My boyfriend saw a picture of me when I was in elementary school (circa the late 80s), and he STILL talks about how "chronic" my hairdo was. I just can't make him understand that over here, you were soooo cool if you had big bangs! Everyone had them. My mom used to curl them with this little bitty curling iron every morning, tease them, and spray them so that a strong wind wouldn't have blown them down. Gawd...how could we have EVER thought that looked good? You should've seen my older sister, though...heh heh. She had one of those perms that you teased til it stood way out--you know what I'm talking about.
Also, when I was really young, I looked like a little Cyndi Lauper--side ponytail, wild-looking clothes, mini skirts. But at least that's not as bad as The Bangs.