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 ...

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 ...

Campbell, the celebrated Heartbreakers guitarist and songwriter, returns to Santa Barbara with the Dirty Knobs on December 3 ...

For all that's made of Stevie Nicks’ songwriting partnership with former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, her ...

His name is Benmont Tench, but you can call him genius. That’s what band mate Mike Campbell calls him. “I didn’t have to pay him for that,” Tench said. Campbell and Tench are founding members of Tom ...

Tom Petty was undeniably the driving force behind the band's sound, but he was not immune to criticism. When he introduced 'Travelin,' the song was met with hostility from his bandmates. Petty himself ...

Tom Petty always had a close-knit team, but they were never more illustrious than the gang he gathered to sing the backing ...

Tom Petty’s 1993 Greatest Hits compilation may have been a fan-pleasing collection of prime cuts, but as far as Petty was concerned it was a contract breaker and nothing more. Eager to leave MCA ...

Tom Petty's daughter Adria is honoring her late father on his birthday. The legendary musician and former frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, who rose to superstardom with songs like ...

Thirteen years before the famous Live Aid, one musician created a show that invented the idea of blending philanthropy with ...

Consistency stood out as one of the defining characteristics of Tom Petty’s career. You could count on Petty delivering the goods whenever he came out with a new release. That continued even into the ...