The Pretenders

The Pretenders are a British rock band, which has been named after the song The Great Pretender by The Platters.

History

The Pretenders were founded in 1978 by Chrissie Hynde. The initial band consisted Hynde, James Honeyman -Scott, Pete Farndon and Gerry Mackleduff. The latter was soon replaced by Martin Chambers.

The first released single, Stop Your Sobbing, was a Kinks cover. It was produced by Nick Lowe and reached, as is the second single Kid, # 33 on the British charts. The third single Brass in Pocket managed in 1979 to # 1 in late 1979 played the Pretenders at the Concerts for the People of Kampuchea.

In January 1980, the debut album Pretenders, which sold well in particular in the U.S. and was highly praised by the critics appeared:

"It is a profound, rewarding album whose most important asset is its pure energy. Pretenders is faster and harder than most rock discs and includes a never-ending series of melodies, hooks and infectious rhythms to the 12 songs. Few albums, let alone debuts make it so surprisingly addictive. "

The unnamed second album from 1981, and the singles Talk of the Town, Message of Love and I Go to Sleep had similar successes. On a tour of the U.S. in the same year, Chambers injured a hand in December, the other, which is why many concerts had to be canceled.

On July 14, 1982 Farndon was fired because of his heroin addiction by the band two days later died Honeyman -Scott from an overdose of cocaine. This led to some changes. As a replacement for Farndon first came Tony Butler, but soon left the band again around Big Country to join. His successor was Malcolm Foster. Instead Honeyman -Scott came only Billy Bremner of Rockpile, then Mick Green and finally Robbie McIntosh. Farndon died in April 1983.

In early 1983, came the Single Back on the Chain Gang on the market, dedicated Honeyman -Scott and made ​​the leap to number 17 in the UK. End of 2000, Miles was released, which could be heard on the album Learning to Crawl (1984). This song was written in honor of Honeyman -Scott and succeeded also in the Top 20 as singles Middle of the Road and Show Me continued to be decoupled. 1985 had the Pretenders with Live Aid.

On the produced by Jimmy Iovine 1986 LP Get Close played except Hynde and McIntosh TM Stevens ( bass) and Blair Cunningham (drums). As singles were released Do not Get Me Wrong, Hymn to Her and If There Was a Man ​​( from the album, but the the 1987 James Bond film The Living Daylights ).

In 1987, keyboardist Bernie Worell the band. In addition, the sampler The Singles appeared.

In 1990 Packed! with guest stars such as Johnny Marr ( The Smiths ), Tim Finn ( Crowded House ), Dominic Miller (Sting ) and the singles Never Do That and Sense of Purpose.

Then in 1994 came The Last of the Independents on the market on which Hynde, Chambers, McIntosh, Andy Hobson (bass) and Adam Seymour (guitar) and played from the I'll Stand by You, Night in My Veins and 977 as singles were released. In 1995, the live album The Isle of View was published.

The 1999 album Viva el Amor got excellent reviews. In addition, the LP Loose Screw (2002) and the single The Losing (2003 ) published. In 2005, the Pretenders were included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In October 2008 then Break Up the Concrete was released. The album was released in 2009, again on the market, supplemented by a 22 -song "Best of" CD. Chrissie Hynde used for "Break Up The Concrete " but the band's name only as a vehicle for a capped solo album and played it with a loud musicians who were never Pretenders members.

Discography

Albums

Singles

  • Stop Your Sobbing (01 / 1979 UK # 34; U.S. # 65)
  • Kid ( 06/ 1979 UK # 33)
  • Brass in Pocket (11/ 1979, UK # 1, U.S. # 14)
  • Talk of the Town (04 /1980; UK # 8)
  • Message of Love ( 02/ 1981 UK # 11)
  • Louie Louie (08/ 1981)
  • Day After Day (08 /1981; UK # 45)
  • I Go to Sleep (11/ 1981, UK # 7)
  • Back on the Chain Gang (09/ 1982 UK # 17; U.S. # 5)
  • 2000 Miles (11/ 1983, UK # 15)
  • Middle of the Road (11/ 1983 UK # 81; U.S. # 19)
  • Show Me (03 /1984; U.S. # 28)
  • Thin Line Between Love and Hate (03 / 1984 UK # 49; U.S. # 83)
  • Do not Get Me Wrong (09/ 1986 UK # 10; U.S. # 10, D # 45)
  • Hymn to Her (11/ 1986, UK # 8)
  • My baby (02/ 1987 UK # 84; U.S. # 64)
  • If There Was a Man (08 /1987; UK # 49)
  • Kid ( Remix) (10/ 1987)
  • Windows of the World (04 /1989)
  • Never Do That ( 05/ 1990 UK # 81)
  • Sense of Purpose (10/ 1990)
  • I'll Stand by You (04 / 1994 UK # 10; U.S. # 16, D # 58)
  • Night in My Veins (05 / 1994 UK # 25; U.S. # 71)
  • 977 (10/1994; UK # 66)
  • 2000 Miles (acoustic ) (11 /1995)
  • Goin 'Back (04 /1997)
  • Human ( 05 /1999, UK # 33, D # 90)
  • Popstar (08 /1999)
  • You Know How Your Friends Are ( 05 /2003)
  • Saving Grace ( 2003/08 )
  • The Losing (10/ 2003)
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