When I hear myself singing, I hear Iggy Pop and Jimi Hendrix. There's a conversational thing going on. I suppose it depends on which The Pretenders song you're listening to.

I used to go to Cleveland just to see any band. Eventually Chrissie Hynde tried to convince a very young Sid Vicious (who used to hang around at SEX) to marry her just in order for her to get a work permit[citation needed]. Named after two child-killers the band consisted of future Visage front man Steve Strange on vocals Vince Ely on drums and Mark Ryan (aka The Kid) and Hynde on guitar.

Christine Ellen "Chrissie" Hynde (born 7 September 1951) is an American musician best known as the leader of the rock/new wave band the Pretenders.