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A review by revelinthepages
Eternal Flame: The Authorized Biography of The Bangles by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike
3.0
For any 80’s kid like me, growing up loving the songs, but having little knowledge of the history, this book was a joy. I can remember singing my heart out to many of the top Bangles hits, so when I saw this book, I just had to revisit my childhood and get the inside scoop.
What I found with this book is that the term “girl band” and all it’s associated stigmas, were something that greatly contributed to the destruction of the band, long before they should have been calling it quits.
Setting aside all of the normal sexist garbage women are faced with, there was also a deeper manipulation of the band by management who saw them only as a publicity opportunity, rather than the rock star garage band they were meant to have catapulted to stardom from.
Pitting band members against each other, inserting studio musicians to unnecessarily play on tracks to overshadow the group members, it was insane to see how the management, promoters, and the public picked them apart piece by piece.
This book was a great insiders story to the band members, and how they overcame the issues of their past to come back together and record, remaining overall supportive of each other in the end. Very fun journey back to the 80’s
What I found with this book is that the term “girl band” and all it’s associated stigmas, were something that greatly contributed to the destruction of the band, long before they should have been calling it quits.
Setting aside all of the normal sexist garbage women are faced with, there was also a deeper manipulation of the band by management who saw them only as a publicity opportunity, rather than the rock star garage band they were meant to have catapulted to stardom from.
Pitting band members against each other, inserting studio musicians to unnecessarily play on tracks to overshadow the group members, it was insane to see how the management, promoters, and the public picked them apart piece by piece.
This book was a great insiders story to the band members, and how they overcame the issues of their past to come back together and record, remaining overall supportive of each other in the end. Very fun journey back to the 80’s