Conversation with Susanna Hoffs
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- Опубліковано 5 лис 2020
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In 1982, when The Bangles were still known as The Bangs and playing at Al’s Bar in Los Angeles, Music Connection concluded: “There is no question that all the elements are here to make the group one of the biggest draws around, and 1983 is theirs for the taking.” Sure enough, The Bangles were picked up in 1983 by Columbia records and released their first full album, All Over the Place, the following year. For vocalist and guitarist, Susanna Hoffs, the shift into the spotlight was profound. She explained the contrast to Goldmine in 2012 saying:
You go from the little bubble of your dreams, of musical aspiration, and all of this excitement and energy, and creating your sound and finding your communal voice as a band. Suddenly, you get signed and enter the business side of it. There are teams of people in suits, mostly men, and they are staring at you and sizing you up and trying to figure out what to do with you and how to sell you. You realize that your little bubble of creativity is no longer a little bubble. You’re out in the world, subject to a list of people’s opinions that you never thought you had to consider.
In spite of that pressure, Hoffs has maintained an infectious energy for music making and collaboration throughout her rich and diverse musical career. From The Bangles to Ming Tea (her faux-sixties Austin Powers band with Mike Myers and Matthew Sweet), her Under the Covers volumes, with Matthew Sweet, with in her solo work and collaborative projects, Hoffs brings a fresh and enthusiastic voice to the popular music soundscape.
While The Bangles were Hoffs’ first step major musical success, she began her first band, The Unconscious, with David Roback (of Mazzy Star fame) while studying art at UC Berkeley. During her time in college, Hoffs’ studies in the arts were complimented by the late seventies music scene that surrounded her. From Talking Heads, The Velvet Underground and Patti Smith, to the last Sex Pistols performance at San Francisco’s Wonderland in 1978, Hoffs’ musical ear developed alongside her art studies. Hoffs reflects:
“I wanted to be an artist and I didn’t have a lot of boundaries around that. I studied dance and theatre and I ended up graduating with a degree in art…I painted, I made sculptures, I did photography…and I made a band…that band was just another thing that I made.”
While The Unconscious parted ways after graduation, both Hoffs (in The Bangles) and Roback (in Rain Parade) became active participants in the Paisley Underground scene of their hometown of Los Angeles, bringing that “art band” college experience with them: “The goal wasn’t to play a stadium, the goal was to get a gig at a club, you know, and be like the Velvet Underground at Andy Warhol’s factory and just be part of a happening.”
Hoffs and Roback had been childhood friends (and maintained that friendship until his recent passing in February 2020), but after a relationship that was both musical and romantic in college, Hoffs was ready to find a band without that added tension. Hoffs met Bangles bandmates Vicki and Debbi Peterson through an ad she had placed in The Recycler. From their first meeting playing in Hoffs’ garage, the band was formed.
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If you could talk with any artist, who would it be, and why?
It would be really cool to hang out with Gerard Way, maybe play some D&D. I think he would like my songs.
She is so sweet .
Tony Levin. A journeyman musician who must have a million stories about creating music with my favourite artists like Lennon, Armatrading, Crimson, and even our Canadian boy Gowan! He'd probably have a more interesting perspective of Gabriel's career than Peter the introvert! And then there's the whole area of being a Stick pioneer... he must be a fascinating person. He's gone dark on social media since COVID hit--he's a guy who's lived his whole life on the road, so I really hope he's doing ok.
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Steven Wilson. He is a writer/producer and is just a very creative at sound design. To me when I first heard In Absentia album, it was an eye opener to me and so fresh from what was out at the time. He continues to put out some fantastic stuff. Also over all of these years he had done a lot of his music in his home studio himself and I believe he was pretty much self taught on audio engineering. Also he has a massive record collection.
Wow, beauty, talented and intelligent. A rare triple treat
Indeed! And Susanna's great too, haha.
Wow. Do you have blinders on. You musta had it bad in the 80s.
