84-522: The Pretenders are a British-American 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,
168-725: A Kinks cover, " Stop Your Sobbing "), handed it to Hynde's friend Nick Lowe , produced a single ("Stop Your Sobbing"/"The Wait") and performed their first gig at a club in Paris. The single was released in January 1979 and hit No. 33 in the UK. A second single "Kid" followed to similar success in July 1979. In November 1979, the Pretenders released their first signature single " Brass in Pocket " in
252-575: A rhythm and blues group, Jack Rabbit. She returned to France in 1976 to try to form a band but it did not materialize. She left Kent for Michael Fradji Memmi, bass player of the Frenchies, which she joined. For one show at the Olympia Theatre when their singer had left, she performed as lead singer. She returned to London in the midst of the early punk movement. At one point she tried to convince Steve Jones and then Johnny Rotten (of
336-657: A 1994 interview, Madonna recalled of Hynde: "I saw her play in Central Park [in August 1980, performing with the Pretenders]. She was amazing: the only woman I'd seen in performance where I thought, yeah, she's got balls, she's awesome! ... It gave me courage, inspiration, to see a woman with that kind of confidence in a man's world." Hynde, born in the United States, has long maintained dual citizenship with
420-472: A No. 1 track on the Billboard charts. Likewise in 2005, Hynde duetted with Ringo Starr on a song entitled "Don't Hang Up" which can be heard on Starr's album Choose Love . Also in 2005, she collaborated with Incubus on a song called "Neither Of Us Can See". The song is on the soundtrack album for Stealth . On October 17, 2008, she was an opening act for fellow Akron-area musicians Devo at
504-473: A band called "J.P., Chrissie and the Fairground Boys", releasing an album, Fidelity , on August 24, 2010. Several stops on the tour were recorded and sold on USB flash drives . On February 5, 2011, Hynde and the Pretenders performed live on CMT Crossroads with Faith Hill and her band, including songs from both catalogs. Along with John Cale and Nick Cave , Hynde played on BBC Four for
588-532: A band together. In the spring of 1978, Hynde met bass guitarist Pete Farndon and they selected a band consisting of James Honeyman-Scott (guitar, vocals, keyboards), and Martin Chambers (drums, vocals, percussion). The name the Pretenders was inspired by the Sam Cooke version of the Platters ' 1955 R&B hit song " The Great Pretender ". They recorded a demo tape (including "Precious", "The Wait" and
672-461: A band which included Mark Mothersbaugh , later of Devo . Hynde was also caught up in the Kent State massacre on May 4, 1970, in which the boyfriend of one of her friends was among the four victims. In May 1973, Hynde moved to London. With her art background, she landed a job in an architectural firm but left after eight months. It was then that she met rock journalist Nick Kent and landed
756-458: A company other than WEA. Rolling Stone noted its "refinement, stylish melodies and vocal fireworks," while Blender called it "slick, snarky pop with flashes of brilliance". In March 2005, the Pretenders were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . At the induction ceremony, the band performed " Precious " and " Message of Love ". During her acceptance speech, Hynde named and thanked all
840-535: A cover of Sonny and Cher 's " I Got You Babe ". The track topped the UK singles chart and went as high as No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. On April 10, 1999, Hynde led the memorial concert "Here, There and Everywhere – A Concert for Linda" for her late close friend Linda McCartney at the Royal Albert Hall , London. Proceeds went to animal rights charities. The Pretenders were
924-471: A cover of " Love Can Build a Bridge " with Cher and Neneh Cherry . Eric Clapton appeared on the track, supplying the lead guitar solo that is featured in the song's instrumental bridge. In 1997, the EMI publishing company issued a cease and desist request to Rush Limbaugh , who for years had been using an edited instrumental version of Hynde's song " My City Was Gone " for the broadcast's opening theme. When
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#17327984138061008-598: A daughter, Natalie, with Davies. She married Jim Kerr , lead singer of the band Simple Minds , in 1984. Together they had a daughter, Yasmin, in 1985. They lived in South Queensferry , Scotland and divorced in 1990; Hynde was married to Colombian artist and sculptor Lucho Brieva from 1997 to 2002. She follows Vaishnavism , a branch of Hinduism , and travels to India once every year to further her studies. Hynde lives in London and also has an apartment in
