Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers was an American rock band from Gainesville, Florida. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers have six members in the band; the current band members are Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Ron Blair, Scott Thurston and Steve Ferrone. The band received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999. The band have won many Grammy Awards and were also the recipients of 2006's Billboard Century Award. The band ended when Petty was found dead in his home in 2017 after an accidental drug overdose.^[1]

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers in 2006.
Background information
Origin	Gainesville, Florida, United States
Genres	Rock, heartland rock, blues rock
Years active	1976–2017
Labels	Shelter, Backstreet, MCA, Warner Bros.
Past member(s)	Tom Petty Mike Campbell Benmont Tench Ron Blair Scott Thurston Steve Ferrone Stan Lynch Howie Epstein
Website	Official Website

Band members

Past

• Tom Petty – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica
• Mike Campbell – lead guitar, mandolin
• Scott Thurston – rhythm guitar, harmonica, synthesizers, backing vocals
• Ron Blair – bass, backing vocals
• Benmont Tench - piano, organ, synthesizers, backing vocals
• Steve Ferrone - drums
• Stan Lynch - drums, backing vocals
• Howie Epstein - bass, backing vocals, mandolin

Discography

So far as of 2011, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers have released 12 studio albums:

Albums

• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1976)
• You're Gonna Get It! (1978)
• Damn the Torpedoes (1979)
• Hard Promises (1981)
• Long After Dark (1982)
• Southern Accents (1985)
• Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) (1987)
• Into the Great Wide Open (1991)
• Songs and Music from "She's the One" (1996)
• Echo (1999)
• The Last DJ (2002)
• Mojo (2010)

Other websites

• Official website