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Peter Granville Farndon (12 June 1952 – 14 April 1983) was an English bassist and founding member of the rock band the Pretenders.
The Pretenders are a British-American rock band formed in March 1978. The original band consisted of founder and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), Pete Farndon (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Martin Chambers (drums, backing vocals, percussion).
Del gruppo fanno parte il bassista Pete Farndon, il chitarrista James Honeyman-Scott e il batterista Martin Chambers. Il gruppo debutta col singolo Stop Your Sobbing, reinterpretazione di un brano dei Kinks, e prodotto da Nick Lowe, che entra immediatamente nella classifica dei singoli più venduti.
5 feb 2013 · Pete Farndon and Martin Chambers are interviewed in October 1981 on MTV, Martin explains how he injured his hand and why the rest of the Pretenders US dates are cancelled.
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Guidati dalla personalità carismatica e spregiudicata di Chrissie Hynde, una delle prime e più potenti figure di bandleader femminile della storia del rock, i Pretenders hanno coniato un originale misto di sofisticatezza new wave, energia hard-rock, frenesia punk e grazia melodica.
Profession: Musician. Nationality: English. Biography: Pete Farndon was one of the founding members of American British rock band The Pretenders, along with Chrissie Hynde, James Honeyman-Scott and Martin Chambers. The band formed in 1978 and released their first single in 1979.
Performers. Punk professors and pop crossover phenoms. The Pretenders’ music is simultaneously melodic and bristling with rebellion. Fronted by singer/songwriter Chrissie Hynde, they exposed the confessional underbelly of punk and new wave. Chrissie Hynde. Pete Farndon. James Honeyman-Scott. Martin Chambers.
