Solo career
Hoffs released a solo album, When You're a Boy, in 1991, which was not a commercial success, although it did spawn a U.S. Top 40 hit with "My Side of the Bed". In 1996, Hoffs released her second solo album, Susanna Hoffs. Although it received some praise in the media and yielded a minor U.S. hit with the single "All I Want", it also was not a commercial success.
Hoffs also recorded another album during 1993/1994, prior to leaving Columbia Records, but it went unreleased.
Hoffs is the subject of Freddy Blohm's "The Corner of Her Eye".
Hoffs appeared 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 television performances (with Myers in character as Powers) and had a minor hit with the song "BBC". Hoffs returned with the group in the seco
More about Susanna Hoffs (From Wikipedia)
Early Life
Hoffs was born on the Westside of Los Angeles, California to a Jewish family. Her mother played records of The Beatles for Hoffs when she was a child and she began playing the guitar read more...
Career With The Bangles
The Bangles released their first album All Over the Place in 1984 and saw a moderate hit with the single "Hero Takes A Fall", but their commercial breakthrough came with the album read more...
Solo Career
Hoffs released a solo album, When You're a Boy, in 1991, which was not a commercial success, although it did spawn a U.S. Top 40 hit with "My Side of the Bed". In 1996, Hoffs released read more...
Sid 'n' Susie
In 2006, Hoffs teamed up with fellow Ming Tea rocker, Matthew Sweet, under the name "Sid 'n' Susie" to record fifteen cover versions of classic rock songs for an album titled Under read more...
Personal Life
In 1993, she married Jay Roach, the director of the Austin Powers movies and Meet the Parents and producer of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. She and her husband have two sons, read more...
Susanna Lee Hoffs (born January 17, 1959) is an American vocalist, guitarist and actress best known as a member of the all-female pop band The Bangles.
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