James Honeyman-Scott
November 4, 1956 – June 16, 1982
James Honeyman-Scott is best remembered as the founding guitarist for the Pretenders. Thanks in part to his inventive guitar playing, the Pretenders were one of a handful of new wave acts that truly transcended the genre. In June of 1982, while on break from touring and house hunting in Austin, TX, Honeyman-Scott was called back to the UK for a band meeting with Chrissie Hynde and Martin Chambers. It was there that they agreed to fire band mate Pete Farndon due to his excessive drug use. Unfortunately it was James Honeyman-Scott that would succumb to his drug dependency. He died of heart failure related to his cocaine use just two days after Farndon was let go from the band. Farndon died during a heroin binge less than a year later.
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I saw them while I was in college in New Orleans with this original line up. I also have the album you see above autographed by them.