Blog: Indie Laundry

This is such a badass track. Powerful, with sad sad lyrics and even today with a bitterly rueful sound. It's from The Pretenders. Take it for a few spins. At the time of release of the single 'Back on the Chain Gang' the band had been fractured by the drugrelated death of lead-guitarist and style-inventor James Honeyman-Scott. The Prentenders only consistent member and songwriter Chrissie

• The Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang