Why The Bangles broke up has been subject to debate. Was it the result of an ambitious member with her eye on solo stardom? Or was their management a set of nefarious businessmen who’d divided ...

The female rock band has always been in the limelight since the 1980s, and our Bangles studio albums ranked list takes a look at one of the most successful rock bands in the history of classic rock.

Long before their chart domination, global popularity and, ultimately, their implosion, the Bangles began with an ad on a big board in the Sunset Boulevard shopfront of Musicians Contact Service.