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Rocker Chrissie Hynde: Assault by bikers is ‘the way it was’

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2009 file photo shows, Chrissie Hynde, lead singer of the Pretenders, during rehearsals at John Henry's Studio in north London.  Early in her life, Hynde fell in with a band of outlaw bikers. She wound up being beaten, robbed and raped, she says in an interview to air on this week’s “Sunday Morning” which airs Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015.  Hynde writes about the attack in her new memoir, “Reckless: My Life as a Pretender.”(AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2009 file photo shows, Chrissie Hynde, lead singer of the Pretenders, during rehearsals at John Henry's Studio in north London. Early in her life, Hynde fell in with a band of outlaw bikers. She wound up being beaten, robbed and raped, she says in an interview to air on this week’s “Sunday Morning” which airs Sunday, Sept. 6, 2015. Hynde writes about the attack in her new memoir, “Reckless: My Life as a Pretender.”(AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)

NEW YORK (AP) – Legendary rocker Chrissie Hynde was with the band. And not just as the sultry-voiced singer with the Pretenders, which won popularity decades ago with hits such as “Brass in Pocket” and “Ohio.”

Early in her life, Hynde fell in with a band of outlaw bikers. She wound up being beaten, robbed and raped, she says in an interview to air on this week’s “Sunday Morning” on CBS.

Hynde, 63, is philosophical about the assault.

“If you hung out with those guys, that’s what happened. That’s the way it was,” she says.

Hynde says she didn’t fear for her life, though she should have.