How many Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers releases are on Riffiter?

180 releases are catalogued, spanning 1976 to 2026.

When was Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers formed?

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers formed in 1976, in Gainesville, USA.

What genre is Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers?

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers is catalogued under Rock.

What is the most recent Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers release on Riffiter?

American Girl (2026 Mix - Extended Version), released in 2026.

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Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers is a rock artist from Gainesville, USA formed in 1976. 180 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.

Rock · Gainesville, USA · Best rock albums

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Releases: 1976–2026
Active years: 1976
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were an American rock band from Gainesville, Florida. Formed in 1976, the band originally comprised lead singer and rhythm guitarist Tom Petty, lead guitarist Mike Campbell, keyboardist Benmont Tench, drummer Stan Lynch and bassist Ron Blair. In 1982, Blair, weary of the touring lifestyle, departed the band. His replacement, Howie Epstein, stayed with the band for the next two decades. In 1991, Scott Thurston joined the band as a multi-instrumentalist—mostly on rhythm guitar and second keyboard. In 1994, Steve Ferrone replaced Lynch on drums. Blair returned to the Heartbreakers in 2002, the year before Epstein's death. The band had a long string of hit singles including "Breakdown", "American Girl", "Refugee", "The Waiting", "Learning to Fly", and "Mary Jane's Last Dance", among many others, that stretched over several decades of work.

Although Petty insists that the band be referred to as rock and roll, the Heartbreakers' music was characterized as both southern rock and heartland rock, cited alongside artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Bob Seger, and John Mellencamp as progenitors of that genre that arose in the late 1970s and 1980s. While the heartland rock movement waned in the 1990s, the band remained active and popular, touring regularly until Petty's death in 2017, after which the Heartbreakers disbanded. Their final studio album, Hypnotic Eye, was released in 2014. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002, their first year of eligibility. Although most of their material was produced and performed under the name "Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers", Petty released three solo albums, the most successful of which was Full Moon Fever (1989). In these releases, some members of the band contributed as collaborators, producing and performing as studio musicians.