You must be familiar with the girl band, The Bangles. The Bangles has been one of the most successful and chart-topping bands, and Susanna Hoffs was the band’s founding member in 1981.
She was a guitarist, songwriter, and the girl who helped the band to gain fame in the mainstream of music. Being in the limelight has been an ordinary thing for Hoffs. Her musical career has always been public and so has her love life.
Susanna Hoofs is married to Jay Roach, but what does he do, and who is he? Let’s find out!
Who is Susanna Hoffs?
Born in 1959. January 17, Hoffs is a talented singer-songwriter and actress. She was inspired by the famous punk band The Ramones and other punk bands to establish her own and thus, The Bangles was born.
Susanna was born into a Jewish family and she fell in love with music after her mother started to play Beatles when she was in her teenage years. Susanna released many bangers with her group in the 80s’ such as, ‘Eternal Flame’, ‘Walk Like an Egyptian’, ‘Manic Monday’, and many more.
Hoffs even began her solo career in 1991 and debuted her first solo album ‘You’re a Boy’. The album was another success from her and the song ‘My Side of the Bed’ reached no. 44 in the UK.
Who is Jay Roach?
Mathew Jay Roach is a filmmaker. He has directed multiple incredible films such as, ‘Meet the Parents, ‘Austin Powers, Trumbo, ‘The Champaign’ and many more.
Roach never had a comfortable start to his career, he had a humble beginning, he used to work as a cameraman for the music video for Eazy-E’s “Eazy-er Said Than Dunn”, directed by John Lloyd Miller, his childhood friend.
Jay Roach made his debut as a professional director in 1990 with the release of the comedy film, ‘Zoom Radio.’ He only found success years later with the release of the comedy film Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery in 1997.
How did Susanna Hoffs and Jay Roach meet?
Jay Roach met the former lead singer of The Beagles in 1991 during a dinner party that their friends arranged. They had a dinner at West Hollywood and Roach was already waiting for her.
“He was facing away from me and as I sort of in slow motion stepped towards him, he sort of stepped forward and smiled at me. I smiled back at him, and I remember distinctly thinking, ‘This person, there’s a kindness to him and a warm heart.’ I just instantly thought that he had a trustworthy air about him…It turned out to be true,” she said.
During their meeting, two other men joined the dinner, “It was just me and bachelors number one, two, and three, like ‘The Dating Game,’ but I only had eyes for Jay,” Hoffs said.
Roach then pulled the chair and took the coat for her, “I was like, ‘Wow, he’s such a gentleman,’” she said. “This is such unfamiliar territory.” In the rock ‘n’ roll world, Hoffs added, dating was “more down and dirty…but not in a bad way. It’s just what I knew.”
“When he told me he was from Stanford, I had a moment,” Hoffs recalls. “It was very visual, like at the carnival when the strong man swings the hammer. It was like ‘Bang’ and the bell rang. It’s the only time my degree mattered to anyone in this town,” said Roach.
When did Jay Roach and Susanna Hoffs get married?
After their first encounter, the two became close friends. The two shared many things about each other and knew that both had mutual interests. It didn’t take long for the pair to fall in love with each other.
Hoffs was a rockstar at that moment and Roacph used to work 7 part-time jobs to live a healthy life at Stanford. Roach even stated that the thought of dating the rockstar “daunted” him.
Roach was barely making anything and was working seven different part-time jobs just so he could live a life comfortably. He was broken and unfortunately, his vehicle, a 1973 VW van was also in the worst state possible.
Nevertheless, the two dated happily and Roach even converted his religion to Judaism, so Hoffs’ grandfather Ralph Simon would officiate their wedding. The couple then married in 1993 in Los Angeles at Sephardic Temple, the couple now share two children.