Susanna Hoffs - Biography

Last Editor: danbieser				Susanna Hoffs Biography -   Name : Susanna Hoffs Profession : Singer Birth Details : born 9 February 1995 Birth name : Susanna Lee Hoffs Height : 5' 2" (1.57 m) Spouse : Jay Roach (17 April 1993 - present)

Susanna Hoffs Trivia -

Daughter of Tamar Simon Hoffs Two sons: Jackson Roach (b. 9 February 1995) and Sam Rayfield Roach (b. 10 November 1998) in Santa Monica At first, the Bangles were known as "The Bangs", but when the band accepted a record deal, an already signed band of the same name sued. The Bangles added "les" to their name as a tribute to a major influence of their music, The Beatles. Member of the 80s rock-pop band The Bangles. Albums with the Bangles include 'All Over the Place' (1984), 'Different Light' (1986), and 'Everything' (1988). Her solo albums are 'When You're a Boy' (1991) and 'Susanna Hoffs' (1996). The Bangles broke up in 1990 after 10 years together. They reunited in 1999, and are working on a new album, scheduled to be released sometime in 2002. Her parents are Joshua and Tamar Hoffs, and her brothers are John and Jesse. Once studied to become a ballet dancer, and can do the splits. 1980 Graduate of University of California at Berkeley, BFA in Art History. Both her mother and husband are film directors.

Susanna Hoffs Detailed Biography -

Susanna Hoffs (born 17 January 1959) is a vocalist and rhythm guitarist for The Bangles. She has also released two albums as a solo artist. Early life Hoffs (birth name: Susanna Lee Hoffs) was born in Newport Beach, California to a Jewish family. Her mother was a fan of The Beatles and played their records for Hoffs when she was a child. She began playing the guitar in her teens, and hooked up with Vicki Peterson and Debbi Peterson who needed a singer for their band, which would later become The Bangles. Susanna attended Palisades High School in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. In 1980, she graduated from University of California, Berkeley with a BA in Art. The Bangles years The Bangles released their first album All Over The Place in 1984, but their major breakthrough album was Different Light in 1986, with the hit singles "Manic Monday" and "Walk Like an Egyptian". Her fame rising, Susanna starred in the movie The Allnighter in 1987. It was directed by her mother Tamar Simon Hoffs and also featured Joan Cusack and Pam Grier. She also made the covers of many magazines, and the Rickenbacker guitar company issued a Susanna Hoffs model which she still plays during gigs. Although the Bangles did not have a set lead vocalist, and the girls alternated on singing, Susanna was perceived by many casual fans to be the main vocalist. She also received by far the most media attention, which led to tensions within the band. The Bangles released their very successful third album Everything in 1988, with their biggest selling single "Eternal Flame". But the breakup was inevitable, and they disbanded in 1989. Solo career and personal life Susanna released a solo album, When You're a Boy in 1991, which didn't sell very well. In 1993 she married Jay Roach, later the director of the Austin Powers movies and Meet the Parents and producer of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. They have two sons, born in 1995 and 1998. In 1996, Susanna released her second solo album, Susanna Hoffs, this time with more personal lyrics and a more mature sound. Although it received some praise in the press, it didn't sell well either. Susanna also recorded another album during 1993/1994, prior to leaving Columbia records. So far it remains unreleased, though substandard bootleg copies have been circulating for years. Susanna also records demos prolifically, and these also sometimes surface on the internet. The best known of these is probably the song "Pride", which can be legally downloaded at Bill Bonk's website (see link below). Hoffs appears in the first Austin Powers movie as a member of the fictitious 1960s rock group, Ming Tea, fronted by the title character. In real-life, Ming Tea consisted of actor Mike Myers, Hoffs, Canadian musician/producer Christopher Ward, and singer Matthew Sweet. This group made a number of TV performances (with Myers in character as Powers) and had a minor hit with the song "BBC". Hoffs returned with the group in the second and third Austin Powers films. Bangles reunion In the late 1990s, Susanna started to contact the other members of the Bangles again. They recorded the single Get the Girl for the second Austin Powers movie in 1999. Playing together and enjoying themselves, they announced their decision to reunite in 2000. Their fourth album, called Doll Revolution, was released in 2003, followed by a tour. Susanna also revealed in an interview how she had been approached by several adult magazines in the 1980s, but turned down the offers.