The Pretenders Release Single Ahead Of New Album

Showing no signs of slowing down, Chrissie Hynde and the band are set to release their 12th LP, ‘Relentless’

In 1980, The Pretenders burst onto the scene with their self-titled LP and a

Chrissie Hynde at the Royal Opera House 2021. Photo by Raph_PH

top 40 hit, Brass In Pocket. The rest of the album however was filled with hard-edged alternative rock played across AOR and New Wave stations alike. Indeed a triple threat, the band, fronted by guitarist-lead vocalist Chrissie Hynde, along with three Brits (Lead guitarist James Honeyman Scott, Bassist Peter Farndon, and drummer Martin Chambers), appeared to be poised for rock and roll superstardom. Tragically, within three years, Scott and Farndon would be dead from drug overdoses, putting the band’s trajectory in question. Continue reading “The Pretenders Release Single Ahead Of New Album”