Although Tom Petty was always a straight-ahead rock and roller ... and no matter how many times that people may have complained about people living in the past, Petty’s later projects like Wildflowers ...

When you look at a career like Tom Petty’s, you are privy to a range of different innovative musical decisions. He has never been shy about trying different sounds and constantly putting out material ...

Tom Petty’s closest ... producer Rick Rubin into Petty’s life, giving him one of his greatest career successes with the multi-platinum, universally lauded Wildflowers album, again almost ...

Mike Campbell was the late Tom Petty’s chief lieutenant in the Heartbreakers during the 41 years of the band’s existence. The guitarist co-produced several of the group’s albums as well as ...

"You couldn't talk Tom into anything," Campbell says of the rock icon, who died of an accidental drug overdose in 2017.

To Mike Campbell as well. The Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist tells Billboard that he was actually keeping a journal when the band (then known as Mudcrutch) moved to Los Angeles in 1974 ...

Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks collaborated on the 1981 songs "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" and "Insider" Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024.

At the start of 1979, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were a struggling band on the brink of something big. In quick succession, they landed a fresh record contract, started writing promising new ...

Mike Campbell is ready to shed some light on his complicated friendship with the late Tom Petty. As a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Campbell had a front-row seat to the ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Tom Izzo has a complicated relationship with nostalgia right now. The Michigan State coach turned 70 on Jan. 30, in the midst of his 30th season with the Spartans.

Tom Petty was always going to lead with honesty and integrity, even if that meant biting the hand that fed him. He often displayed this trait when it came to battles with his record companies over ...

The late rocker recalled the fight in Cameron Crowe's documentary 'Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party' Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024.