Tom Petty, Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell had previously played together in the
band Mudcrutch, who released one single Depot Street in 1975, before they
morphed into the Heartbreakers. Most of their early success came in the UK with
the single Anything That's Rock'n'Roll, but they broke into the US Top 40 in
1976 with the singles Breakdown and American Girl, developing a style that was
often compared to the folk-rock of the Byrds. Their momentum increased with
second and third albums You're Gonna Get It (1978) and Damn The Torpedoes
(1979). Despite record company disputes and p...