Bangles is the eponymous first EP by The Bangles. It was released in 1982 by Faulty Products and reissued in 1983 by I.R.S. Records when Faulty Products went out of business. The songs remained widely unavailable thereafter, with only occasional rereleases of individual songs. The whole five-song EP was eventually reissued as part of the Bangles' 2014 compilation, Ladies and Gentlemen... The Bangles!. This would be the group's only release to feature original bassist Annette Zilinskas, who left in early 1983 and was replaced by Michael Steele, and did not record with them again until the 2018 multigroup album 3 x 4. A three-song CD Mini Single CD3 version of the EP was released on A&M/I.R.S. Records in 1988. Background The Bangles began in Los Angeles as a garage rock band, popularly associated with similar bands from the area in the Paisley Underground music scene. After self-releasing a well-received debut single, "Getting out of Hand" (1981), the group was signed by music industry executive Miles Copeland to his new record label Faulty Products, an independent U.S.-based subsidiary of I.R.S. Records. The band quickly recorded a five-song mini-album which was released in June 1982. Composition The EP includes four original songs penned by bandmembers, as well as "How Is The Air Up There?", a cover of the 1960s single by New Zealand band The La De Das. Track listing "The Real World" (S. Hoffs, V. Peterson) "I'm in Line" (D. Peterson, V. Peterson, S. Hoffs) "Want You" (V. Peterson) "Mary Street" (S. Hoffs, V. Peterson) "How Is the Air Up There?" (Steve Duboff, Artie Kornfeld) 1988 three-song CD Mini Single CD3 Release "Bangles" "The Real World" (S. Hoffs, V. Peterson) Remixed by David Kahne. Previously unreleased. "Mary Street" (S. Hoffs, V. Peterson) "I'm in Line" (D. Peterson, V. Peterson, S. Hoffs) Personnel The band's full musical credits are listed on the EP's back cover: Susanna Hoffs – rhythm guitar, vocals Debbi Peterson – drums, vocals Vicki Peterson – lead guitar, vocals Annette Zilinskas – bass guitar, harmonica, vocals Vocals are credited to Vicki and Debbie Peterson and Susanna Hoffs on every track. Vicki Peterson sings the lead vocal on "Want You" and "How Is the Air Up There?" while Debbie Peterson sings "I'm In Line"; Susanna Hoffs sings "The Real World", and she and Vicki Peterson share the lead on "Mary Street". Annette Zilinskas provides vocals only once, as one of