Susanna was in her early 60s at the time of this interview. Some people were blessed with good genes!!!!
I cannot believe she's 63!"....like WTF 😳 she looks so beautiful!"😍 and still sounds Amazing!!"😍
She seems like such a sweetheart!
Still a 10 in my books. Always has been and I bet always will be. Love her music and angelic voice. Grew up listening to the Bangles.
Absolutely agree with that. She has always been a 10 and still is. Talented, intelligent, and beautiful. A rare combination. I must add a beautiful person as well.
I don’t listen to or care much about the new current day artists. I lived through an era that had the best music ever. Nothing compares to that era.
Manic Monday is one of those few songs I never get tired of. It’s just a perfect recording in every way.
I think Susanna was every straight guys imaginary girlfriend back in the 80s. She is still rocking hearts.🎵
She is one million per cent
Best of the best
Susanna Susanna Susanna.
She was stunning then and is stunning now, and such a sunshine personality. A big name from my childhood. Great interview warren
Thanks ever so much! Yes, a huge talent, very easy to work with and incredibly positive! All of the hallmarks of success!
I met Susanna at a a gig I played in LA. a few years ago, she was lovely.
@@matthewotooleis that’s wonderful to hear and doesn’t surprise at all!
@Rabid Badger She one of those very rare types of People who would look pretty good at the age of 100.
She's so pretty but I mmiss that 80s fluffy hair 😄🤙🤙
Her smile melts me!!
What a gorgeous lady and so, so talented.
Susanna is still soooo! BEAUTIFUL! in every way; she makes me spell words funny
Susanna Hoffs at 61 looks more healthy and youthful than a lot of women in their 30s....
Wow stunned. In my late 30s and can confirm.
She’s 61? So at 71 I still have a chance?
@@smokinmoose2 no-no i do @ 67....dying my hair tonight...lol
@@thankswillie No fair cheating
Being vegetarian for 30 years seems to work! We should all try. She is so beautiful
No surprise she is so successful with her awesome attitude...what a gem of a girl
Yes, incredibly supportive and talented person
Agreed. Things always work out for people like that. Your founding bass player leaves to do Country/Punk and you get Michael. Michael retires and you call back up Annette and is like; would you want to come back? Sure. 30 years later. And the chemistry is still great. Watching them do that 2019 KAABOO concert that you can see right here on UA-cam, they all still sound amazing. She's right, the chemistry is still amazing. And they've been doing this for 40 years now. I mean, that's an amazing accomplishment.
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Because you are taking to one of the most endearing people on the planet. Susanna is truly such a wonderful person to be with.
Susanna Hoffs -I love you! Always have,Always will! Thank you for the music and heart palpitations.😉
I am so impressed with Suzanna Hoff. After watching and listening to this interview. She is not just extremely talented, she is Real. Intelligent, full of true love for her music, her life, her family including her band, coworkers, and the artists before her and during her exceptional career to this day. I have the deepest respect for her even more now after listening to her story. Thank you.
Beautiful house as well
Thanks ever so much for sharing Ray!
Susanna
She is sunlight I swear. You can't help but smile when you see her. Beautiful face and a lovely soul.
She's still absolutely gorgeous 🥰
Holy Cow she is Amazing opposites of fine wine and Athetes She is Looking Finer than Wine, Susana You Still Totally Got it!
My god she is still stunning !
What a beautiful intelligent, talented lady, pure class. The music world need more people like her. God bless...
She’s natural and real .
Hello there Susanna, I'm Raul and I Love You and Your singing!!!🎙🎶🎵🎸🎹
Anyone else still in love with her?! 🥰🥰🥰🥰
I have nothing intelligent to say here. I just love her.
Same here!! LOL!
seems a pretty smart comment to me
Yup!🫶🏽
This was the remark of a highly intelligent person!
That’s the same low IQ post I was going to make
Incredible woman..........eternal love from Italy.
What a lovely, talented, beautiful lady.
Susanna you are a beautiful talented lady ❤️🌹
I had a crush on her way back in the day. Nice to see that she is still doing well and still is beautiful.