1092-675: A duet with Frank Sinatra on Sinatra's 1994 album Duets II . They performed the song " Luck Be a Lady ". In 1995, Hynde made an acting appearance as fictional character Stephanie Schiffer on the US television comedy Friends on the episode "The One with the Baby on the Bus", in which she performed " Angel of the Morning " and the comedy song " Smelly Cat " (which she co-wrote) with Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay on acoustic guitar. Also, in 1995, Hynde sang
1176-454: A guitar lick written by Honeyman-Scott, the song's lyrics were explained by Hynde to be about the cockiness that one needs to effectively perform. The song's title derives from a phrase she overheard after a show. "Brass in Pocket" became the band's biggest hit to that point, reaching number one in the UK and number 14 in the US. Its music video was the seventh video aired on MTV on its launch on 1 August 1981. "Brass in Pocket" originated as
1260-432: A guitar line that Pretenders guitarist James Honeyman-Scott played for Chrissie Hynde . Hynde then recorded the part and wrote the song's lyrics. Musically, Hynde described "Brass in Pocket" as "trying to be a Motown song, but it didn't quite get it". Hynde got the idea for the song's title when, during an after-show dinner, she overheard someone enquiring if anyone had "Picked up dry cleaning? Any brass in pocket?" Of
1344-476: A more permanent band to record for his new label, Real Records. Hynde then formed a band composed of Pete Farndon on bass, James Honeyman-Scott on guitar, and Gerry Mcilduff on drums. This band, then without a name, recorded five tracks at Regents Park Studio in July 1978, including a cover of the Kinks ' song " Stop Your Sobbing ". Shortly thereafter, Gerry Mcilduff was replaced on drums by Martin Chambers (of
1428-587: A new Pretenders album, Packed! Hynde was the only person pictured anywhere on the album, and was the only official member of the band. By 1993, Hynde had teamed with ex- Katydids guitarist Adam Seymour to form a new version of Pretenders. The team of Hynde and Seymour then hired a number of session musicians to record Last of the Independents that year, including ex-Smiths bassist Andy Rourke , ex- Primitives bassist Andy Hobson, and former Pretender and drummer/writer/producer James Hood, previously with
1512-628: A new album, Stockholm , on June 10, 2014. The album featured contributions from Neil Young and John McEnroe . Hynde released Valve Bone Woe , a jazz/pop album of selected covers with the Valve Bone Woe ensemble on September 6, 2019, produced by Marius de Vries . The album debuted at No.32 on the Official UK album charts and at No. 1 on the UK Jazz and Blues chart. Hynde has a contralto vocal range. Until 1978, shortly before
1596-471: A number of songs with other musicians including Frank Sinatra , Cher and UB40 . She recorded her first solo album, Stockholm , in 2014. Hynde was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005 as a member of the Pretenders. Hynde is an Ivor Novello Award winner PRS Outstanding Contribution to British Music. She has five Grammy nominations between 1981 and 1995. Hynde was born in Akron, Ohio ,
1680-464: A position at the music magazine New Musical Express ( NME ), writing what she subsequently described as "half-baked philosophical drivel and nonsensical tirades." This proved not to last and Hynde later got a job at Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood 's clothing store, Sex . Hynde attempted to start a band in France , the Frenchies ( fr ), before her return to Cleveland in 1975, and joined
1764-633: A regular or equal partnership in the bands she joined. Hynde's own provocative band project, centred around her own songwriting, was initially called (Mike Hunt's) Dishonorable Discharge and featured former London SS and future Damned members, along with Mick Jones and Sid Vicious (where Hynde taught Vicious to play guitar), but failed to get managerial backing from either Malcolm McLaren or Bernie Rhodes , despite them both poaching her band members for, or asking her to fill in, in their pet projects. The Pretenders formed in 1978 after Dave Hill at Anchor Records heard some demos of Hynde's music. He arranged
