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Pretenders is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of The Damned, Sid Vicious, Steve Strange, Phil Taylor and The Kinks. Those roots explain a lot about how Pretenders arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Cars, Squeeze, Eurythmics, Elvis Costello & The Attractions and Joe Jackson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ladyhawke, Tom Jones, Emmylou Harris, Dave Grohl and Coldplay, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Pretenders, reaching back through The Damned and forward to Ladyhawke. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Pretenders are an English rock band formed in March 1978. The original band consisted of founder and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde, James Honeyman-Scott, Pete Farndon, and Martin Chambers. Following the deaths of Honeyman-Scott in 1982 and Farndon in 1983, the band experienced numerous personnel changes; American-born Hynde has been the band's only continuous member.
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Pretenders connections
Pretenders grew out of The Damned, Sid Vicious, Steve Strange and Phil Taylor, shares an orbit with The Cars, Squeeze, Eurythmics and Elvis Costello & The Attractions, went on to shape Ladyhawke, Tom Jones, Emmylou Harris and Dave Grohl. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Pretenders
Sounds and acts that shaped Pretenders.
Artists similar to Pretenders
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Pretenders.
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