“I knew that to do something so blatantly pop… there was a resistance”: Guitarist in huge ‘80s power-pop band says she had reservations about their biggest hit, which was released shortly before they broke up

The Bangles.

It ended up being the biggest hit of their career, but one member of hugely successful ‘80s pop-rock band The Bangles has admitted that she had reservations about releasing their 1989 smash, Eternal Flame.

The revelation came in an interview with The Independent, in which three members of the all-female outfit - Susanna Hoffs (guitar and vocals) and sisters Vicki and Debbi Peterson (lead guitar/vocals and drums/vocals) - looked back on their hugely successful career and abrupt break-up.