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James " Jimmy " Honeyman - Scott ( ___MASK61___ November 1956  16 June 1982 ) was an English rock guitarist , songwriter and founding member of the band The Pretenders . Martin ___MASK52___ Chambers ( born ___MASK61___ September 1951 ) is an English musician , who is best known as a founding member and drummer of the rock band the Pretenders . In addition to playing the drums with the group , Chambers sings backing vocals ( lead vocals on the song " Fast or Slow ( The Law ' s the Law )", the B - side of ___MASK10___ " 2000 Miles " and " Show Me ", which he also wrote ) and plays percussion . He was part of the original band line - up which also included Chrissie Hynde ( vocals / guitar ), James Honeyman - Scott ( guitar / vocals / keyboards ) and Pete Farndon ( bass guitar / vocals ). Hynde and Chambers are the only two surviving original members , and he has served two separate tenures with the group . ___MASK35___ Band is a series of music video games developed by Harmonix and MTV Games , and distributed by Electronic Arts for the Nintendo DS , iOS , PlayStation 2 , ___MASK8___ , PSP , Wii , Xbox One and Xbox 360 game systems . The series , inspired by Harmonix ' s previous efforts on the " Guitar ___MASK63___ " series , allows up to four players to simulate the performance of popular rock music ___MASK43___ by playing with controllers modeled after musical instruments . Players can play the lead guitar , bass guitar , keyboard , and drums parts to ___MASK43___ , as well as sing into a USB microphone . Players are scored on their ability to match scrolling musical notes while playing instruments , and by their ability to match the singer ' s pitch on vocals . ___MASK12___ Ellen " Chrissie " Hynde ( born September ___MASK19___ , 1951 ) is an American musician who is best known as a founding member of the rock band The Pretenders . Hereford ___MASK24___ a ___MASK59___ city , civil parish and county town of Herefordshire , England . It lies on the River Wye , approximately east of the border with Wales , southwest of Worcester , and northwest of Gloucester . With a population of ___MASK88___ , 896 , it ___MASK24___ the largest settlement in the county . Get Close ___MASK24___ the fourth album by ___MASK35___ group The Pretenders , released in 1986 . The album contains the band ' s two biggest Mainstream ___MASK35___ Tracks chart hits , `` Do n ' t Get Me Wrong '' and `` My Baby '' , both of which reached # 1 . The Pretenders are an English - American ___MASK35___ band formed in Hereford , England , in March 1978 . The ___MASK13___ band consisted of initiator and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde ( lead vocals , rhythm guitar ), James Honeyman - Scott ( lead guitar , backing vocals , keyboards ), Pete Farndon ( bass guitar , backing vocals ), and Martin Chambers ( drums , backing vocals , percussion ). Following the drug - related deaths of Honeyman - Scott and Farndon , the band has experienced numerous subsequent personnel changes , with Hynde as the only consistent member , and Chambers returning after an absence of several ___MASK69___ . ___MASK37___ Granville " Pete " Farndon ( 12 June 1952  14 April 1983 ) was an English bassist and founding member of the ___MASK35___ band the Pretenders . Farndon attended Hereford ___MASK59___ School in his home city of Hereford , before embarking on his musical career with the Pretenders . In addition to playing bass with the group , Farndon sang backup vocals and co - wrote two of the group ' s ___MASK43___ (" The Wait " and " Space Invader "), before an increasing drug problem resulted in his being dismissed from the group on 14 June 1982 .