Annette Zilinskas
{{short description|American musician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Annette Zilinskas
| birth_name = Annette Celia Genevieve Zilinskas
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|11|06}}
| birth_place = Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| occupation = Musician, singer
| years_active = 1981–present
| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|bass|guitar}}
| current_member_of = {{hlist|The Bangles|Blood on the Saddle|Weather Bell|Medicine}}
}}
Annette Celia Genevieve Zilinskas (born November 6, 1962) is an American musician. She is a founding member of The Bangles and returned to the band in 2018{{cite news |last1=Larsen |first1=Peter |title=Susanna Hoffs talks about the Bangles playing Arroyo Seco Weekend and that band's random connection to headliner Robert Plant |url=https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/2018/06/16/susanna-hoffs-talks-about-the-bangles-playing-arroyo-seco-weekend-and-that-bands-random-connection-to-headliner-robert-plant/ |access-date=21 July 2018 |work=Pasadena Star-News |date=16 June 2018}} after an absence of 35 years.
Biography
File:The Bangles2016.jpg, Vicki Peterson, and Debbi Peterson of The Bangles for a live show in 2016 from the Whisky A Go Go.]]
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.{{cite book |editor1-first=Colin |editor1-last=Larkin |editor1-link=Colin Larkin (writer) |year=2011 |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |edition=5th |location=London |publisher=Omnibus Press |page=2006 |isbn=9780857125958}}
Zilinskas started joining the Bangles for live shows again in 2014, before she formally rejoined the band in 2018. Zilinskas has also been a member of Los Angeles bands Weather Bell,{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-12-25-ca-1445-story.html|title=From Bass in Bangles to her own voice in Weather Bell|last=Arkush|first=Michael|date=December 25, 1988|work=Los Angeles Times}} The Ringling Sisters, and Medicine.{{cite journal |last=Johnson |first=Bonnie |date=April 21, 2012 |title=Feedback is the Best Medicine |journal=L.A. Record |url=http://larecord.com/staff-blog/2012/04/21/feedback-is-the-best-medicine-interview-of-medicine-by-bonnie-johnson |access-date=June 2, 2016 |archive-date=July 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707161538/https://larecord.com/staff-blog/2012/04/21/feedback-is-the-best-medicine-interview-of-medicine-by-bonnie-johnson |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
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Category:American women bass guitarists
Category:American women rock singers
Category:People from Van Nuys, Los Angeles
Category:American bass guitarists
Category:American people of Lithuanian descent
Category:Guitarists from Los Angeles
Category:20th-century American guitarists
Category:21st-century American women singers
Category:21st-century American singers
Category:20th-century American women guitarists
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