Chrissie Hynde

At 72 years old, Chrissie Hynde has this physical status:

Christine Ellen Hynde (born September 7, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter and singer.

She is a founding member and lead vocalist, primary songwriter, and main songwriter of the rock band The Pretenders as well as the band's sole permanent member. In 1978, Hynde formed the Pretenders with Pete Farndon, James Honeyman-Scott, and Martin Chambers.

Frank Sinatra, Cher, and UB40 have all recorded songs, including her solo album Stockholm in 2014.

Hynde was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005 as a member of The Pretenders. In 1985, she appeared at Live Aid.

Early life

Hynde was born in Akron, Ohio, as the daughter of a part-time secretary and a Yellow Pages manager. She graduated from Firestone High School in Akron, but said she was "not too keen on high school." I mean, I never went to a dance, I never went out on a date, and I never went out on a date, but I never went straight. For me, it was awful. Except, of course, that I could go see bands, and that was the kick. I used to go to Cleveland just to see any bands. So I was in love a lot of times, but mostly with guys in bands that I had never heard about. Knowing that Brian Jones was out there and then that Iggy Pop was out there, it made it difficult for me to become too involved in the guys around me. I had, uh, bigger goals in mind."

Personal life

Natalie Davies of the Kinks, Hynde's daughter, was born in 1983. In 1984, she married Jim Kerr, lead singer of the band Simple Minds. Yasmin, their daughter, was born in 1985. They lived in South Queensferry, Scotland, and divorced in 1990; Hynde married Colombian artist and sculptor Lucho Brieva in 1997. They divorced in 2002.

She follows Vainnavism, a Hinduism branch, and travels to India once a year to continue her studies.

Hynde lives in London and has an apartment in Akron's Northside Lofts.

Hynde has described becoming a vegetarian as "the best thing that has ever happened to me." She began to think of meat-eaters as "distaste, almost contemptuous," but she has since learned to "live and interact with them [them], but never respected them." Hynde is also an animal rights activist and a promoter of PETA and the animal rights organisation Viva! She appeared in 'Fur and Against', an anti-fur trade group, along with Jude Law, Paul McCartney, and others in 2002.

Hynde has advocated against Julian Assange's extradition to the United States, and in February 2020, President Donald Trump ordered him to "set him free."

On September 8, 2015, Hynde released Reckless: My Life as a Pretender.

Adding The Blue, a limited edition book of her artworks by Hynde in October 2018, was the name taken from the name of her 2014 solo album, Stockholm.

In Akron, Ohio, Hynde opened the VegiTerranean, a vegan restaurant. Chef James Scot Jones' menu featured fusion Italian–Mediterranean cuisine at the restaurant. During the restaurant's opening on September 15, 2007, Hynde performed three songs with Adam Seymour, the Pretenders' former lead guitarist. The restaurant was selected as one of the top five vegan restaurants in the United States. According to Hynde, the business closed on October 2, 2011 due to the economic climate.

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Early career

Hynde became involved with hippie counterculture, Eastern mysticism, and vegetarianism. She joined Sat, a youth group at Kent State University's Art School for three years. The sun rises. Mark Mothersbaugh died shortly after arriving in Devo, and Mat. On May 4, 1970, Hynde was also caught up in the Kent State Massacre, in which the boyfriend of one of her friends was among the four victims.

In 1973, Hynde moved to London. She began working in an architectural studio with an art background but left after eight months. It was then that she met rock journalist Nick Kent and got a position at the music publication New Musical Express (NME), writing what she referred to as "half-baked philosophical drivel and nonsensical tirades." This was not to last, and Hynde then started a career at Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood's clothing store, SEX. Before returning to Cleveland in 1975, Hynde attempted to form a band in France.

She went back to France in 1976 to try to form a band but it didn't work out. She left Kent for Michael Fradji Memmi, the French Bastian's bass player, whom she later joined. She took the lead singer duties for one show at the Olympia Theatre after their singer had left. She returned to London in the midst of the early punk movement. At one point she attempted to convince Steve Jones and then Johnny Rotten (of the Sex Pistols, who were run by McLaren) to marry her in order to obtain a work permit. Rotten "asked to go to a registry office with me and do the unmentionable," according to Hynde's version of the incident, but Sid Vicious volunteered to take his place when he later pulled out. On their arrival at the registry office the following morning, they discovered it had "closed for a long holiday" and were unable to attend the following day due to Vicious's court appearance. Hynde appeared in Melody Maker for band members in late 1976 and attended an audition for the band's future. Jon Moss (who will be in Culture Club) and Tony James of Generation X also auditioned. Later, Hynde attempted to form a squad with Mick Jones from Clash.

Hynde recollected of that period,

In 1978, Hynde appeared in the Moors Murderers for a short period of time. The Moors Murderers, a pair of child murderers, formed the band, which included future Visage front man Steve Strange on vocals, Vince Ely on drums, and Mark Ryan (a.k.a. On guitar, the Kid and Hynde. As noted in NME, the band's name alone was enough to spark controversy, and she began to distance herself from the company quickly. "I'm not in the group; I only rehearsed with them," Hynde said. "Steve Strange and Soo Catwoman had the idea for the group and asked me to assist them out on guitar, which I did, even though I was getting my own group together and still am."

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