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[[File:Pretenders_7104.jpg|frame|The first album. Left to right: Pete, Chrissie, Martin and James.]]
[[Pretenders]] is a British-American [[
▲Pretenders is a British-American [[New Wave (Music)|New Wave]] band formed in 1978, and whose most famous lineup is made up of vocalist Chrissie Hynde, James Honeyman-Scott on guitar, Pete Farndon on bass and Martin Chambers on drums. Their first [[Self Titled Album]], from 1979, is often considered one of the foundation bricks of [[Alternative Rock]] as we know it.
Despite losing their guitarist and bassist at the peak of their success, the remaining living members went on with the band and released some more albums, got more singles on the charts... While at the same time changing members like one would clothes.
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* [[Author Existence Failure]]: James Honeyman-Scott died in 1982 of cardiac arrest stemming from his use of cocaine. Averted with Pete Farndon, who died the next year, he had already been kicked out before Honeyman-Scott's death.
* [[Breakaway Pop Hit]]: "I'll Stand By You".
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* [[Granola Girl]]: Chrissie is vegetarian (she even owns a vegan restaurant in Akron, OH) and supports animal rights.
* [[Grief Song]]: "Back on the Chain Gang", about fallen member James Honeyman Scott
* [[Precision F
* [[Revolving Door Band]]: Between ''Learning to Crawl'' (the first album after JHS and Pete Farndon's deaths) and ''Last of the Independents'', no two studio albums had the same lineup. Their record of holding a lineup is three albums, between ''Last...'' (1994) and ''Loose Screw'' (2002), with guitarist Adam Seymour and drummer Andy Hobson joining the other two original members.
** [[The Pete Best]]: Many, as a result of this trope. Among them, [[The Smiths|Johnny Marr and Andy Rourke]].
* [[Self
* [[Shiny Midnight Black]]: Chrissie's hair color.
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