles...

Different Light flows so easily, song after song. Was it a dream to make?

Michael Steele (bass guitarist): Oh no, no! God, it was soooooo hard to make. We worked really hard on this record. It almost gave us all nervous breakdowns including (producer) David Kahne. Really? That’s hard to believe when you hear it.

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