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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

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Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers are an American rock band from Gainesville, Florida. They were formed in 1976 by Tom Petty (guitar and vocals), Mike Campbell (lead guitar), Benmont Tench (piano, organ, harmonium and vocals), (the three of them had been members of Mudcrutch), Ron Blair (bass and vocals) and Stan Lynch (drums and vocals). Petty and the Heartbreakers are known for hit singles such as "American Girl", "Breakdown", "The Waiting", "Learning to Fly", "Refugee" and "Mary Jane's Last Dance". The Heartbreakers still tour regularly and continue to record albums. Petty has fought against his record company on more than one occasion, first in 1979 over transference to another label and then again in 1981 over the price of his record, which was (at that time) considered expensive. He is also outspoken on the current state of the music industry and modern radio stations. On his 2002 album, The Last DJ, Petty sang about that and other issues and talked about them on the bonus DVD...

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Discography

  • Long After Dark, 2001
  • The Last DJ, 2002
  • Greatest Hits, 2008
  • Southern Accents, 1985
  • You're Gonna Get It!, 1978
  • Hard Promises, 2001
  • Let Me Up (I've Had Enough), 1987
  • Damn the Torpedoes, 1984
  • Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, 1982
  • Mojo, 2010
  • Into the Great Wide Open, 1991
  • Echo, 1999
  • Damn the Torpedoes (Deluxe Edition), 2010

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