Author:Chrissie Hynde
By the time she was 14, Chrissie Hynde knew she had to get out of Akron, Ohio. Her perfect ’50s American childhood upturned by a newly acquired taste for rock ’n’ roll, motorbikes and the ‘get down boys’ seen at gigs in and around Cleveland – Mitch Ryder, the Jeff Beck Group, the Velvet Underground and David Bowie among the many.
Wrapped up in the Kent State University riots and getting dangerously involved in the local biker and drug scenes, she escaped - to Mexico, Canada, Paris and finally London where she caught the embryonic punk scene just in time not only to witness it first-hand, but more importantly to seize the opportunity to form her own band, the Pretenders.
Iggy Pop, the Sex Pistols, the Clash, Vivienne & Malcolm, Ray Davies … on every page household names mingle with small town heroes as we shift from bedroom to biker HQ; from squat to practice room; from pub gig to Top Of The Pops – the long and crooked path to stardom, and for the Pretenders, ultimately, tragedy.
That Chrissie Hynde is alive to tell the tale is, by her own admission, something of a miracle. Throughout she is brutally honest, wryly humorous and always highly entertaining. She has written one of the most evocative and colourful music memoirs to be published in recent years.
Chrissie Hynde has just written the rock memoir of the year
—— Sunday TimesChrissie Hynde’s autobiography Reckless ... out-rocks them all
—— Washington PostShe writes just like she lives, and just like she makes music. She does it her way, which is an inimitable multiplicity of things: impulsive, untamed, ragged, proud, a little sad around the edges
—— Daily BeastFull of engaging stories, dry wit and revelations
—— GuardianShe writes beautifully
—— Mail on SundayThrough all of the tragedy and mishaps, Reckless remains first and foremost a love letter to rock ’n’ roll
—— New York TimesSomething close to rock’s Joan Didion
—— New York TimesFascinating
—— UncutShe's as sharp as a tack and dryly funny...Hynde's memoir is wonderfully written. Hynde is made of music, of the kind of music that pulls you in and eats you up, and she has survived it. She is a remarkable woman...
—— India Knight , Sunday Times, CultureHundreds of great moments...Fantastic autobiography.
—— Danny Baker , BBC Radio 5 LiveGolden...Amazing anecdotes
—— Jude Rogers , The ObserverHynde is a canny writer… Reckless is the tale of a girl who dares to dream.
—— Fiona Sturgess , Independent on SundayFascinating.
—— Robert Elms , BBC Radio LondonChrissie Hynde’s autobiography, Reckless…out-rocks them all.
—— Washington Post , Washington PostFrank, fearless, but also lots of fun
—— Good Housekeeping , Good HousekeepingChrissie Hynde has just written the rock memoir of the year.
—— Krissie Murrison , The Sunday TimesFascinating memoir
—— Financial Times , Financial TimesShe still writes like an angel on angel dust.
—— Julie Burchill , The SpectatorDefiant and unexpectedly lyrical memoir
—— Jane Shilling , Daily MailI loved this book about British culture, partly because there's so much in it, and partly because of the brilliant way the author joins the dots ... Sandbrook gets us thinking about cinema, art, country houses, Tolkein, Doctor Who, and, superbly, much more.
—— William Leith , Evening StandardAn entertaining trawl through British culture ... [Sandbrook] has produced a book that is not only thoroughly enjoyable to read, but also crammed with as many serious insights as a shelf of academic studies
—— The TimesIt's a great premise, and I dived into, and splashed around in, this book gleefully at first. Here were lucid and often amusing expositions on the work of Lennon and McCartney, Ian Fleming, JRR Tolkien, Christie ... in his books on Britain in the 1950s and 60s, Sandbrook has covered some of this ground before. But he doesn't repeat himself, and his scope is wider than heretofore - he notices, for instance, how ingrained Charles Dickens's influence is, still, in popular entertainment ... It would be impossible to please everyone. But when Sandbrook is pleasing, he is very pleasing indeed.
—— Nick Lezard , Guardian
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