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Key facts
- Origin
- Hereford , England
- Genres
- Alternative rock new wave
- Years active
- 1978–present
- Labels
- Sire Warner Bros.
- Members
- Chrissie Hynde Martin Chambers James Walbourne Kris Sonne
- Past members
- James Honeyman-Scott Pete Farndon Robbie McIntosh Malcolm Foster Blair Cunningham T. M. Stevens Bernie Worrell Johnny Marr Adam Seymour Carwyn Ellis Nick Wilkinson Eric Heywood Andy Hobson
- Website
- thepretenders .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- musical group
- Has part
- Martin Chambers
- Named after
- The Great Pretender
- Official name
- The Pretenders
- Participant in
- Live Aid
- Genre
- rock music
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Record label
- Sire
- Official website
- www.thepretenders.com
- Image
- Pretenders Dubai 200702.jpg
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- Commons category
- The Pretenders (musical group)
- topic's main category
- Category:The Pretenders
- location of formation
- Hereford
- inception
- 1978-01-01
- different from
- The Pretenders
- start of work period
- 1978-00-00
- social media followers
- 162000
- topic has template
- Template:The Pretenders
- nominated for
- Grammy Award for Best New Artist
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Pretenders” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.