Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers were an American rock band based from Gainesville, Florida. They had 8 members before stopping producing music in 2017, after one of the founding members, Tom Petty † (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017 [aged 66]) died from an accidental overdose.https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/19/579300512/l-a-coroner-tom-petty-s-death-was-due-to-an-accidental-overdose
==History==
Petty founded the band in the mid 1970s, and released their debut album, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. The album had songs such as Breakdown and American Girl. https://www.allmusic.com/album/tom-petty-the-heartbreakers-mw0000191386
The band released their next album Damn the Torpedoes.https://www.allmusic.com/album/damn-the-torpedoes-mw0000191271
The band released several more albums such as Hard Promiseshttps://www.allmusic.com/album/hard-promises-mw0000650625, Long After Darkhttps://www.allmusic.com/album/long-after-dark-mw0000195285 Southern Accents,https://www.allmusic.com/album/southern-accents-mw0000650626Great Wide Openhttps://www.allmusic.com/album/into-the-great-wide-open-mw0000264101,Songs and Music from "She's the One"https://www.allmusic.com/album/songs-and-music-from-shes-the-one-mw0000648466,Echohttps://www.allmusic.com/album/echo-mw0000665815,The Last DJhttps://www.allmusic.com/album/the-last-dj-mw0000226435, Mojo,https://www.allmusic.com/album/mojo-mw0001993735 and Hypnotic Eye.https://www.allmusic.com/album/hypnotic-eye-mw0002681948
In 1985, the band performed at Live Aid.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy_jSSJOAjQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3Ha_g8aUyshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txnv9muzZgkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8rXn7_9JmM
===Tom Petty's solo===
In 1987, Petty started recording his solo album that wasn't with the Heartbreakers. The album was released in 1989 called Full Moon Fever.https://ultimateclassicrock.com/tom-petty-full-moon-fever-song-stories/ Petty would also make two more solo albums called Wildflowershttps://www.allmusic.com/album/wildflowers-mw0000119270 and Highway Companion.https://www.allmusic.com/album/highway-companion-mw0000573384
==Channel==
Petty's channel was created on February 6, 2006.https://www.youtube.com/@tompetty/about The channel uploads music videos from the Heartbreakers, as well as Petty's solo career. 
==Death==
Petty passed away on October 2 2017 of an accidental drug overdose on multiple drugs, combining some opioids, two sedatives, and one antidepressant.https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/19/health/tom-petty-cause-of-death/index.html
==Trivia==
*Petty's song, Love is a Long Road, appeared in the trailer for .https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-trailer-sparks-massive-spotify-boost-for-tom-pettys-love-is-a-long-roadhttps://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-67635381
**Before the release first trailer of Grand Theft Auto VI, Petty's song, Running Down a Dream appeared in .https://twitter.com/tompetty/status/1732038009837748658
*Petty collaborated with Stevie Nicks on the song Stop Dragging My Heart Around.
==References==
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