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October 16, 2008

Q&A: Chrissie Hynde

The Pretenders singer on moving back to Ohio, opening a vegan restaurant and her rootsy new record
March 8, 2005

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2005: The Pretenders

Martin Chambers keeps time -- and marks time -- for quintessential New Wavers
May 29, 1980

The Pretenders' Leather Love Songs

All-American Chrissie Hynde and her hot British band deliver

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Break Up The Concrete

Nearly a quarter-century after she sang about it, Chrissie Hynde has gone back to Ohio — literally and figuratively. Rock's most famous Akronite-turned-Londoner has been spending more time in her Rust Belt hometown, where she has opened a vegan restaurant. And on Break Up the Concrete, she...

2008 RS: 4of 5 Stars

Loose Screw

2002

Viva El Amor!

1999

The Isle Of View

1995

Last Of The Independents

1994

Packed

1990

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The Pretenders, originally three Englishmen and an American woman, emerged at the close of the '70s as one of the new wave's most commercially successful groups. Its focal point was Chrissie Hynde, the band's songwriter, lead singer, and rhythm guitarist, whose tough songs and stage persona put feminist self-assertion into her own distinctive hard rock.

A single gig with an Akron band, Sat....

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