64-640: The Viper Room is a nightclub and live music venue located on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California , United States. It was established under its current name on August 14, 1993, being co-owned by actors and 21 Jump Street co-stars Johnny Depp and Sal Jenco. The Viper Room has undergone several changes in ownership, with the present owner being Viper Holdings, Ltd CEO James Cooper. It continues to host music of multiple genres, including metal , punk , and alternative rock . While predominantly known as
128-539: A complimentary CD of Highway Companion and a personalized email address. In 2006, the ABC U.S. television network hired Petty to do the music for its NBA Playoffs coverage. On September 21, 2006, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers received the keys to the city of Gainesville, Florida , where he and his bandmates either lived or grew up. Petty quipped, when questioned about the key he received from Gainesville's mayor, "It's
192-406: A cover version of Beck 's song "Asshole". Curt Bisquera , not an official member of the group, was the drummer on most of the album, with Ringo Starr substituting on one track and Ferrone playing on two others. In 1999, Petty and the Heartbreakers released the album Echo , produced by Rick Rubin . The album reached number 10 in the U.S. album charts and featured, among other singles, "Room at
256-482: A fee to play at clubs, diminished its appeal to groups, other than as an industry showcase. As of the 2010s, the music industry establishment continues to dominate the clubs on Sunset Strip. In November 1984, voters in West Hollywood passed a proposal on the ballot to incorporate, and the area became an independent city. Increasingly, the western end of Sunset Strip was occupied by office buildings, mostly catering to
320-583: A group of backing singers including Stevie Nicks, and the track is credited to "Bob Dylan and the Heartbreakers". Stan Lynch went on to produce Henley's 2000 album Inside Job and 2015 album Cass County . He also contributed to the Eagles' 1994 reunion album, Hell Freezes Over , playing percussion and having a hand in its production. Lynch and Campbell played alongside Henley on Warren Zevon 's 1987 album Sentimental Hygiene . Mike Campbell played slide guitar on " 6th Avenue Heartache ", released in 1996 by
384-682: A hangout for musicians, including the Stooges and the New York Dolls . Clubs on the Sunset Strip at that time, Rodney Bingenheimer's in particular, were notorious for allowing teenage patrons. "Nobody carried or cared about ID's. Thirteen-year-old girls could walk in dressed like sexy 25-year-olds, and kids could sidle up to the bar and order a cocktail, so it wasn't a big stretch for us to get up and play there", recalled Quiet Riot founder Kelly Garni . The 1979 Donna Summer song " Sunset People ", from
448-590: A late-night comedy sketch show performed at a fictional theater on Sunset Strip. Premiering on January 27, 2006, in Los Angeles at Vanguard Hollywood , the Rock of Ages stage production inspired the 2012 film of the same name . Its story line is centered along Sunset Strip in 1987. The opening credits of the HBO TV series Entourage featured shots of Sunset Strip. Los Angeles-based artist Edward Ruscha created
512-696: A lot nicer than the one we got in Chicago." From July 2006 until 2007, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland , Ohio featured an exhibit of Tom Petty items. Much of the content was donated by Petty himself from a visit to his home by some of the Rock Hall curatorial staff. In 2007, the band accepted an invitation to participate in a tribute album to Fats Domino , contributing their version of " I'm Walkin' " to Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino ( Vanguard ). In 2008,
576-558: A music venue, the Viper Room also has a lower level which is home to a large whiskey bar. The club became known as a hangout spot for the young Hollywood elite, and gained infamy for its drug-related incidents; actor River Phoenix had a fatal drug overdose in 1993, actor Jason Donovan suffered a drug-induced seizure in 1995 but survived, and singer Courtney Love survived an overdose in 1995 after Depp gave her CPR . In 1997, singer Michael Hutchence played his last public performance in
640-583: A place in Raymond Chandler 's 1949 Philip Marlowe novel, The Little Sister . Also on Sunset Strip are the Garden of Allah apartments—Hollywood quarters for transplanted writers like Robert Benchley , Dorothy Parker , and F. Scott Fitzgerald —and Schwab's Drug Store . By the early 1960s, Sunset Strip had lost favor with the majority of movie people, but its restaurants, bars and clubs continued to serve as an attraction for locals and tourists. In
704-508: A six-CD box-set titled Playback was released. Approximately half of the tracks were previously available on albums, and the rest were B-sides , demos and live tracks. Two notable tracks are a "solo" version of Petty's 1981 duet with Stevie Nicks , " Stop Draggin' My Heart Around ", and the song "Waiting for Tonight", which features vocals by the Bangles . The latter song also appeared on the two-CD anthology released in 2000, Anthology: Through
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#1732858785504768-406: A songwriter and solo artist, and in 1976, he reunited with Mike Cambell and Benmont Tench to form "Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers" along with fellow Gainesville expatriates Stan Lynch on drums and Ron Blair on bass. The Heartbreakers began their recording career with a self-titled album . Initially, the Heartbreakers did not gain much traction in the U.S., although they achieved early success in
832-498: A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame , located at 7018 Hollywood Boulevard, for their contributions to the recording industry. In 2002, the group released The Last DJ . Many of the tracks' lyrics contain stinging attacks on the music industry and major record companies. The album reached number 9 in the U.S. charts. Bassist Ron Blair played on two of the tracks. He replaced Epstein, who had previously been Blair's replacement, on