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#17327984138061848-576: A rehearsal studio in Denmark Street , London, where a three-piece band consisting of Hynde, Mal Hart on bass (he had played with Hynde and Steve Strange in the Moors Murderers), and Phil Taylor of Motörhead on drums played a selection of Hynde's original songs. Hill was impressed and arranged a day at Studio 51 to record another demo. Although it was rough, he felt he had seen and heard enough "star potential" to suggest that Hynde form
1932-422: A result of cocaine intolerance. While in the midst of forming a new band, Farndon was found dead by his wife on 14 April 1983. After taking heroin and passing out, he had drowned in his bathtub. Hynde and Chambers continued the band after Honeyman-Scott's death. During July 1982, a caretaker team of Hynde, Chambers, Rockpile guitarist Billy Bremner , and Big Country bassist Tony Butler was assembled to record
2016-477: A sexual experience. Cash Box said the song shows why Hynde was "quickly emerging as one of the bright new singer/stylists of 1980", highlighting "her sly, sexy warbling and tremendous control". Ultimate Classic Rock critic Matt Wardlaw rated it the Pretenders' best song, saying that it is the song "all of the elements really came together – a cool groove and an especially sultry vocal from Hynde." The lyrics notably mix in both British and American slang of
2100-492: A special benefit concert at the Akron Civic Theater for then-presidential candidate Barack Obama . The Black Keys , another Akron-based band, and the then up-and-coming solo artist, Rachel Roberts, performed prior to her. Hynde features as guest vocalist on Ray Davies ' 2009 Christmas single "Postcard From London" and Morrissey 's Years of Refusal the same year. Hynde and Welsh singer J.P. Jones formed
2184-594: A track, "Nite Klub", on the Specials ' eponymous debut album . Hynde sang a duet with INXS on their album Full Moon, Dirty Hearts in 1993. She appears on the title track of the album. Hynde sang the vocals on the track " State of Independence Part II" on a Moodswings album named Moodfood , which was played during the closing credits on the soundtrack of Single White Female . She provided backing vocals on Morrissey's single "My Love Life" in 1991 and again on b-side "Shame Is The Name" in 2009. Hynde recorded
2268-518: Is an American-British musician. She is a founding member and the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band The Pretenders , and one of the band's two remaining original members alongside drummer Martin Chambers . She is the only continuous member of the band, appearing on every studio album. Hynde formed the Pretenders in Hereford , England in 1978, with Pete Farndon , James Honeyman-Scott and Chambers. She has also recorded
2352-469: Is that you're supposed to be kind of cocky and sure of yourself. You're not supposed to go on stage and say, "I'm small and I have no confidence and think I'm a shit." Because you just can't do that on stage. You're not supposed to, and probably you don't have much confidence, and you do think you're a little piece of shit or else you wouldn't have gotten a rock band together in the first place. During an interview with The Observer in 2004, she revealed she
2436-403: The Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. It was listed at No. 389 on Rolling Stone's "Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2021. In the video for the song, Hynde plays a lonely waitress in a backstreet cafe. The rest of the band arrives in a large pink American car driven by Pete Farndon. The three men peruse the menus but are soon joined by their female partners. All six then leave
2520-601: The COVID-19 pandemic , the tour was cancelled. On 3 September 2022, Pretenders performed at the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium with Dave Grohl on bass. They performed "Precious", "Tattooed Love Boys" and "Brass in Pocket". Relentless was announced in May 2023, with a release date of 1 September, which has subsequently been moved to 15 September. The announced line-up for
2604-721: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005. Hynde, originally from Akron, Ohio , moved to London in 1973, working at the weekly music paper NME and at Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood 's clothes store. She was involved with early versions of the Sex Pistols , the Clash , and the Damned and played in short-lived bands such as Masters of the Backside (1976) and the Moors Murderers (1978 lineup), but failed to find
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2688-668: The Russian invasion . The event was organized by Fabien Riggall in collaboration with the Ukrainian pop duo Bloom Twins . On June 24, 2023, Hynde and the band played the Glastonbury Festival with guest artist Johnny Marr . Dave Grohl also guested on drums for one song. Hynde, along with Curved Air 's Sonja Kristina , sang backing vocals on Mick Farren 's 1978 album Vampires Stole My Lunch Money and also on Hurt by Chris Spedding . She also sang backing on
