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After the original lineup of the Pretenders had been destroyed by drugs and death, Hynde continued to trudge on, finding herself further and further from what made her band so good in the first place.

Oh yes, she’s still the great Pretender. At 73 years old, Chrissie Hynde remains an imperious talent – a fantastic songwriter, glorious singer, stirring bandleader and fearsome guitar-slinging ...

On the first day that MTV launched, back on August 1, 1981, the seventh video played on the nascent channel was the Pretenders' "Brass in Pocket." In that clip, Chrissie Hynde, all beehive hairdo and ...

"There was never really a concept or a master plan, which was probably just as well," Chrissie Hynde said. "Because as I've learned, you can't really plot out anything, because there will always be ...

Hynde’s reliably resonant and calming roar finds new backing with surprise appearances from Marr, Grohl – and a shy Paul McCartney ‘We don’t have to get fat / We don’t have to get old / We don’t have ...

In stressful times, there's something hugely reassuring about seeing the old new-wave heroes of the '80s coming back with really good songs. Last week, for instance, the reunited Psychedelic Furs came ...

What happens when the foundations of your identity are taken away? After her science fiction debut (“Tell Me an Ending”), Jo Harkin pivots to historical fiction to chronicle the poignant odyssey of a ...

A few weeks ago, Chrissie Hynde, lead singer of The Pretenders and living monument to rock's glorious heritage, was thrown out of a pub. She had run into Paul Weller, and they and a group of friends ...

Chrissie Hynde, one of rock’s preeminent female stars, has produced some of the toughest rock and roll of the past four decades with her band, The Pretenders. Forty years after the Pretenders’ iconic ...