Hynde then changed the lineup, keeping Chambers and adding professional musicians Robbie McIntosh on guitar and Malcolm Foster on bass.

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 drummer / writer / producer James " Fred " Hood, formerly with The Impossible Dreamers and Moodswings.

During her acceptance speech, Hynde named and thanked all the replacement members of the group, then said:

Female backing vocalists on The Specials first two studio albums included: Chrissie Hynde, Rhoda Dakar ( then of The Bodysnatchers and later of The Special AKA ), Belinda Carlisle, Jane Wiedlin and Charlotte Caffey ( of The Go-Go's ).

However, amongst the known attendees were: Shane MacGowan ( later of The Nipple Erectors and The Pogues ), Shanne Bradley ( of The Nipple Erectors and The Men They Couldn't Hang ), Viv Albertine of The Slits, Chrissie Hynde ( later of The Pretenders ), Vivienne Westwood ( McLaren's then partner and co-manager of the Chelsea boutique SEX ), Gaye Advert and T. V. Smith ( later of The Adverts ), as well as members of the Bromley Contingent, the punk fashion avant-garde.

There he met American expatriate Chrissie Hynde before she formed the Pretenders.

* The Moors Murderers, an early band of Chrissie Hynde before she formed The Pretenders

The original lineup of The Pretenders, with the exception of lead singer Chrissie Hynde, were from Hereford, as were the rock band Mott the Hoople.

The original band comprised initiator 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 ).

The band has experienced drug-related deaths of the members, and numerous subsequent personnel changes have taken place over the years, with Hynde and Chambers as the remaining original members.

He arranged a rehearsal studio in Denmark Street, where a 3-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.

Although it was rough, he felt he had seen and heard enough " star potential " to suggest that Hynde form a more permanent band to record for his new label, Real Records.

" Shortly thereafter, Gerry Mcilduff was replaced on drums by Martin Chambers, and Hynde named the band " Pretenders " after The Platters song " The Great Pretender.

Hynde continued with the band.

Hynde was the only person pictured anywhere on the album, and was the only official member of the band.

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.

On 5 February 2011, Hynde and the Pretenders performed live on CMT's Crossroads with Faith Hill and her band, including songs from both catalogs.

Derek Forbes, Chrissie Hynde and Johnny Marr joined the band onstage during the Love Song / Sun City medley on the final night.

UB40 caught their first break when Chrissie Hynde saw them at a pub and gave them an opportunity as a support act to her band, The Pretenders.

The notoriously drug-fuelled recording sessions featured a core band of Thunders, bassist Phil Lynott, drummer Paul Cook, and guitarist Steve Jones, with guest appearances from Chrissie Hynde, Steve Marriott, Walter Lure, Billy Rath, and Peter Perrett.

However, the album was also noted for being less artistically cohesive than the debut ; while Little's songs retained the folk flavour the band was known for, Gould's were rapidly evolving toward a rock style strongly influenced by one of her first musical heroes, Chrissie Hynde.

In late 1976, they placed an advertisement in Melody Maker for band members and ended up turning down Chrissie Hynde ( The Pretenders ), Jon Moss ( Culture Club ) and Tony James ( Generation X ).

The band originally consisted of Eugene Reynolds ( real name: Alan Forbes ), vocals ; Fay Fife ( born Sheilagh Hynde ), vocals ; Jo Callis, guitar ; William Mysterious ( born Alastair Donaldson ), saxophone ; Angel Patterson ( born Alistair Patterson ), drums ; Hi-Fi Harris, guitar ; Dr D. K.

McLaren had more success with his second band, the Sex Pistols, and Hynde eventually joined the Pretenders while Vanian, Sensible, and Scabies teamed up with former London SS member Brian James to form The Damned.

It is unclear when the band began using the name " Masters Of The Backside " as The Damned acknowledge many of their members first performed together in a group with Hynde but they refer to the project as being unnamed.

The commercial, titled " Fur and Against ", used music composed by Gary Kemp, and included appearances by Law, Chrissie Hynde, Moby, George Michael, Danny Goffey, Rhys Ifans, Sadie Frost, Helena Christensen, Sir Paul McCartney, Mel C, and Stella McCartney.

