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It is the final album by the original line-up, as the following year bassist Pete Farndon was dismissed and guitarist James Honeyman-Scott died in the same week. Farndon died in 1983, and a new line-up would make the band's next album, Learning to Crawl.
Due to Farndon's escalating drug abuse, he was fired from the band after a meeting between Hynde, Honeyman-Scott, and Chambers on 14 June 1982. Two days later, on 16 June 1982, Honeyman-Scott died of heart failure as a result of cocaine intolerance. While in the midst of forming a new band, Farndon was found dead by his wife on 14 April 1983.
Honeyman-Scott's death profoundly affected the Pretenders' subsequent direction and longevity. Hynde later said, "One of the things that kept the band alive, ironically, was the death of Jimmy Scott. I felt I couldn't let the music die when he died.
7 Σεπ 2019 · Two days after Pete was fired, Jimmy himself was dead. His death was a result of an intolerance to cocaine which in turn, led to heart failure. He was just twenty-five years old.
Tragically enough, just days later Honeyman-Scott died of a drug overdose. To prove inevitability as almost natural law in rock and roll, Farndon died of similar causes just 10 months later. At that point, bouncing back from such double devastation seemed far-fetched for even this hardy bunch.
Other articles where James Honeyman-Scott is discussed: the Pretenders: April 14, 1983, London), guitarist James Honeyman-Scott (b. November 4, 1956, Hereford—d. June 16, 1982, London), and drummer Martin Chambers (b. September 4, 1951, Hereford).
2 Ιουν 2021 · Tragically, it was the last Pretenders full-length to feature Honeyman-Scott and bassist Pete Fardon. The guitarist died of a drug overdose in June 1982, just days after Farndon was fired from the group due to his increasing narcotic dependency. Farndon died of an overdose in April 1983.
