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Together with the rest of the original Pretenders - lead guitarist James Honeyman-Scott, bassist Pete Farndon and drummer Martin Chambers - Hynde made one of the best debut albums in rock history, and a second that was nearly as good. After that, tragedy struck. Honeyman-Scott died in 1982 and Farndon followed him a year later, both drug.


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A year and a half after our interview, James Honeyman-Scott was called in for a band meeting in which the original Pretenders bassist, Pete Farndon, was dismissed for his substance abuse. Two days later, on June 16, 1982, James Honeyman-Scott died of cocaine-induced heart failure. He was 25 years old.


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James Honeyman Scott. 2,562 likes · 178 talking about this. James Honeyman Scott was born in Hereford, England on November 4th, 1956. He was the original guita


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James Honeyman-Scott was born in 1956, in Hereford, England. He started playing the guitar aged eleven. His early musical influences included the heavy blues of Cream, the ambition of Yes and the melodic southern rock of the Allman Brothers. Later influences, and quite direct ones too, included Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds; "I started listening.


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James Honeyman-Scott (4 November 1956 - 16 June 1982) was an English rock guitarist, songwriter and founding member of the band the Pretenders. With the band, Honeyman-Scott established a reputation, in the words of AllMusic, as "one of the most original and versatile guitarists of the early-'80s new wave movement."


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At least superficially, it seemed Pretenders could do no wrong, but then tragedy struck - twice. In June 1982, guitarist James Honeyman-Scott died unexpectedly from drug-related heart failure, while, just months later, founding bassist Pete Farndon, who had been ejected from the band due to his own drug-related issues, died of a heroin overdose.


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James Honeyman-Scott was born on 4 November 1956 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Lost in Translation (2003), Just Like Heaven (2005) and Private Parts (1997). He was married to Peggy Sue Honeyman-Scott.


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James Honeyman-Scott of the Pretenders, a tribute. Live Fast, Play Hard, Die Young by Shelbie Freedman (February 2014) This June 16th will mark the 32nd anniversary of the passing of a great but unsung guitar hero, James Honeyman-Scott.


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Pretenders & Chrissie Hynde Articles James Honeyman Scott interview. The complete audio of this interview can be heard on Jas Obrecht's. This interview took place on January 29, 1981. At the time, James was living in Flat 1, Westside, 55 Priory Road, West Hampstead, London. What do you prefer to be called?


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The complete James Honeyman-Scott interview is now available in HD on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UDLfBBO5FGM. In the excerpt heard here, James confesses that.


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James Honeyman-Scott. One of rock's many tragic drug-related casualties, Pretenders guitarist James Honeyman-Scott was one of the most original and versatile guitarists of the early-'80s new wave movement, making the senselessness…. Read Full Biography.


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In 1982, the Pretenders guitarist James Honeyman-Scott died from drug abuse at age 25. He and his bandmate Chrissie Hynde had been working on a song, "Back on the Chain Gang," about the.


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The Pretenders are a British-American rock band formed in March 1978. The original band consisted of founder 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 deaths of Honeyman-Scott in 1982 and Farndon.


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Pete Farndon. Peter Granville Farndon (12 June 1952 - 14 April 1983) was an English bassist and founding member of the rock band the Pretenders. In addition to playing bass with the group, Farndon sang backup vocals and co-wrote two of the group's songs ("The Wait" and "Space Invader"), before a drug problem resulted in his dismissal from the.


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Watch on. "Day After Day" (1981): While this track wasn't released as a single, it's definitely worth including, since it's a Hynde/Honeyman-Scott co-write. In a look back at Pretenders II, Ultimate Classic Rock wrote of the song that it "seemed emblematic of where the Pretenders were, both professionally and personally.


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Added: 30 Apr 2002. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 6381421. Source citation. Rock Musician. Born in Hereford, England, he was best known as a guitarist and founding member of the rock band The Pretenders. After several rehearsals and recording sessions, Scott officially joined the group as lead guitarist in 1980. His original and versatile style is.

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