The 80s proved to be a productive, turbulent, career-altering decade for Tom Petty. He released four studio LPs with the Heartbreakers and then punctuated the decade with his first solo album. Petty ...

Anyone who listens to music regularly enough knows that listening to an album on vinyl versus on a computer are two entirely different experiences. There are, naturally, pros and cons to each in terms ...

But Petty didn’t just lead a band called The Heartbreakers. They were Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Petty’s name was already on every album he’d ever released, so casual listeners would be forgiven ...

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame the first year they were eligible, in 2002. As a member of the band the Traveling Wilburys, from '88 to '90, Petty ...