@@smitty9398 oh yess!
Smitty - correct. Some still burning, like an eternal flame...
😉🍻
Had? HAD?
Mate, she was my perfect girl back in the 80s, such a beautiful face.
Not much has changed since by the look of her, still a beaut.
YES! She has such a pretty face, and a pretty smile from her chocolate brown eyes to her luscious, full lips, and she's a woman who seems to be always smiling due to her outlook on life.
She's thoughtful and pays attention to the conversation, unlike many famous people who see themselves as above the lowly "regular" people.
She always had such a hot petite active body, and appears to still have that healthy, sexy body.
I always found her so attractive not just because of her looks, but because she is a musician, and an active artist, she's intelligent, confident but not aloof or condescending at all, she seems very nice.
Oh, DAMN! She used the word, "MYRIAD," and used it CORRECTLY! She just increased her attractiveness by 50% by that.
Susanna. You are simply stunning, inside and out. Thanks for the music ! :-)
Such an enjoyable interview. Those eyes are still stunning....
She's just so happy, real, and likable. Great interview.
Thanks ever so much
I love her teeth.!!! What a beautiful smile. And her artistic work too.!!!
She is so beautiful and adorable. Not to mention so talented. Good Lord!
I was a fan of the Bangles in the 80s. I've been wondering whatever happened to Susanna Hoff. She's doing and looking well. Great interview.
Awesome interview. She looks and sounds so natural, thank you for that trip back on her career
Glad you enjoyed it!
Susanna may be part of the reason I am married to my wife going on 25 years. As a young man I'd always be smitten with Susanna's side glance through that long curly hair. So when my wife did the same thing (not on purpose) on our first date my heart skipped a beat and we were definitely going to have a second date. I even wrote "Curly haired side glance" in a song about my wife.
That’s lovely Loren! I can tell you love your wife very much!
Good catch about the side glance. When I was picturing Susanna that's how I remembered her.
HAHA that's awesome. I had a girfriend that did that side glance too (she had the brown doe eyes) and it drove me nuts. Amazing how we can be smitten by the most subtle things.
@@funkster007 It's the subtle things that do all the smiting. :-)
@@L.Scott_Music Word!
Suzanna Hoffs, you are the best!
Susanna... still SO lovely and Fun!
Great interview.
One of the most charming artists I have known in my long life!
Absolutely! Thanks ever so much
What a refreshing interview with a very well- spoken and vibrant, happy woman! I shouldn't be surprised by her vocabulary, but she comes across as a real adult while so many modern celebrities sound like overgrown children.
Thanks ever so much! Yes, Susanna is extremely talented and incredibly east to work with, driven, hardworking and agreed, very likeable!
Clearly intelligent and gorgeous, but as many Americans do, she says "like" too often.
@@johndonson1603 Yes, we know, America sucks and all other nations are far superior, blah, blah, blah. Get over yourself with this pointless comment.
@@johndonson1603 Really? That's your takeaway?
She's a totally class act from beginning to end from every angle.
Susanna forever beautiful ! Love you !
Miss Hoffs is AWESOME !!!!
Super interview, love the honesty and the interaction. Super.
Susanna Hoffs is such a beautiful woman, her talent and her special voice, the bangles made a huge mark!
She's still a stunner and always will be!
Susanna, Happy Birthday today to an amazingly gifted and beautiful person. Thank You so much for your wonderful gifts to us of music and more. My wish to you, Happiness and Joy Always and Forever.
She's awesome. Literally perfect.
Susanna is like a huge ray of sunshine.
Absolutely
This interview is a true portal to Susanna´s heart and mind. What an amazing artist and lady, from now on I am not a just a fan but an admiror.
Stunningly Beautiful !!!
Susanna what a great voice and so beautiful. Great show.
Thanks ever so much
Wonderful interview of a beautiful human being! What great energy Susanna has.....