2772-613: The Songwriter's Circle program on July 9, 1999. The concert took place at the Subterania Club in London, England and was released on DVD. She also later joined Cave in 2010 for a rendition of Screamin' Jay Hawkins ' song " I Put a Spell on You " as a benefit for the Haiti disasters. The song and music video featured performances by Mick Jones, Glen Matlock , Shane MacGowan , and Bobby Gillespie among others. Hynde released
2856-527: The Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons . Hynde had previously reviewed Gram and Emmylou's debut country rock classic, GP . The version merges Emmylou's country rock and Hynde's reggae-tinged new wave. Hynde also recorded a song called "Cry (If You Don't Mind)" with the Spanish band Jarabe de Palo for their album Un metro cuadrado – 1m² . She supplied the voice for Siri, the clouded leopard in
2940-551: The Impossible Dreamers and Moodswings . But by the end of the album sessions (and for the subsequent tour) the official band line-up was Hynde, Seymour, Hobson, and returning drummer Martin Chambers. When Last of the Independents was released in 1994, it rated gold in the US. Lead single "Night In My Veins" was a minor success in the US, a mid-chart success in the UK, and a top 10 success in Canada. The second single
3024-554: The Moors Murderers in 1978. Named after a pair of child-killers , the band consisted of future Visage front man Steve Strange on vocals, Vince Ely on drums, with Mark Ryan (a.k.a. the Kid) and Hynde on guitar. The band's name alone was enough to start controversy, and she soon distanced herself from the group, as noted in NME . Hynde said, "I'm not in the group, I only rehearsed with them". She stated that "Steve Strange and Soo Catwoman had
3108-666: The Northside Lofts in her hometown of Akron. Hynde has described becoming a vegetarian as "the best thing that ever happened to me". She says that she came to regard meat-eaters with "distaste, almost contempt" but has learned to "live and associate with [them] but never respected them". Hynde is also an animal rights activist and a supporter of PETA and the animal rights group Viva! . She also appeared in anti-fur trade organization Respect for Animals' commercial 'Fur and Against' in 2002, alongside Jude Law , Paul McCartney and others. Hynde has publicly campaigned against
3192-585: The Pretenders into the new century both in new recording as well as multiple tours worldwide. New Pretenders albums emerged in 2002 ( Loose Screw ), 2008 ( Break Up the Concrete ) and 2016 ( Alone ). Hynde was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005 as a member of the Pretenders. The ceremony was held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan, New York City. In 2016,
3276-531: The Pretenders were the musical guest on the US late night sketch comedy show Fridays . The band performed "The Adultress", " Message of Love " and "Louie, Louie" (not the Kingsmen song). Andy Kaufman was the guest host of the program on that night. Due to Farndon's escalating drug abuse, he was fired from the band after a meeting between Hynde, Honeyman-Scott, and Chambers on 14 June 1982. Two days later, on 16 June 1982, Honeyman-Scott died of heart failure as
3360-416: The Pretenders would tour with her on a 27-city tour for the last three months of 2016. The live band consisted of Hynde, Chambers, Heywood, Walbourne, Wilkinson, as before. Pretenders released their 10th studio album, Alone , on 21 October 2016. However, as on Packed! , Hynde was the only Pretender on the album, which was otherwise played entirely by session musicians. In May 2017, Ellis resumed touring with
3444-465: The Pretenders, who toured Australia and New Zealand with Nicks. In October 2017, the Pretenders appeared on Austin City Limits . The band was originally scheduled to release their 11th studio album Hate for Sale on 1 May 2020, and lead single "The Buzz" was released on 17 March 2020. However, on 24 March, the album release was delayed to 17 July. On the same day (24 March), they released
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3528-529: The Road" was this line-up's first single, released in the US in November 1983 and reaching the top 20 there. The US B-side, " 2000 Miles ", was released as a single in the UK. The third Pretenders album, Learning to Crawl was produced by "fifth Pretender" Chris Thomas and released in January 1984. In July 1985, the band (including Rupert Black on keyboards) played at Live Aid . Soon after recording sessions for
