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The Pretenders

Pretenders: Deluxe and Then Some

by Doug Collette
December 25, 2021

In the cover photos of the first two Pretenders albums, vocalist, guitarist and chief composer Chrissie Hynde looks like her best songs sound: forthright, earnest and without affectation. That she and the quartet possess those virtues as they play, both in the studio and on-stage, is testament to their chemistry. No vinyl LPs are included to ...

The 2010 Voodoo Experience: Superstars & The Unsung Heroes

by Mike Perciaccante
November 21, 2010

The 2010 Voodoo Experience: Superstars & The Unsung HeroesCity ParkNew Orleans, LAOctober 29--31, 2010During Halloween Weekend 2010 (October 29-31), New Orleans City Park played host to the 12th Annual Voodoo Experience. As always the festival featured food, fun, retail therapy, corporate sponsors/giveaways and top-shelf performances by musical legends, multi-platinum chart-topping superstar ...

Break Up The Concrete

By The Pretenders

Label: Shangri-La Music
Released: 2008
Track listing: Boots of Chinese Plastic; The Nothing Maker; Don't Lose Faith in Me; Don't Cut Your Hair; Love's a Mystery; The Last Ride; Almost Perfect; You Didn't Have To; Rosalee; Break Up the Concrete; One Thing Never Changed.

The Pretenders: Break Up The Concrete

by Mike Perciaccante
December 23, 2008

At first look, with the exception of Chrissie Hynde, The Pretenders circa 2008 bears little resemblance to the band that blasted its way onto the musical landscape with “Brass In Pocket" and “Mystery Achievement" in 1980. Besides Hynde, only one other original Pretender is still alive--drummer Martin Chambers, and he doesn't even play on this CD. ...