Chrissie Hynde has lived in London for the past 50 years, but she was born in Akron and spent her formative years there.. The Pretenders leader attended the art school at Kent State University for ...

The other is a thorough cynicism inculcating her with a belief that she was living through times of almost limitless avarice ...

The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde on life in lockdown, ... “At Kent State, that was four people shot dead and about, I don’t know, 19 wounded,” she says. “Now we get a shootout, ...

Rock star is only one of Chrissie Hynde’s sobriquets. The Pretenders’ frontwoman for 4½ decades was an antiwar activist at Kent State when the National Guard shot into the crowd on May 4, 1970.

So though Chrissie Hynde's led an eventful life — on hand for the Kent State shootings, worked for NME and Malcolm McLaren, befriended Sid Vicious, married and divorced Ray Davies and Jim Kerr ...

Chrissie Hynde is one of rock's greatest survivors ... In 1970, during a brief spell at Kent State University, she witnessed the notorious National Guard shooting of anti-Vietnam war protesters.

The truth is, Chrissie Hynde couldn’t imagine being in the Detroit Wheels, ... Back when Chrissie was at Kent State, there was a guy named Randall, who used to go to England.

Hynde, 72, grew up near Akron. She attended Kent State University before moving to London and forming The Pretenders, now known for classics like “I’ll Stand by You,” “Back on the Chain ...

Hynde, 72, grew up near Akron. She attended Kent State University before moving to London and forming The Pretenders, now known for classics like “I’ll Stand by You,” “Back on the Chain ...