“He was No 1 on my wishlist,” said Hynde. Instead, Hynde has carried the Pretenders alone, enlisting talented session players and collaborators such as Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys, who produced the new album, the first Pretenders LP since 2008’s Break Up the Concrete. Two of the four original members – lead guitarist James Honeyman-Scott and bassist Pete Farndon – died in the early 80s, while drummer Martin Chambers has been only an occasional player over the albums that followed. Hynde is the only original band member to appear on the Pretenders’ new record. Hynde plays with Stevie Nicks: ‘I’ll make music as long as I can hold a guitar.’ Photograph: ddp USA/Rex/Shutterstock It sort of desecrates the name of rock’n’roll.” “I call it the Rock and Roll Hall of Shit,” she says. I think it’s bullshit.” Nor was she flattered to be inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005. “The whole idea of it, I don’t understand it, I don’t respect it, I don’t get it at all. “I fucking loathe the Grammys with a vengeance,” she said. She also doesn’t want the accolades that come with such a long and successful career. Hynde’s lack of sentimentality extends to her own legacy, too, as she refers to herself simply as “a jobbing musician on the road with a band” and scoffing at the idea that musicians might be daunted to play with her in the studio.
She has little use for nostalgia, especially when the Pretenders have a new album out, Alone, and the group is touring through North America with Stevie Nicks. “I’ve talked about starting this band so much, I don’t even know what I’m talking about now.” While Hynde’s band the Pretenders are part of an increasingly small number of groups still working after four decades, Hynde is not one to dwell on the past. “T hat was 40 years ago,” sighs Chrissie Hynde with what can only be described as an auditory eye roll.
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