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Chrissie Hynde
Tough, uncompromising, controversial and supremely talented, Chrissie Hynde led
The Pretenders to a string of classic new wave pop hits in the 1980s including
“Brass in Pocket”, “Precious”, “Kid”, “2000 Miles”, and “Don't Get Me Wrong” as
she became one of the most iconic women in rock. Born Christine Ellen Hynde on
September 7, 1951 in Akron, Ohio, Hynde followed her rock and roll dreams to
London where she wrote for the New Musical Express and found herself in the
middle of the punk explosion, hanging out with Sid Vicious and Johnny Rotten of
the Sex Pistols. She was briefly in...
