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Hynde was born in Akron, Ohio, United States, the daughter of a part-time secretary and a Yellow Pages manager, [3] and grew up in nearby Cuyahoga Falls. [4] She graduated from Firestone High School in Akron but stated that "I was never too interested in high school. I mean, I never went to a dance, I never went out on a date, I never went steady.
The song was written by Pretenders leader Chrissie Hynde, and reflected her growing interest in environmental and social concerns. The lyrics take the form of an autobiographical lament, with the singer returning to her childhood home of Ohio and discovering that rampant development had destroyed the "pretty countryside" of her youth.
Chrissie Hynde went back to Ohio. Not all of her city is gone. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer took time out to reminisce this week as The Pretenders returned to Akron for two sold out concerts ...
The Akron concert will be a more intimate show at the 1,458-seat theater at 1201 E. Market St. Formed in London in 1978, the Hynde-led group was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.
Hynde, originally from Akron, Ohio, moved to London in 1973, working at the weekly music paper NME [4] and at Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood's clothes store. She was involved with early versions of the Sex Pistols, the Clash, and the Damned and played in short-lived bands such as Masters of the Backside (1976) and the Moors Murderers (1978 lineup), but failed to find a regular or equal ...
Chrissie Hynde, lead singer of The Pretenders, is shown in this October 1995 file photo. Chrissie Hynde, an Akron native and Firestone High School graduate, is an American-British musician.
The original personnel were Robert Kidney (guitar, lead vocals); Terry Hynde, brother of the Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde (saxophone), Hank Smith (guitar, keyboards); Greg Colbert (bass); and Tim Hudson (drums). Chris Butler, from Tin Huey and The Waitresses, played in the band for a stint as a bassist. They premiered as a live act at the local ...
"2000 Miles" -- Chrissie Hynde. If "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie then Akron's Chrissie Hynde melancholy "2000 miles" can be a holiday chestnut too. Released in 1984 by the Pretenders, the song ...