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Pretenders
Raised in Akron, Ohio, Chrissie Hynde attended art school at Kent State
University. She moved to England in 1973 and met NME journalist Nick Kent who
encouraged her to write for the music paper. She landed a job in Malcolm McLaren
and Vivien Westwood's shop SEX which would become the birthplace of the British
punk movement. After brief spells in a number of punk acts, she formed The
Pretenders in 1978 with bassist Pete Farndon and found success when their third
single “Brass in Pocket” and debut album The Pretenders both became huge Number
1 hits in the UK. Tragedy struck in the ...
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