My life as a pretender an author signed first printing by chrissie hynde and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at abebooks. The book, titled adding the blue, will feature almost 200 examples of her art. A musical biography by adam sobsey was met with excitementat least by me. Chrissie hynde, who moved from her native ohio to london in her early 20s, describes the terrifying stresses of being famous and the way it left for dead two of the four pretenders within five years of starting the group.
Pretenders singer and songwriter chrissie hynde has no regrets. Chrissie hynde, for nearly four decades the singersongwriter undisputed leader of the pretenders, is a justly legendary figure. Chrissie hynde the pretenders six song medley youtube. Chrissie hynde performing her pretenders hit back on the. If you want the skinny on her relationship with ray davies of the kinks, with whom she had a daughter, or marriage to jim kerr of the.
It was really interesting to learn about the circles she moved in, particularly. The pretenders and chrissie hynde book by vincent price. The formation and perseverance of the pretenders, the ohio gestation of hynde as a musician and her relationships, both musical and romantic, were just some of the topics that had reportedly gone untouched in reckless. Consider the back cover of the first pretenders album, where hynde seems to tie the bootlaces of bassist pete farndon they were briefly lovers, bad for the band, says hynde. My life as a pretender, and she would like to say that if shes. This was all my doing, she says of her sexual assault in her new book reckless. A tsunami of press has swarmed around an anecdote in the book in which hynde writes about an apparent gangrape she experienced back in her native ohio. Christine ellen chrissie hynde born september 7, 1951 is an american singersongwriter and musician. Chrissie hynde with the valve bone woe ensemble valve bone woe is out now.
But chrissie hynde was, like her friends lemmy of motorhead and iggy pop, a survivor. She is a founding member and the guitarist, lead vocalist, and primary songwriter of the rock band the pretenders, as well as its only constant member. Chrissie hynde, for nearly four decades the singersongwriter undisputed leader of the pretenders. Shes written a book thats just as slack and disappointing as so many of theirs have been. Chrissie hyndes reckless is a frank and witty memoir. Even before we approach hynde s stellar career with the pretenders, there are enough eyebrowraising anecdotes here to. At least about her muchattacked comments on rape in an interview published last weekend. Chrissie hynde dated the hells angels who raped her and.
Chrissie hynde has received some flak for this memoir, namely the two pages about her sexual assault by a biker gang. Pretenders music 15 pretenders prints and posters 6 pretenders tour merchandise 32 half price sale. For 35 years, chrissie hynde has carried herself as a keeper of the rock n roll flame, fearless and invulnerable. A combination of rock, punk and pop music, this album made the band famous. The pretenders are an englishamerican rock group, formed during march 1978, in hereford, england, uk. Chrissie hynde pens kind letter to trump, reveals she. The pretenders chrissie hynde publishing art book in. Chrissie hynde of pretenders blames self for rape in book. Pretenders is the debut studio album by britishamerican band the pretenders, released on 7 january 1980 under real records in the uk, and on 27 december 1979 on sire records in the united states. Hynde s book isnt a tellall in the traditional sense. Chrissie hynde of the pretenders doesnt pull her punches in reckless sign inup.
Chrissie hynde, the lead singer of the pretenders, believes she is at fault for her own rape. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Reckless, though, is probably a book for fans, although that would include fans of punk as well as of the pretenders. The pretenders frontwoman chrissie hynde on monday penned an open letter to president trump saying her late father would have enjoyed his presidency and would have been delighted to see the. By the time she was 14, chrissie hynde knew she had to get out of akron, ohio. As a big chrissie hynde pretenders fan, this was a fantastic insight into chrissies life and how the pretenders came to be. In it, hynde documents her childhood and youth in the midwest, the founding of the pretenders, life on the road and interactions with other musicians. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading reckless.
Chrissie hynde, the lead singer and principal songwriter of the pretenders, will be touring with her band again this summer. Chrissie hyndes rich and ragged memoir the daily beast. Chrissie hynde performs on stage at koko on december 16, 2014 in london, united kingdom. Pretenders frontwoman chrissie hynde appeared on nprs morning edition tuesday morning to promote her new memoir, reckless. News the pretenders chrissie hynde issues art book. The pretenders and chrissie hynde by vincent paperback book. Newnew chrissie hynde, the songwriter and frontwoman of the pretenders in its various. She has recently produced a memoir, a book of paintings, and a jazz album featuring tunes by other great songwriters. My city was gone is a song by the rock group the pretenders. Chrissie hynde, leader of the pretenders, is one of the most widely imitated figures in rock. Even before we approach hynde s stellar career with the pretenders, there are enough eyebrowraising anecdotes here to give a publisher multiple orgasms. I do want to apologise for being a bit of a bitch when it came to camera phones and just being myself in general. Few other rock stars have managed to combine her swagger, sexiness, stage presence, knack for putting words to music, gorgeous voice and just allaround kickassedness into such a potent and alluring package. Marijan muratdpacorbis c hrissie hynde is and was an unusual figure, even among the relatively unusual coterie of.
In a very brief epilogue, hynde casually attributes getting clean to reading allen carrs easy way to stop books, refers to successive lineups of the band as only keeping the pretenders. My life as a pretender is a memoir by the american musician chrissie hynde, a member of rock band the pretenders. We met some great people and saw some beautiful places. Hynde doesnt even get to the pretenders until very close to the end of the book. John niven interviews chrissie hynde about her book reckless duration. Books 7 music 6 prints and posters 5 tour merchandise 16 pretenders merchandise. Jill furmanovsky chrissie hynde is famous for her singing and songwriting prowess, but the pretenders frontwoman recently has been putting her creative talents into oil painting and will be releasing a limitededition book focusing on her artwork this september.
The song originally appeared in october 1982 as the bside to the single release of back on the chain gang. Chrissie hynde is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known as the lead singer and songwriter of the enduring rock band the pretenders. Chrissie hynde, the ballsy, brave and brilliant brains behind the pretenders has written her autobiography, which is as prickly and sparkly and difficult as the guitar riffs and complicated time. The album features the singles stop your sobbing, kid and brass in pocket. Pretenders frontwoman chrissie hynde says women can be at fault if. The book was published on september 8, 2015 by doubleday, new york and london. The paints not even dry yet, but chrissie hynde is adding the blue to a trace of the outline of a. Im just telling my story the pretenders founder discusses her new memoir, reckless.