Tom Petty's first band broke up right before he wrote the song that changed his career.

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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were a successful and influential band for decades, so, naturally, a few documentaries have been made about the group. Fans who miss thir music can check out films ...

Anyone who has been in a band can attest that keeping the group together can sometimes be as difficult as the creative process itself, and according to Tom Petty’s lead guitarist, Mike Campbell, the ...

Original Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers drummer Stan Lynch left his famous former band in 1994, and now, three decades later, Lynch has returned with a new group called The Speaker Wars. Co-founded ...

Until the recent publication of his memoir Heartbreaker, Mike Campbell, who is best known as the founding lead guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, didn't set out to write a book. When he was ...

Half-a-century later, few artists are as embedded in the American cultural experience as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. They are America’s most agreed-upon band. The Eagles remain the ...

I spit out a track, And I don’t look back.” — One Track Mind by the Heartbreakers In 1975, Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan (of the New York Dolls) joined Richard Hell (of Television) and Walter Lure ...