James honeyman scott biography

British rock band

This article is about the band. For the Henrik Ibsen play, see The Pretenders (play). For other uses, see Pretenders (disambiguation).

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.^[2]

The band's hit songs include "Kid" (1979), "Brass in Pocket" (1979), "Talk of the Town" (1980), "Message of Love" (1981), "My City Was Gone" (1982), "Back on the Chain Gang" (1982), "Middle of the Road" (1983), "2000 Miles" (1983^[3]), "Don't Get Me Wrong" (1986), "My Baby" (1986) and "I'll Sta