3612-481: The Sex Pistols , who were managed by McLaren) to marry her to get her a work permit. Hynde's version of this episode has it that Rotten "offered to go to a registry office with me and do the unmentionable" but when he subsequently withdrew, Sid Vicious volunteered to take his place. Upon arrival at the registry office the following morning, they found it "closed for an extended holiday" and were unable to attend
3696-430: The U.S. It closed on October 2, 2011, owing to the economic climate, according to Hynde. Brass in Pocket " Brass in Pocket ", also known as " Brass in Pocket (I'm Special) ", is a song by English–American rock band the Pretenders , released in 1979 as the third single from their self-titled debut album . It was written by Chrissie Hynde and James Honeyman-Scott , and produced by Chris Thomas . Originating as
3780-525: The UK, which hit UK number 1 on January 19, 1980, the same date as their eponymous first album . Both went on to similar chart success worldwide. The band released an EP album, Extended Play , then Pretenders II later in the summer. " Talk of the Town " and "Message of Love" were on both. The Pretenders lineup would change repeatedly over the next decade. Honeyman-Scott died of a drug overdose on June 16, 1982, just days after Farndon had been fired from
3864-467: The UK. In the 1970s, Hynde, unable to obtain a work visa, asked both Sid Vicious and Johnny Rotten to marry her, though for various reasons neither did. Hynde then went back to the US briefly before returning to the UK. In 1982, Hynde and Ray Davies planned to wed in Guildford , but "the guy in the registry office took one look at us and suggested we come back another time". In 1983, Hynde had
3948-605: The Vacants ). Hynde named the band the Pretenders after the Platters song " The Great Pretender ", which was the favourite song of one of her former boyfriends. The band's first single, a cover of the Kinks song " Stop Your Sobbing " (produced by Nick Lowe and recorded at the July Regents Park sessions) was released in January 1979 and gained critical attention. It was followed by " Kid " in June 1979. In January 1980,
4032-478: The VegiTerranean, a vegan restaurant, in the Northside Lofts, Akron, Ohio in November 2007. The restaurant served fusion Italian-Mediterranean food by head chef James Scot Jones. Before the restaurant's opening on September 15, 2007, Hynde performed three songs at the restaurant with Adam Seymour , a former lead guitarist of the Pretenders. The restaurant was voted among the top five vegan restaurants in
4116-442: The advent of the Pretenders, Hynde had little idea what she sounded like. Hynde eschews formal voice training; she contends that "distinctive voices in rock are trained through years of many things: frustration, fear, loneliness, anger, insecurity, arrogance, narcissism, or just sheer perseverance – anything but a teacher." In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Hynde at number 114 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. In
4200-443: The backing band for all artists. Viva el Amor was released during 1999, as was their collaboration with Tom Jones on the album Reload . The Pretenders joined with Emmylou Harris on Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons , performing the song " She ". A Greatest Hits compilation followed in 2000. During 2002 Loose Screw was released by Artemis Records , the first Pretenders record to be released by
4284-543: The backing band for all artists. In 1999, Hynde played guitar and sang vocals with Sheryl Crow on the song " If It Makes You Happy " during a concert in Central Park . Hynde is mentioned prominently in the lyrics of the Terence Trent D'Arby song "Penelope Please". In 1998, Hynde sang a duet with her friend Emmylou Harris , "She", accompanied by the Pretenders on the Gram Parsons tribute album, Return of
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#17327984138064368-589: The band collaborated with Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys on the album Alone . This album was released as a Pretenders' album, though Hynde was the only original member to appear on it. The new band also played a concert for the BBC at the Maida Vale studio. In 2016, Hynde and the Pretenders opened for Stevie Nicks . In July 2020, the Pretenders released their 11th studio album Hate for Sale . The album
4452-525: The band experienced numerous personnel changes; 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
