2000 Miles

2000 Miles

Pretenders

From 1978 until 1982, The Pretenders were Chrissie Hynde (vocals/rhythm guitar), James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar/keyboard), Pete Farndon (bass), and Martin Chambers (percussion).

In June 1982, Hynde and Chambers decided to fire Farndon because he was refusing to treat his drug addiction. Honeyman-Scott went along with the decision, but a few days later died in an apparent overdose suicide. Then Farndon ended up dying of an overdose a few months later.

So for every song on the 1984 album Learning to Crawl, if it sounds like Hynde’s singing about a dead friend, then she probably is.