[2024-01-01] "All Over The Place - The Rise of The BANGLES From The L.A. Underground" softcover by Eric M. Shade (Hozac)

Lawrence Talbot · 31 Jan 2007

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The first in-depth biography on THE BANGLES is here, and it is nothing short of a whopper. This monumental project, started by author and unofficial band historian Eric Shade back in the 1990s has had quite a journey from start to finish. This insane overview of the early days of the members’ obscure early groups, as well as an amazing snapshot of the sorely-underdocumented Paisley Underground scene of early 80s LA, all the way up through the core band members’ current projects, is a feat we never though we’d see fulfilled. For a band as huge and omnipresent as The Bangles still in are, the revelation of their earlier efforts, such as the mind-blowing story of Micki Steele in the first lineup of the fledgling Runaways, while the Peterson sisters were rocking out in bands such as The Muze, Hollywood Girls, and The Fans right around the same period is the legendary stuff mostly outside of public knowledge. The intertwining stories of Susanna Hoffs meeting David Roback (later of The Rain Parade) and getting inspired by The Last, with Vicki & Debbi’s growing interest in garage bands like The Unclaimed around town, All Over The Place shows how many moving parts were swirling around, generating a indescribable electricity around Los Angeles as the hardcore scene raged on the other side of the coin. Paisley Underground bands such as Salvation Army/The Three O’Clock, Redd Kross, Long Ryders, The Rain Parade, and Dream Syndicate are given their long-overdue historical appreciation here. Shade’s meticulous research and wild enthusiasm is instantly contagious, uncovering heaps of information lost to time from early bandmates and forgotten fanzines and overseas interviews, with no stone left unturned, and The Bangles back story has never been explored this in-depth before, Featuring an extensive discography and tons of previously unseen photos & ephemera, this book stands to be the crucial Bangles biography it was intended to be upon its conception.

Lawrence Talbot · 31 Jan 2007

I'm almost half-way through the book. Very detailed and great reading for not only Bangles fans but for those of us who love the Paisley Underground.

[2024-01-01] "All Over The Place - The Rise of The BANGLES From The L.A. Underground" softcover by Eric M. Shade (Hozac)

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