Deborah Mary 'Debbi' Peterson (born 22 August 1961, in Northridge

Northridge

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, Los Angeles

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, California, United States) is the younger sister of Vicki Peterson

Vicki Peterson

Vicki Peterson is an American rock musician ....

, and the drummer

Drummer

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 of the all-girl group

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, The Bangles

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. She sang lead vocals on two of the band's released singles, "Going Down to Liverpool" (1985) and "Be With You" (1989).

She had already established her first band

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 in high school

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, and started a solo career after the separation of The Bangles in 1990. In 1992, she formed the short-lived duo Kindred Spirit

Kindred Spirit (band)

Kindred Spirit was a female duo consisting of Debbi Peterson and Siobhan Maher ....

 with Siobhan Maher, formerly of River City People

River City People

River City People were a folk rock quartet formed in Liverpool, England in 1986, by vocalist Siobhan Maher, guitarist Tim Speed, his drummer brother Paul Speed, and bassist Dave Snell. Siobhan, Tim and Dave had both been with Liverpool Band "Peep Show" until summer 1987 - at one point in both bands...

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Peterson has been married to English sound engineer Steven Botting since 1989. They have two children - Brian (*1997) and Keira (*2004).

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