Solomon Burke, Tom Waits, Michael Franti, Chrissie Hynde, Richard Thompson, Aaron Neville, Mavis Stables, Shelby Lynne, Me ’ Shell NdegeOcello, Danny Thompson, Duke Robillard, Michael Jerome, George Clinton, Robert Randolph, Les McCann, David Hidalgo, Charlie Musselwhite, Gift of Gab from Blackalicious, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams Jr., Vince Gill, Leann Womack, Oak Ridge Boys, Jamey Johnson, Ben Harper, Susan Tedeschi, Toots Hibbert, Randy Travis, Timothy B. Schmit, Bonnie Raitt, Jars of Clay, Dan Zanes, Lou Reed, Marva Wright, Asleep At The Wheel, John Hammond, Allen Toussaint, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Hot 8 Brass Band, Bennie Pete, Carl LeBlanc, Billy Preston, Tom Petty, Peter Gabriel, Prince, The Time Jumpers, K. D.

Farndon was fired 14 June 1982 by Hynde.

In 1984, Jim Kerr married Chrissie Hynde from the Pretenders ( who temporarily renamed herself Christine Kerr ).

The album is a personal collection of favourite songs by women who have inspired her, Bonnie Raitt, Aretha Franklin, Emmylou Harris, Chrissie Hynde, Joni Mitchell, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Lucinda Williams and Jane Siberry.

Lauren Hynde from The Rules of Attraction also reappears, having become a successful actress with ties to Hughes ' terrorist organisation ; other Rules characters appear ( e. g., in flashback ) such as Bertrand, who is now a terrorist also.

Fan reaction towards " Make a Move " was lukewarm, but the other two new songs, " Admiration " and " Neither of Us Can See " ( a duet with Chrissie Hynde ), seemed to be much more well-liked.

Davies was romantically involved with Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders during the 1980s, and Natalie is a product of that relationship.

During July 1982, just weeks after Honeyman-Scott's death, a caretaker team of Hynde, Chambers, Rockpile guitarist Billy Bremner and Big Country bassist Tony Butler was assembled to record the single " Back on the Chain Gang ".

Soon after recording sessions for the next album began and one track had been completed, Hynde declared that Chambers was no longer playing well and dismissed both him and Foster.

There was a hiatus in musical activity for Hynde until 1990, when Hynde hired session players ( including one-time Pretenders Bremner and Cunningham and bassist, John Mckenzie ) and released Packed!

With Hynde was the guitarist James Walbourne, pedal steel player Eric Heywood, bassist Nick Wilkinson and drummer Jim Keltner ( on the album only ).

Simple Minds did a North American tour where they played as headliners supported by China Crisis during the Canadian leg and in support of the Pretenders in the U. S. while Hynde was pregnant with Kerr's daughter ( The marriage would last until 1990 ).

Numerous witnesses, however, claim that Simon was, indeed, assaulted by Hynde.

His epic poem Queen Hynde was published at the end of the year.

* In 1983, English-American rock group The Pretenders, released their song " Back on the Chain Gang ", featuring the lyrics " The phone, TV and the News of the World got into the house like a pigeon from hell ..." Written by the group's singer, Chrissie Hynde, the song was about the band's experience of losing their guitarist, James Honeyman-Scott, to a drug overdose, and these lines were in reference to the surviving members ' inability to escape the story at the time.

The Nelson Mandela Concert was the largest such event since 1985's Live Aid and the line-up also featured: Dire Straits, George Michael, Eurythmics, Joe Cocker, Ashford & Simpson, Natalie Cole, Tracy Chapman, Wet Wet Wet, Bee Gees, UB40, Chrissie Hynde, Hugh Masekela, Jerry Dammers, Whitney Houston, Meat Loaf, Salt-N-Pepa, Stevie Wonder and many more.

The song heard over the end credits, " If There Was A Man ", was one of two songs performed for the film by Chrissie Hynde, of The Pretenders.

The first recording was Robert Wyatt's album Cuckooland, and the client list also includes Brian Eno, David Gilmour, Annie Lennox, Kevin Ayers, and Chrissie Hynde.

After the song's writer, Chrissie Hynde, said in a radio interview she did not mind the use of the song, an agreement was reached for an annual usage fee of one hundred thousand dollars to EMI, which reportedly is donated to the animal rights organization PETA.