Pretenders
The Pretenders are a British rock band formed in March 1978. The original band consisted of founder 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). Following the deaths of Honeyman-Scott in 1982 and Farndon in 1983, the band experienced numerous personnel changes; American-born Hynde has been the band's only continuous member. The band's hit songs include "Kid" (1979), "Brass in Pocket" (1979), "Talk of the Town" (1980), "Message of Love" (1981), "My City Was Gone" (1982), "Back on the Chain Gang" (1982), "Middle of the Road" (1983), "2000 Miles" (1983), "Don't Get Me Wrong" (1986), "My Baby" (1986) and "I'll Stand by You" (1994). The Pretenders were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.
Genre: rock, classic-rock, album-rock, soft-rock, mellow-gold, permanent-wave, new-romantic, new-wave, new-wave-pop
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Top Tracks
- Middle of the Road - 2007 Remaster
- Don't Get Me Wrong
- Boots of Chinese Plastic - Edit
- Talk of the Town
- Brass in Pocket - 2006 Remaster
- A Love
- Never Do That
- Losing My Sense Of Taste
- Don't Get Me Wrong
- Break Up the Concrete
- Let the Sun Come In
- Domestic Silence
- Sense of Purpose
- The Promise Of Love
- The Copa
- Precious
- I Think About You Daily
- Merry Widow
- Talk of the Town
- Vainglorious
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