Sep 28, 2026
Author Spotlight: Chrissie Hynde — The Pretenders Frontwoman Who Just Wanted to Be in a Band
A deep dive on Chrissie Hynde — the Akron-born, London-made songwriter who was on campus during the Kent State shootings, formed the Pretenders in 1978, held the band together through the deaths of two founding members, and built one of rock's most durable catalogues; her defining reflections on ambition, attention, institutions, and loss; and why the authorized 2026 documentary Pretenders has sent readers back to a singular life.