What Vicki Peterson has said about The Bangles
2 quotes · 1 episode · Jul 18, 2026
Vicki Peterson, American rock guitarist and founding member of the Bangles, has been quoted on The Bangles 2 times in 1 episode of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, most recently on July 18, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
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”
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!: We skip the salad bar and have a banana instead (Jul 18, 2026) · Listen from 22:45
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”
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!: We skip the salad bar and have a banana instead (Jul 18, 2026) · Listen from 23:52
Episodes
We skip the salad bar and have a banana insteadWait Wait... Don't Tell Me! · Jul 18, 2026 · 47 min
Guest host Tom Papa and panelists Alonzo Bodden, Helen Hong and Dulcé Sloan quiz the week's news, and the Bangles' Vicki Peterson plays Not My Job.
Vicki Peterson on other topics
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