The Pretenders are an English-American rock band formed in Hereford, England, in March 1978. The original band comprised initiator and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), Pete Farndon (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Martin Chambers (drums, backing vocals, percussion). The band has experienced drug-related deaths of the members, and numerous subsequent personnel changes have taken place over the years, with Hynde and Chambers as the remaining original members.
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- Official homepage at thepretenders.com
- Fanpage at pretenders.org
- MySpace at myspace.com/thepretenders
- Wikipedia article on The Pretenders
- Last.fm page on Pretenders
- Discogs at discogs.com/artist/Pretenders, The
- MusicBrainz entry on Pretenders
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Latest News Stories
News from the BBC
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Rockabilly return
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BBC Reviews
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The Best Of/Break Up The Concrete 2009
Reviewed by Daryl Easlea
To hear them again is akin to very good friends returning from afar.
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Pretenders II 1986
Reviewed by Chris Jones
Stripped of the makeweight associations II is a shining example of all that was great...
