The Pretenders might easily have folded after lead guitarist James Honeyman-Scott’s sudden death in June 1982 – two days after the sacking of bassist Pete Farndon (who would also expire within months). But Honeyman-Scott’s influence continued to shape the band’s immediate future. “For a long time afterwards, I had suchin 2014. “All my musical decisions were still based on what he would do. ‘Who would Jimmy get to play this?