4536-481: The band in the mid-1980s before the Get Close album was released in 1986. The album included the hits " Don't Get Me Wrong " and " My Baby ". Amidst the ever-changing lineup, Hynde endured as the sole original Pretender until Chambers' return in the mid-1990s. Hynde was the only stable member of the band during this period. In 1994, the band had another hit, the ballad " I'll Stand by You ". Hynde continued with
4620-488: The band reached No. 1 in the UK with " Brass in Pocket ", which was also successful in the US, reaching No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 . Their self-titled debut album was released in January 1980 and was a success in the United Kingdom and the United States both critically and commercially. Produced by Chris Thomas , it is regarded as one of the best debut albums of all time, and has been named one of
4704-455: The band, Malcolm McLaren placed her as a guitarist in Masters of the Backside but she was asked to leave the group just as it became the Damned . After a brief spell in the band Johnny Moped , Mick Jones invited Hynde to join his band on their initial tour of Britain. Hynde recollected of that period, It was great, but my heart was breaking. I wanted to be in a band so bad. And to go to all
4788-400: The band. Farndon also died of a drug overdose the following year. After reforming with a caretaker line-up (Martin Chambers, Billy Bremner, Tony Butler, and Jeremy Allom) for their next single, " Back on the Chain Gang ", the band settled down with Robbie McIntosh (guitar) and Malcolm Foster (bass) during the recording of their next album, the worldwide hit Learning to Crawl . Chambers left
4872-535: The best albums of all time by VH1 (no. 52) and Rolling Stone (no. 155). The second full-length album, Pretenders II , was released during August 1981. Pretenders II included the songs from the US EP Extended Play , the MTV video success "Day After Day", and popular album-radio tracks "The Adultress", "Birds of Paradise", "Bad Boys Get Spanked", and "The English Roses". On 18 September 1981,
4956-505: The daughter of a part-time secretary and a Yellow Pages manager, and grew up in nearby Cuyahoga Falls . She graduated from Firestone High School in Akron but stated that "I was never too interested in high school. I mean, I never went to a dance, I never went out on a date, I never went steady. It became pretty awful for me. Except, of course, I could go see bands, and that was the kick. I used to go to Cleveland just to see any band. So I
5040-406: The encounter a success. Ultimate Classic Rock critic Bryan Wawzenek rated it one of drummer Martin Chambers' top 10 Pretenders songs, praising the relaxed groove and saying, "The beat is weighty but soft, and it allows plenty of room for Chrissie Hynde to side-step her way through the single." Dave Thompson suggests that the song is actually about the Pretenders' first live concert rather than
5124-536: The extradition of Julian Assange to the United States, and in February 2020 called on then President Donald Trump to "set him free". Hynde published an autobiography, Reckless: My Life as a Pretender , on September 8, 2015. In October 2018, Hynde released a limited edition book of her artworks, titled Adding the Blue , the name being taken from the final track on her 2014 solo album, Stockholm . Hynde opened
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#17327984138065208-589: The female singer about to have her first sexual encounter with a particular person, with her expressing confidence that the experience will be successful. According to Rolling Stone magazine critic Ken Tucker , the song uses "an iron fist as a metaphor for [Hynde's] sexual clout". The Rolling Stone Album Guide critic J. D. Considine describes the song as "sassy" and credits the band for "putting bounce in each step" of it. Author Simon Reynolds similarly describes Hynde's vocals as "pure sass" and "feline narcissism", noting that she "linger[s] languorously" over
5292-651: The film Gung Ho (helped by a popular video homage to the television series the Avengers ) and " Hymn to Her ", a No. 8 success in the UK. In the US, both "Don't Get Me Wrong" and " My Baby " reached No. 1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. For the Get Close tour, Bernie Worrell was added to the live lineup on keyboards. During the tour, Hynde felt the band's sound had strayed from its new wave rock roots. She believed that she
