“Tattooed Love Boys” is one chapter title, the same title as one of the songs on the Pretenders’ debut album. Some of her song lyrics come to life as well. Behind these few personal resources she has her ace: her persistent belief in her ability to be a singer in a band despite having little experience with either singing or performing, and no formal background in music. Although the book provides ample evidence of Hynde’s underwhelming academic achievements (she never passed algebra), it also makes clear that she is “good with her hands,” be it painting, sewing, woodworking, cleaning or guitar playing. Such turns of phrase pepper the memoir, which does not appear to have had a ghost writer. Across the swathe of concrete, its other half could be found, spliced like a worm, still wriggling.” Hynde started out in Akron, Ohio, where houses “smelled of wood polish and ironing and rhubarb pie.” The federal highway system destroyed her early childhood neighborhood, “every street becoming a dead end. The once and present “high priestess of badass rock ’n’ roll” (according to Britain’s Q magazine) is not much given to introspection, although she does admit on page 144 to “my old, useless, familiar and constantly suppressed depression.” Don’t look for self-pity here. Pretenders front woman Chrissie Hynde has penned a memoir of hash, pot, heroin, alcohol, LSD, beatings, rapes, gang rapes, gonorrhea, poor judgment and missed chances, all tossed off with tough-girl insouciance. ‘Reckless: My Life as a Pretender’ By Chrissie HyndeDoubleday, 336 pages, $26.95.Few Albums, Let Alone Debuts, Are Ever This Astonishingly Addictive.” Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AMG.
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Pretenders Moves Faster And Harder Than Most Rock Records, Delivering An Endless Series Of Melodies, Hooks, And Infectious Rhythms In Its 12 Songs. It's A Deep, Rewarding Record, Whose Primary Virtue Is Its Sheer Energy. Hynde Doesn't Fit Into Any Conventional Female Rock Stereotype, And Neither Do Her Songs, Alternately Displaying A Steely Exterior Or A Disarming Emotional Vulnerability. Guitarist James Honeyman-Scott Never Plays Conventional Riffs Or Leads, And His Phased, Treated Guitar Gives New Dimension To The Pounding Rhythms Of "Precious," "Tattooed Love Boys," "Up The Neck," And "The Wait," As Well As The More Measured Pop Of "Kid," "Brass In Pocket," And "Mystery Achievement." He Provides The Perfect Backing For Hynde And Her Tough, Sexy Swagger. Although Chrissie Hynde Establishes Herself As A Forceful And Distinctively Feminine Songwriter, The Record Isn't A Singer/Songwriter's Tour De Force - It's A Rock & Roll Album, Powered By A Unique And Aggressive Band. A Sleek, Stylish Fusion Of Stonesy Rock & Roll, New Wave Pop, And Pure Punk Aggression, Pretenders Is Teeming With Sharp Hooks And A Viciously Cool Attitude.
“Few Rock & Roll Records Rock As Hard Or With As Much Originality As The Pretenders' Eponymous Debut Album.
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