- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers were an American rock band from Gainesville, Florida formed in 1976. The band was part of Southern rock but also at the forefront of the heartland rock movement, alongside artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Bob Seger, and John Mellencamp who arose in the late 1970s and 1980s. The genre eschews the synthesizer-based music and fashion elements popular in synth pop and New Romanticism in favor of a straightforward classic rock sound, and lyrics based on blue collar issues.
- IMDb mini biography by: PW
- Members have included Tom Petty, Stan Lynch, Howie Epstein, Mike Campbell, Steve Ferrone, Benmont Tench, Scott Thurston, Ron Blair.
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