They were first known as The Bangs -- four L.A. women who answered a classified ad. By the time they hit it big in 1985 with Walk Like an Egyptian, Debbi Peterson, Susanna Hoffs, Michael Steele and ...
Eighties icons: Susanna Hoffs, Michael Steele, Debbi Peterson and Vicki Peterson of the seminal pop-rock band The Bangles (Everett/Shutterstock) Why The Bangles broke up has been subject to debate.