Vicki Peterson

Peterson said hearing her and her husband's song on the radio was as thrilling as first hearing Manic Monday.

“it was as exciting as the first time I heard Manic Monday coming from somebody's car”

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Peterson said that as a nine-year-old Cowsills fan she knew she would marry John Cowsill.

“when I was nine and got that first electric guitar, I knew that I was going to marry John Cowsill”

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Peterson described Prince joining the Bangles on stage to sing Manic Monday.

“He just wanted to sing on Manic Monday with us. He grabbed a tambourine and sang”

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Peterson said Prince approached the band with a cassette containing Manic Monday after seeing their Hero Takes a Fall video.

“He saw our video for Hero Takes a Fall, which was off of our first album, and he approached us with a cassette tape”

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Peterson recounted that Charlotte Caffey asked her to fill in with the Go-Go's for a tour Caffey could not play while pregnant.

“Charlotte couldn't tour that tour, and she called me up and asked me if I would step in for her”

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Peterson said the Bangles began in Los Angeles as the Bangs and went through other names before settling on Bangles.

“We started off in L.A. as the Bangs. We were the Colors, the Supersonic Bangs, and then we just shortened it”

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