Active: 70's, 80's, 90's, 2000's Born: September 7, 1951 in Akron, OH
David Bowie, Ron Asheton, Ray Davies, Marc Bolan, Mick Ronson, Ron Wood, Pete Townshend, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Nico, David Johansen, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards Exene Cervenka, Kim Deal, Kim Gordon, Lemmy, John Lydon, Susan McKeown, Paul Weller, Joey Ramone, Patti Smith, Mia Zapata, Courtney Love, Fiona Apple, Sleater-Kinney, The Donnas, Kat Bjelland, Liz Phair, Robin Zander, Elvis Costello, Debbie Harry Danielle Evin, L7, The Donnas, Sleater-Kinney, Fiona Apple, Courtney Love, Mia Zapata, Shirley Manson, Kim Gordon, Kim Deal, Kat Bjelland, Lunachicks, Lisa Hayes, Kathleen Hanna, Carly Hennessy, Gabriella Cilmi, Ladyhawke, A Girl Called Eddy, Emily Easterly |  |
Since the late '70s, singer/guitarist/songwriter Chrissie Hynde has been the leader of one of rock's most widely beloved bands, the Pretenders. Born on September 7, 1951 in Akron, OH, Hynde was turned on to rock the same way zillions of others did in the '60s -- via such British invasion bands as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who, and the Kinks. After attending Kent State University in the early '70s (where she witnessed first hand the tragic Kent State Killings of 1970) and forming one of her first rock bands (with future members of Devo), Hynde became enamored with such proto-punk bands as the Stooges and the Velvet Underground. Fed up with the U.S. music scene, Hynde bought a one way ticket to London, England, where she became a rock critic.
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