Belinda Carlisle Go-Go's (originally named the Misfits), with friends and fellow musicians Margot Olavarria, Elissa Bello, and Jane Wiedlin. Olavarria and Bello were soon out of the group and the new line-up included bassist-turned-guitarist Charlotte Caffey, guitarist-turned-bassist Kathy Valentine, and drummer Gina Schock. All five women were largely untrained musicians, and Carlisle recalls having to use tape as fret markers during their initial songwriting: "[Charlotte] had to show us how to plug in our amps," she said. The Go-Go's would go on to become one of the most successful American bands of the 1980s, helping usher new wave music into popular American
The Collection (Belinda Carlisle album) Collection" along with the singles "I Feel the Magic", "Band of Gold" from Carlisle's debut album "Belinda", "Love Never Dies'" (the first time this single had appeared on a Belinda Carlisle compilation) and the US-only single "I Feel Free" from "Heaven on Earth", "I Plead Insanity" (a planned single complete with promotional video that was ultimately unreleased) from the album "Live Your Life Be Free" and "Lay Down Your Arms" from "Real" (the only one of Carlisle's UK Top 40 hits to have never previously appeared on a Belinda Carlisle compilation). The singles "Always Breaking My Heart", "Love in the