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The Bangles: Bangles (Faulty FEP 1302 five-song EP)

Steven X Rea, High Fidelity, November 1983

BACK WHEN they were the Bangs, onstage at various clubs around L.A., the four girls in this bouncy, Sixties-influenced combo were being compared to that other bouncy, Sixties-influenced L.A. girl group, the Go- Go's. After all, they were females in kitschy mod clothes who jumped around a lot.

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