{"name":"Susanna Hoffs","title":"Susanna Hoffs","id":1186,"slug":"susanna-hoffs","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/1186/?format=json","bio_short":"Susanna Lee Hoffs (born January 17, 1959) is a vocalist &amp; rhythm guitarist for <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Bangles\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">The Bangles</a>. She has also released four albums as a solo artist, two in collaboration with Matthew Sweet.  Early life  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.","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/SusannaHoffs.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":331,"title":"Eternal flame","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/eternal-flame/"}]}