Agreed! Wonderful person
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That compassionate energy must be what keeps her looking so youthful. Amazing. You’re a lucky man to call her a friend. Thanks for your videos.....
She is so beautiful. She always has been.
I always suspected it but now I know I'm in love with Susanna Hoffs. There is no more charming human being in this world.
Loved her aside about "Groundhog Day" and life on the road. Indeed, while many aspire to be "Rock Stars", few realize how un-fun it is to live out of a suitcase and sleep in hotel/motel beds (if you're lucky) or worse (in the back of a van). She is still a good soul all these years later. Not a 'burn out' - and very pretty and vivacious. A special lady for sure.
Thanks ever so much for sharing!
Such positivity. Suzanna is such a breath of fresh air in a negative world. Good interview.
Thanks ever so much!! Yes, Sue is a wonderful ray of light!
Wow Sue’s aged incredibly well Great lady lovely voice 😍
the springsteen story blew my mind, I never heard it. GREAT interview.... she’s a doll.
her smile brightens even the darkest of places. such a joyful person
That's a lovely comment!
I love how her eyes light up when she speaks. Her music has been such an influence in my life.
Bellissimo! Susanna paints beautiful pictures with her words and deeds.
Susanna is just a sweetheart and i love her voice... super to my old eyes too forsure.
My god, she's more gorgeous now than before !!!
Yeah 🤩
I have to be honest here, I've never heard Susanna Hoffs talk (that I'm aware of) and this interview is so inspiring and heartwarming. I've been watching music videos from some of my most favorite bands and I started getting a lot of Bangles recommendations and then this came up. I normally just hit the next button when an interview comes up between songs but I can't stop listening.
I don't know who the guy is doing the interview but I really enjoy the relationship that they have. Susanna seems so down to earth, intelligent, articulate, and a genuine artist in every sense of the word. I was struck by how much passion she has for music and I could only wish that I had something like that in my life. Both of them seem to have this amazing love for music. Listening to this just made me feel good and that's something I think we all need right now.
Wow! That's such a beautiful comment Andrew!! Thanks ever so much!! Yes, Susanna is a one of kind artist, the real deal and a great human being!
Oh God, I love this girl... she looks super excellent like old days.
Wow. How does she still make me dizzy almost 40yrs later?
If I wasn't crushing on her then I definitely would have started crushing on her now. My only regret is I never got to see the Bengals perform live. Love them since the beginning. Totally incredibly difficult to believe she is over 60. Still remember her dancing around in the All Nighter and she looks the same. Just a beautiful woman. Keep on rocking Susanna!
Same regret. I've been fan for years and finally got concert tickets for The Bangles and then COVID cancelled it. I've been crushing on Susanna for decades. I'm more attracted to her now than ever.
Such an enjoyable interview, Susanna is such a beautiful, appealing, interesting woman, with a smile that lights up a room.
Thanks ever so much
OMG Susanna Hoffs - still my secret crush. Love her music too.
Suzanna is just radiant
She is a mesmerizing woman. Smart, kind, talented, deep and beautiful. Great interview Warren.
Susanna is extremely talented and very beautiful,
her stories are fascinating
thank you for the interview
I am from Sweden .I listning to your and Then bangles musik from the 80 s . And i love it . Sorry for my bad english
Thanks ever so much
We still love these girls so much
Saw her with Matthew Sweet in Philly years ago. She looked like she just got off the plane wearing Flip Flops and she wasn’t afraid to go onstage unprepared with no Sound Check.. A perfect show on the edge the whole time. She’s a Gem!
Yes, the mark of a real musician!
She sounds like a really nice, intelligent person that would be fun to be around.
And even more beautiful at 61 than she was in the day. Drop Dead Gorgeous.
(I wonder how she eats and what her lifestyle is. She's aging incredibly well).
How the mind deals with stress plays a big part. She looks like the type of person who shakes it off well.
She kind of reminds me of Shakira. An effortless personality, without much mental baggage.
Some people seem to have charmed lives.
