remember seeing them in bristol england in a tiny venue around the time of their first album, and they were fantastic, i was an indie lad and i was totally impressed
It was 1983 and my friend asked me to go with her to see a new band playing at the Concert Factory in Costa Mesa, Ca. I said ok, let's go check them out. Admission was $5...it was the Bangles. I was 5 feet from the stage. Susanna Hoffs cast a spell on me that night, and their music continues to live on in me still to this day.
I remember hearing this for the first time on Rodney Bingenheimer's Rodney on the ROQ (KROQ in L.A.), back in the day and thinking, "Damn, these girls are good." I really prefer their early 60's garage rock sound to the later pop synth sound.