The Pretenders
- MatchThe Pretenders
- 100%The Cars
- 89%Squeeze
- 83%Joe Jackson
- 82%Blondie
- 81%Elvis Costello
- 75%The Go-Go's
- 71%Eurythmics
- 70%The Fixx
- 68%Pat Benatar
- 68%Simple Minds
Biography
Chrissie Hynde (17 September 1951, Akron, Ohio, USA) came to England to seek her fortune in 1973. After meeting with New Musical Express writer and future boyfriend Nick Kent, she joined the paper and gained entrance into the world of rock. During her pre-Pretenders days she worked at Malcolm McLarens shop, SEX, played with Chris Spedding in France, and moved back to America where she formed a band called Jack Rabbit. She returned to punk-era London in 1976, forming the short-lived Berk... Read more