Annette Celia Genevieve Zilinskas is an American musician. She is a founding member of

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and returned to the band in 2018 after an absence of 35 years. Zilinskas has also been the lead vocalist for

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, and was a member of Los Angeles bands Weather Bell, The Ringling Sisters, and

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. A native of

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, Zilinskas was born in

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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,

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became the bass player for the band. Zilinskas rejoined The Bangles in 2018.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zilinskas, Annette Women bass guitarists American women rock singers People from Van Nuys, Los Angeles Living people American bass guitarists The Bangles members American people of Lithuanian descent Guitarists from Los Angeles 20th-century American guitarists 21st-century American women singers 21st-century American singers 20th-century American women guitarists 1962 births