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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 ...

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 ...

Chrissie Hynde admits that The Pretenders‘ new single “A Love,” is the “most traditionally Pretenders-sounding song” on the band’s upcoming album, Relentless, out September 15. It’s “in the vein of ...

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 ...

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 ...