It has to be the Go-Go's! I do like the Bangles but I really love the Go-Go's. I also think they wqere far more influential, having come around earlier. Would there have been a Bangles without the Go-Go's? Beauty and the Beat was, I think, the first album to be entirely written and played by women that made number one.
I also love God Bless The Go-Go's, their 2001 "comeback" album. Throw Me A Curve and Unforgiven kick ass! Big Belinda fan here too, Real is such an underrated album, but I often think that Jane gets forgotten - Rush Hour is an 80s pop gem!
I also seem to recall reading in Belinda's recent autobiography that Vicki Petersen from the Bangles replaced Jane (?) on one tour because she was pregnant and close to her due date. It may have been for the Return To The Valley Of The Go-Go's tour...
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