She’s not aging incredibly well. She’s not aging at all. It’s cool when you find out that someone you idolized forever is really an amazingly sweet, intelligent, good person. It makes you feel good.
@@michaelrockow5461 Good point.
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My childhood CRUSH....and still as beautiful as ever.......
An incredibly beautiful soul. Being easy to look at is just icing on the cake.
I had a BIG crush on her back in High School 32 years ago, still have a crush on her now & I’m 48. 😍
Simple and totally genuine beauty and personality👏👏👏
Marvellous
What a gorgeous lady. And a gem, indeed. Thank you for such a wonderful conversation. Truly a joy to watch.
God if she were available....timeless woman. Love that smile.
Omg! I have always known she was talented creative and beautiful. Now I can see she's ageless and absolutely brilliant. Just listen to her articulate conversation style and her responses and sentences. It's just full of a brilliant gorgeous mind.
I'm not a fan boy of anyone, but I come damn close with her. The more I learn about her the more I become fascinated. I'm so glad she has shared her creativity and music with us for such a long time. Thank you Susanna!
Oh wow. I shouldn’t have watched this. Now the crush of my youth is back.
Such a great interview. Thanks to you both.
How can she possibly be so many things so very effortlessly? I just want to share space with her and bask her bohemian aura!
It you could define her, it would be "sheer beauty" Isn't she adorable too? I love you, Miss Hoffs.
A very vivid memory. One of her best interviews ever.
Thanks ever so much!
I love Susanna's explanation of how she felt about her music from the time she followed the Beatles. I love her and the bands feelings of just some individuals getting together and banging out some music in a relaxed cordial environment because it felt right, it felt good. I had a band in the late 60's and through early 70's. The Beatles Shea Stadium appearance changed my life for good. Paul is still my favorite artist all time. I took some of my friends and we even went to the same college in order to keep the band together as we continued to get better and was hooked. I was able to pay for my first two years of college by playing music. Unfortunately, our band had to be over because of the Vietnam War, everyone of us went to serve. When we finished our commitment to our Country some of us found ourselves married with a child, now we couldn't take the same risks to start a band, had to pay the bills. Sorry this isn't about me but i was just relating to the feelings Susanne and her band friends felt. The music and performing and being on stage and doing music and the audience was loving it and reacting and being in the bars and the small venues or at a lake resort, or on someones farm, it was amazing and the feeling has been in my heart and thought everyday. I am retired now and my daughter is raised and in music so now i am planning to play small venues again. I know how Susanne feels and she did it at a huge level and she played the same artist covers as we did in addition to originals and also Motown which was popular, we called it soul, so fun. Watching this awesome interview and hearing what Susanne says about the feeling and camaraderie and the venues and just sitting around in a room, or by a pond or lake, or in the garage or patio and just doing a little acoustical says it all. Thank you, thank you so much for bringing back some of my life best memories. YOU ROCK SUSANNA.
I love Susanna Hoff’s,talent,beauty,she’s got it all
My God... she's still as stunning as ever, and she's 61. What beautiful lady and very nice person.
What a rock star. Very down to earth, very smart, very lively.
Agreed
I got all the good feels everyone else got. A great interview. Susanna continues to be beautiful and so interesting. But I can't help but be blown away by how gorgeous her house is.
Thanks ever so much. I’m glad you enjoyed the interview
Good gracious, she is still a knockout 30 years after the Bangles!
she is still really beautiful as she was back in the days with bangles
Marvelously delightful! Great video!
She looks spectacular. And her voice is still great.
She's-Gorgeous intelligent and humble. Great interview and stories Thanks you
My God she is aging sooo beautifully. Such a talent and so introspective.
Thankyou Warren and Susanna.
Bangles were my musical youth. Love to you both.
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Thanks ever so much for sharing!
Man what a wonderful vibrant and amazing woman Susanna Hoffs is. Just one of the best of all time.
Thanks ever so much William!
The one and only beautiful singer ever.
she is still beautiful so many years later. Love her