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British rock band the band|the Henrik Ibsen play|The Pretenders (play)||Pretenders (disambiguation) Use British English October 2022 August 2023 Infobox musical artist | name = Pretenders | image = Pretenders Dubai 200702.jpg | image_upright = 1.25 | caption = The Pretenders performing in Dubai, 2007 | origin = Hereford, England | genre = hlist|Rock music|Rock|pop rock|New wave music|new wave|alternative rockCite web https://www.allmusic.com/artist/pretenders-mn0000492331/biography Pretenders | Biography & History AllMusic 20 June 2021 | years_active = 1978–present | label = hlist|Sire Records|Sire|Warner Records|Warner Bros. | current_members = * Chrissie Hynde * Martin Chambers * James Walbourne * Kris Sonne * Dave Page | past_members = * James Honeyman-Scott * Pete Farndon * Robbie McIntosh * Malcolm Foster * Blair Cunningham * T.M. Stevens * Johnny Marr * Adam Seymour (musician)|Adam Seymour * Carwyn Ellis * Nick Wilkinson * Eric Heywood * Andy Hobson | website = URL|thepretenders.com The ''Pretenders'' are a British-American rock band formed in March 1978. The original band consisted of founder and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards, Pete Farndon (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Martin Chambers (drums, backing vocals, percussion). Following the deaths of Honeyman-Scott in 1982 and Farndon in 1983, the band experienced numerous personnel changes; Hynde has been the band's only continuous member.Cite web https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/a5d79c54-81c3-4a73-af6a-ad5c143d3f21 Chrissie Hynde - New Songs, Playlists & Latest News - BBC Music BBC The band's hit songs include "Kid (Pretenders song)|Kid" (1979, "Brass in Pocket" (1979, "Talk of the Town (Pretenders song)|Talk of the Town" (1980, "Message of Love" (1981, "My City Was Gone" (1982, "Back on the Chain Gang" (1982, "Middle of the Road (song)|Middle of the Road" (1983, "2000 Miles" (1983cite web Watch Chrissie Hynde's remake of the Pretenders' 2000 Miles https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/dec/15/watch-chrissie-hynde-remake-the-pretenders-2000-miles The Guardian 17 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190127020756/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/dec/15/watch-chrissie-hynde-remake-the-pretenders-2000-miles 27 January 2019 15 December 2014 |quote="First released in 1983", "Don't Get Me Wrong" (1986, "My Baby (Pretenders song)|My Baby" (1986) and "I'll Stand by You" (1994). The Pretenders were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.