Pretenders: Influences

Pretenders: Influences

Chrissie Hynde has never seen any reason to draw a line in the sand—with the Pretenders, '60s rock and pop meet punk and get on famously. She bridged the buzzing riffs and anthemic choruses of The Rolling Stones (“The Last Time”), the sweet tunes and girl-group harmonies of The Shangri-Las (“Give Him a Great Big Kiss”), and even the gleeful sneer and in-your-face attitude of The Stooges (“1969”).

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