5376-538: The following day due to Vicious making a court appearance. In late 1976, Hynde responded to an advertisement in Melody Maker for band members and attended an audition for the band that would become 999 . Jon Moss (who would later be in Culture Club ) and Tony James of Generation X also auditioned. Later, Hynde tried to start a group with Mick Jones from the Clash . After the lack of success with
5460-460: The gigs, to see it so close up, to be living in it and not to have a band was devastating to me. When I left, I said, "Thanks a lot for lettin' me come along," and I went back and went weeping on the Underground throughout London. All the people I knew in town, they were all in bands. And there I was, like the real loser, you know? Really the loser. Hynde also spent a short time with punk band
5544-478: The idea for the group, and asked me to help them out on guitar, which I did, even though I was getting my own group together and still am". In 1978, Hynde made a demo tape and gave it to Dave Hill, owner of the label Real Records. Hill stepped in to manage her career, and began by paying off the back rent owed on her rehearsal room in Covent Garden , London. Hill also advised Hynde to take her time and get
5628-581: The movie Rugrats Go Wild (2003) in which she sang a duet with Bruce Willis . In 2004, Hynde moved to São Paulo , Brazil, for a couple of months in order to play with Brazilian musician Moreno Veloso in an informal tour that lasted until December 2004. She bought a flat in the Copan Building in São Paulo city. She was also the vocalist on Tube & Berger 's 2004 No. 1 Hot Dance Airplay track " Straight Ahead ". The track gave Hynde
5712-402: The next album began and one track had been completed, Hynde declared that Chambers was no longer playing well and dismissed him. Discouraged at the loss of his bandmate, Foster quit ("My whole argument was that Martin Chambers was the rhythm section of the Pretenders and it didn't really matter who was playing bass. So I just said I didn't want to be involved any more.") Hynde and McIntosh recorded
5796-423: The phrase "I'm special". According to AllMusic critic Steve Huey, the backbeat "meshes very nicely with Hynde's unshakable confidence, and the song never gets aggressive enough to break its charming spell or make her self-assurance seem implausibly idealized." Huey also points out a harmonic shift in the music for the portion of the song where the singer lists the various attractive qualities she will use to make
5880-528: The recording was Chrissie Hynde (vocals), James Walbourne (guitars), Carwyn Ellis (keyboards, guitar), Kris Sonne (drums), and Chris Hill (double bass) and Nick Wilkinson (bass). The new album announcement coincided with a return to major touring in 2023, starting with various UK, Ireland and European dates with a wide variety of headline, festival and support shows reaching the US, Canada and further European dates to be completed by October. Chrissie Hynde Christine Ellen Hynde (born September 7, 1951)
5964-459: The replacement members of the group, then said: "I know that the Pretenders have looked like a tribute band for the last 20 years. ... And we're paying tribute to James Honeyman-Scott and Pete Farndon, without whom we wouldn't be here. And on the other hand, without us, they might have been here, but that's the way it works in rock 'n' roll." The Pretenders' album Break Up the Concrete was released through Shangri-La Music on 7 October 2008. It
6048-416: The request came to Hynde's attention during a radio interview, she said her parents loved and listened to Rush and she did not mind its use. They agreed to a royalty contract which she retained and at one time used for a payment to PETA to raise awareness of chemical testing on animals. Hynde's most popular non-Pretenders collaboration with another artist, chartwise, was her 1985 collaboration with UB40 on
6132-470: The rest of the album in various sessions in New York City and Stockholm with assorted session musicians. Towards the end of the sessions, Hynde hired two of the guest players–bassist T.M. Stevens and ex- Haircut One Hundred drummer Blair Cunningham —as the new Pretenders rhythm section. The Get Close album was released in 1986; the disc included the top 10 singles, " Don't Get Me Wrong " from
6216-476: The restaurant. Hynde commented on the ending of the video, "The 'Brass in Pocket' video got hijacked by the director, because the idea of that was that these guys were going to break in on motorcycles and I was going to get on the back and ride out of there. And he had different ideas, and he left me in there crying. That wasn't my script." The video was filmed in North Kensington . The cafe's location
