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The Pretenders joined with Emmylou Harris on Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons, performing the song "She". A Greatest Hits compilation followed in 2000. During 2002 Loose Screw was released by Artemis Records, the first Pretenders record to be released by a company other than WEA.
Peter Granville Farndon (12 June 1952 – 14 April 1983) was an English bassist and founding member of the rock band the Pretenders.In addition to playing bass with the group, Farndon sang backup vocals and co-wrote two of the group's songs ("The Wait" and "Space Invader"), before a drug problem resulted in his dismissal from the group in 1982 and his death a year later.
James Honeyman-Scott (4 November 1956 – 16 June 1982) was an English rock guitarist, songwriter and founder member of the band the Pretenders.. With the band, Honeyman-Scott established a reputation, in the words of AllMusic, as "one of the most original and versatile guitarists of the early-'80s new wave movement."
The music video, their first after Honeyman-Scott's death and Farndon's firing in 1982, featured Hynde and Chambers, the only two remaining Pretenders at that time. The video was directed by Don Letts and begins with shots of people jumping in the sky, before dissolving into a shot of people walking across London Bridge; Chambers is among the ...
Learning to Crawl is the third studio album by British-American rock band the Pretenders.It was released on 13 January 1984 by Sire Records after a hiatus during which band members James Honeyman-Scott and Pete Farndon died of drug overdoses.
on YouTube " 2000 Miles " is a song by British-American rock band Pretenders . Written by lead vocalist Chrissie Hynde and produced by Chris Thomas , it was released on 18 November 1983 as the second single from their third studio album, Learning to Crawl (1984). [ 3 ]
This album was released as a Pretenders' album, though Hynde was the only original member to appear on it. [30] The new band also played a concert for the BBC at the Maida Vale studio. [31] In 2016, Hynde and the Pretenders opened for Stevie Nicks. [32] In July 2020, the Pretenders released their 11th studio album Hate for Sale. The album was ...
"My City Was Gone" is a song by the rock group The Pretenders. The song originally appeared in October 1982 as the B-side to the single release of "Back on the Chain Gang"; [3] the single was the first release for the band following the death of founding bandmember James Honeyman-Scott.