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[h3]A disillusioned teenage Chrissie Hynde left the United States on a one-way ticket to England where she landed a job as music critic for the NME. She also worked in McLaren's ‘Sex’ boutique before forming The Pretenders.[/h3]

The original Pretenders line-up featured Hynde on vocals/guitar, Pete Farndon on bass, James Honeyman-Scott on guitar and Martin Chambers on drums.

Their albums ‘Pretenders I & II’ were huge successes, with hits like ‘Stop Your Sobbing’, ‘Kid’ and ‘Brass in Pocket’.

During an American tour in 1980, Hynde met Ray Davies and the pair began a relationship which led to the birth of a baby daughter. However, in 1981 tragedy struck for the band when James Honeyman-Scott died from a drugs overdose and a year later, Pete Farndon suffered the same fate.

Hynde and the Pretenders regrouped in 1983, with Robbie McIntosh and Malcolm Foster, releasing ‘Learning to Crawl’ in 1984.

By the middle of that year things were beginning to look up for Hynde and she married Simple Mind singer Jim Kerr. The couple had a daughter, but would later divorce in 1990.

Hynde's duet with [urlnew=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_home/698:0/UB40.htm]UB40's[/urlnew] on ‘I Got You Babe’ did well in the charts and she continued to make music under the guise of The Pretenders, despite the odd change of line-up. ‘Don't Get Me Wrong’ and ‘Breakfast in Bed’ marked the end of the bands 80's output.

The 1990s proved less of a success after ‘Packed!’ failed to set the charts alight. In 1994, the album ‘Last of the Independents’, was quite rightly hailed as an impressive comeback and included the hit ‘I'll Stand by You’.

In 1995, the Pretenders released a live album, ‘Isle of View’, and in 1999 ‘Viva el Amor’ came along. Four years later the reggae tinged ‘Loose Screw’ (2003) was released and the band set off on a world tour.

Besides making a number of appearances at charity events, Chrissie Hynde is passionate about Animal Rights and is a vocal supporter of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
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- Chrissie was once asked by a reporter what she had done to help advance her vegetarian views. She joked that she had blown up a McDonald's restaurant. However, she was later forced to apologise for her remark after a misguided fan blew up a McDonald's in her honour.

- She has two daughters – Natalie Hynde by Ray Davies of The Kinks and Yasmin Kerr with Simple Minds’ Jim Kerr.
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Pretenders - 1980

Pretenders II - 1981

Learning to Crawl - 1984

Get Close - 1986

The Pretenders Live - 1988

Packed! - 1990

Last of the Independents - 1994

The Isle of View [live] - 1995

Viva el Amor – 1999

Loose Screw - 2003

Mickey Rourke Wed 20th Aug - 8:00PM

Carlos Santana Wed 20th Aug - 7:00PM

Ramsay's Boiling Point (Part 2 of 5) Wed 20th Aug - 9:00PM