Annette_Zilinskas

Annette Zilinskas

Annette Zilinskas

American musician

Annette Celia Genevieve Zilinskas is an American musician.

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Founding bass player Annette Zilinskas joins Susanna Hoffs, Vicki Peterson, and Debbi Peterson of The Bangles for a live show in 2016 from the Whisky A Go Go.

She is a founding member of The Bangles and returned to the band in 2018[1] after an absence of 35 years. Zilinskas has also been the lead vocalist for Blood on the Saddle, and was a member of Los Angeles bands Weather Bell,[2] The Ringling Sisters, and Medicine.[3]

A native of Southern California, Zilinskas was born in Van Nuys and was recruited into The Bangs, which later became The Bangles, as bass guitarist. She played bass and harmonica on The Bangles' eponymously titled 5-track EP, but left the band to join Blood on the Saddle as lead singer before The Bangles' first album. After her departure, Michael Steele became the bass player for the band.[4] Zilinskas started joining the Bangles for live shows again in 2014, before she rejoined The Bangles as a member again in 2018.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Larsen, Peter (June 16, 2018). "Susanna Hoffs talks about the Bangles playing Arroyo Seco Weekend and that band's random connection to headliner Robert Plant". Pasadena Star-News. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  2. [2]
    Arkush, Michael (December 25, 1988). "From Bass in Bangles to her own voice in Weather Bell". Los Angeles Times.
  3. [3]
    Johnson, Bonnie (April 21, 2012). "Feedback is the Best Medicine". L.A. Record. Archived from the original on July 7, 2023. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
  4. [4]
    Larkin, Colin, ed. (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). London: Omnibus Press. p. 2006. ISBN 9780857125958.


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