This was the first of many lineup changes in the band, with Robert McIntosh joining on guitar and Malcolm Foster on bass. Farndon himself would also die of an overdose the following year. However, internal tragedy struck when Honeyman-Scott died of an overdose in 1982, just days after Farndon was fired from the band. The album became successful around the world and they released "Extended Play" and "Pretenders II" shortly afterward. In November of 1979, the released the song, "Brass in Pocket," which hit number one in the UK in January of 1980, the same day as their first album was released, "Pretenders." They followed it with a second single in July, both of which charted in the UK. The Pretenders played their first gig at a club in Paris and then released their first single in January of 1979.
She soon met bassist Pete Farndon and together they selected James Honeyman-Scott on guitar, vocals, and keyboard and Martin Chambers on drums and vocals, with Hynde on guitar and lead vocals. Hill advised her to take her time getting a band together. She had brief stints in bands that would go on to become Culture Club and the Damned but had trouble making anything stick until she sent a demo take to owner of Real Records, Dave Hill, in 1978, who agreed to manage her career. However, she was able to return to London soon afterwards and began trying to join bands or start her own. This ultimately did not work out and she then tried to start a band in France but had to move back to Cleveland in the mid-1970s. She then met rock journalist, Nick Kent, who helped her get a job at the music magazine, "NME." Her position with the magazine did not last long and she then got a job at the clothing store SEX, owned by Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood.ĭue to her desire to stay in London, she tried to convince two members of the Sex Pistols, whom she had gotten to know due to their management by McLaren, to marry her.
She landed a job at an architectural firm thanks to her art background but left after eight months. Early CareerĪfter three years of art school, Hynde moved to London in 1973. Mat., of which Mark Mothersbaugh was also a member, who would later go on to be in the popular band Devo. While at Kent State, she joined a band called Sat. She was a student at Kent State during the 1970 Kent State Massacre and personally knew one of the four victims. She became interested in Eastern mysticism, vegetarianism, and hippie counterculture. After high school, she attended Kent State University's Art School.
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