Today marks 43 years since 'Back On The Chain Gang' was released as a single! "Hynde’s beautiful 12-string chords and Bremmer’s lyrical opening riff rip off the bandage and open the floodgates on Hynde’s eternal soul anthem “Back on the Chain Gang,” a perfect song. “I found a picture of you,” she begins. “Those were the happiest days of my life.” From the Cure to Ringo Starr to Def Leppard to J. Geils, there are many great songs about photographs, but perhaps none quite so transporting." - Pitch

To celebrate 40 years since the release of The Pretenders’ third studio album ‘Learning To Crawl’, a special anniversary vinyl reissue is set to be released on the 7th June. Featuring Chris Thomas’ remasters on vinyl for the first time, clear and black vinyl available to pre-order now. | Pretenders

This week in 1985, The Pretenders performed in Philadelphia at the John F. Kennedy Stadium to an audience of over 80,000 people for the Live-Aid benefit concert. | Pretenders

553K views · 12K reactions | Pretenders - Creep, (Radiohead Classic) Pretenders in a unique and intimate performance, recorded live at London's Jacob Street Studios 1995. #chrissiehynde #thepretenders #PRETENDERS #rocnroljunkie | rocnroljunkie | Facebook