6300-416: The second single, which is the title track, "Hate for Sale". 17 April 2020 saw the release of the third single "You Can't Hurt a Fool". On 12 May 2020, they released their fourth single "Turf Accountant Daddy". "Don't Want to be This Lonely", release 28 May 2020, was the fifth and final single from the album. A five-month North American tour with Journey was originally slated to begin 15 May 2020. Due to
6384-600: The single " Back on the Chain Gang ". The song was released in October and became their biggest success in the US, staying at No. 5 for three consecutive weeks. The single's B-side, " My City Was Gone " was (except for a brief period in the 1990s) the theme music for the Rush Limbaugh Show since its inception. Hynde then set up a more permanent lineup for the band, keeping Chambers and adding Robbie McIntosh on guitar and Malcolm Foster on bass. "Middle of
6468-444: The song's reference to "bottle", Hynde explained, "Bottle is Cockney rhyming slang . It means bottle and glass. The way Cockney rhyming slang works is the word you're really saying rhymes with the second word. So bottle and glass rhymes with ass. In England, to say somebody has a lot of ass they have a lot of funk. So you say, 'That guy has a lot of bottle. ' " Of the song's meaning, Hynde stated: The tradition of ["Brass in Pocket"]
6552-587: The time. "Brass" is a Northern English expression for money, referring to copper coins . The term "Detroit leaning" refers to a posture when driving a car. "Brass in Pocket" was released as the band's third single. It was their first big success, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in January 1980 (making it the first new number-one single of the 1980s), number two in Australia during May 1980 (for three weeks), and number 14 on
6636-488: Was in love a lot of the time, but mostly with guys in bands that I had never met. For me, knowing that Brian Jones was out there, and later that Iggy Pop was out there, made it kind of hard for me to get too interested in the guys that were around me. I had, uh, bigger things in mind." Hynde became interested in hippie counterculture , Eastern mysticism , and vegetarianism . While attending Kent State University 's Art School for three years, she joined Sat. Sun. Mat.,
6720-400: Was initially reluctant to have the song released: "When we recorded the song I wasn't very happy with it and told my producer that he could release it over my dead body." Hynde later reflected, "Now I like that song because it's one of those songs that served me well. I didn't like my voice on it. I was kind of a new singer, and listening to my voice made me kind of cringe." The lyrics detail
6804-491: Was now fronting a new band that was "not Pretenders". Partway into the tour, she took drastic action: Stevens and Worrell were both sacked, Malcolm Foster was reinstated on bass, and Rupert Black returned on keyboards. In mid 1987, McIntosh left the band and was replaced by ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr , who remained with the group until early 1988. In 1990, Hynde hired session players (including one-time Pretenders Bremner and Cunningham and bassist John Mckenzie ) and recorded
6888-505: Was the album's centrepiece ballad " I'll Stand by You "; this track received substantial airplay, and was a top 10 success in the UK, and top 20 in the US (No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100) and in Canada. On 10 April 1999, Hynde led the memorial concert " Here, There and Everywhere – A Concert for Linda " for her late close friend Linda McCartney at the Royal Albert Hall , London, organised by Hynde and Carla Lane . Pretenders were
6972-515: Was the band's first Top 40 album in the US in twenty-two years, and its last to date. Tracks include "Boots of Chinese Plastic", "Don't Cut Your Hair", "Love's a Mystery", "The Last Ride" and "Almost Perfect". In September 2012, the Pretenders re-grouped (Hynde, Chambers, Heywood, Walbourne, Wilkinson) as part of the entertainment line-up for the 2012 Singapore Grand Prix . They were joined by keyboardist/acoustic guitarist Carwyn Ellis in autumn 2012. On 6 September 2016, Stevie Nicks announced that
7056-549: Was well received critically and obtained a score of 78 on the critical aggregator Metacritic. On March 9, 2022, Hynde performed a rendition of the Pretenders song " I'll Stand By You " at Night for Ukraine, a fundraising benefit held at the Roundhouse in north London, with the funds raised being donated to the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal, to provide aid to people fleeing Ukraine following
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