Timeline Pretenders: Brass in Pocket

An American in London with a punk band — Chrissie Hynde's Pretenders, through triumph and two deaths in a year.

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1978 Pretenders formed in London Chrissie Hynde The Ohio-born music journalist forms a band with three musicians from Hereford.
1979 Pretenders release Stop Your Sobbing Debut single A Kinks cover produced by Nick Lowe.
1980 Pretenders top the UK charts with Brass in Pocket Number one Their only UK number one.
1980 Pretenders release their debut album Pretenders A UK number one, with Kid and Mystery Achievement.
1981 Pretenders release Pretenders II Second album With Message of Love and Talk of the Town.
1982 Pretenders' James Honeyman-Scott dies Guitarist The guitarist dies, two days after bassist Pete Farndon is fired.
1982 Pretenders release Back on the Chain Gang US top five Written for Honeyman-Scott — their biggest US hit.
1983 Pretenders' former bassist Pete Farndon dies Second loss The second founding member to die in a year.
1984 Pretenders release Learning to Crawl Middle of the Road The rebuilt band's comeback album.
1986 Pretenders release Don't Get Me Wrong Get Close A top-ten hit in Britain and the US.
1994 Pretenders release I'll Stand by You Last Of The Independents A ballad that becomes a modern standard.
2005 Pretenders inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Inducted by Neil Young.