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How Chrissie Hynde Turned Tragedy into Triumph with “Back on the Chain Gang”

Coming up… New Wave and Rock icon Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders faced the unpleasant task of having to fire one of the co-founders of her band…Then two days later, she faced the death of another co-founder that she cherished as “her right hand,” James Honeyman-Scott, and struggled with a volatile relationship with her ex-lover, Ray Davies of the Kinks. All of this happened while she was three months pregnant. It was a period of deep sadness and conflicting emotion, but Chrissie is a resilient warrior... and she rose from the anguish with a thought-provoking smash, the top 5 80s smash Back…

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