Tom Petty "stumbled" into his second solo album, 'Wildflowers', which would garner him a triple-platinum certification.

Eight years ago, the world lost a rock icon when Tom Petty died at age 66 on Oct. 2, 2017. Petty first rose to prominence in 1976 as the frontman for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with hits like ...

Sandwiched between punk, the first moans of goth and the flagging first wave of New Wave, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers’ track Refugee took a defiant step in reasserting the dominance of guitar rock ...

Tom Petty wrote most of the Heartbreakers' songs, but guitarist Mike Campbell's role in the band over the years should not be overlooked. Where, for example, would the song "Breakdown" be without that ...

For those familiar with This Is Spinal Tap, the 1984 "mockumentary" about a metal band struggling to succeed, you'll likely remember one of the film's funniest scenes in which bassist Derek Smalls ...

Tom Petty was reaching new professional heights in 1995, the same year he moved into a rural L.A. hideaway overrun with ...

Image by Takahiro Kyono from Tokyo, Japan - Tom Petty & Steve Ferrone, CC BY 2.0 As we prepare for The Tom Petty 6th annual tribute show at Skipper’s Smokehouse on October 4th, let’s dive into the ...

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