896-585: The Los Angeles Times a few days before his death, that the Heartbreakers would probably disband if one of its members died or became too ill to perform. In April 2018, Campbell, Tench and Ferrone acted as the house band for the Light Up the Blues benefit concert in Los Angeles, backing Beck , Neil Young , Patti Smith , and Stephen Stills , with whom they performed Petty's "I Won't Back Down". That same month, it
960-459: The Traveling Wilburys . Songs included the title track itself and " Learning to Fly ". Multi-instrumentalist Scott Thurston joined the band as of the tour for the album. In 1993, Petty released Greatest Hits , which included the hit single " Mary Jane's Last Dance ". Stan Lynch had moved to Florida, but was persuaded to return for his last session with the band. In 1994, Lynch left
1024-679: The artist's book Every Building on the Sunset Strip in 1966, later 12 Sunsets website for the Getty Research Institute . Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were an American rock band formed in Gainesville, Florida , 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
1088-600: The 1920s a number of nightclubs and casinos moved in along Sunset Strip, which attracted movie people; alcohol was served in back rooms during Prohibition . In the 1930s and the 1940s, restaurants and nightclubs on Sunset Strip, like Sherry's, Ciro's , the Mocambo and the Trocadero , were patronized by people working in the movie industry. Some of its expensive nightclubs and restaurants were said to be owned by gangsters like Mickey Cohen and Bugsy Siegel , earning Sunset Strip
1152-530: The 1980s, a jazz club called "The Central". "The Central" was best known for its Tuesday jam nights where various well-known musicians such as Joe Cocker , Brian Setzer and Jeff Baxter performed and hung out along with others in the music industry. It also hosted many local music acts such as Chuck E. Weiss who was frequently accompanied by the Goddamn Liars. In 1993, the club was close to shutting down when Weiss suggested to Depp that he should revitalize
1216-492: The American club. In 2016, The Viper Room began issuing cease and desist notices to bootleg merchandise sellers on eBay and other online storefronts. The original building where the club is currently located is slated to be demolished by 2024, to make way for a replacement club, retail and a five star hotel tower. At Depp's request, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performed on the club's opening night. Johnny Cash performed at
1280-496: The Heartbreakers were also featured as the Super Bowl XLII halftime show. In April that year, the members of Petty's previous band, Mudcrutch —Petty, Tench, and Campbell, along with Randall Marsh and Tom Leadon—released a Mudcrutch album . In late 2008, they released a live EP. The band issued The Live Anthology , a collection of live recordings, on November 23, 2009, and announced a new studio album, Mojo , for release in
1344-539: The Heartbreakers' final show, ended with a performance of " American Girl ". Early in the morning on October 2, 2017, Petty was found unconscious in his home, not breathing, and in full cardiac arrest. Following premature media reports of his death, Petty died at the UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, California . He was 66. Though the group did not formally disband, Petty stated in his final interview, with
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1472-515: The Perfect Beast . Campbell wrote a demo version of the track " The Boys of Summer " and showed it to Petty, who both felt it did not fit Southern Accents , the album they were working on at the time. Iovine suggested recording it with Henley, with whom they re-recorded it after Henley changed the key. Henley collaborated with Campbell and Lynch for his 1989 album The End of the Innocence , with
1536-658: The Seeds , Frank Zappa , and others played at clubs like Gazzarri's , the Whisky a Go Go , the Roxy , Pandora's Box and the London Fog . In July 1965 Go-Go dancers also began performing. The Hyatt West Hollywood (now known as the Andaz West Hollywood) became a popular hotel. Rodney Bingenheimer's English Disco , influenced by Britain's glam rock movement, opened in 1972. It became
1600-484: The Sunset Strip and all of West Hollywood gained a reputation for being a loosely regulated area, in large part because it was not under the jurisdiction of the Los Angeles Police Department . Gambling was illegal in the city of Los Angeles, but legal in unincorporated Los Angeles County, which fostered the development of rather wilder nightlife in West Hollywood than was found within the city limits. In
1664-455: The Top". The band was still officially a four-piece (Petty, Campbell, Tench and Epstein), augmented by Ferrone on drums and Scott Thurston on various guitars, lap steel and ukulele. Both Ferrone and Thurston were promoted to full band membership after the album was released, and would remain Heartbreakers for the rest of the band's existence. On April 28, 1999, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers received
1728-522: The U.S. (1986) and Europe (1987). Petty praised Dylan, saying, "I don't think there is anyone we admire more." Also in 1987, the group released Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) , a studio album made to sound like a live recording, using a technique they borrowed from Dylan. It includes " Jammin' Me " (#18 U.S.), which Petty wrote with Dylan and Campbell . Dylan recorded a version of the Petty composition "Got My Mind Made Up" on his album Knocked Out Loaded , which
1792-584: The UK after playing " Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll " on Top of the Pops . While subsequent singles " Breakdown " and " American Girl " failed to sell in the US, the band continued to gain attention in the UK. Recalling the band's brief British tour in 1976, Petty stated, "The audience just jumped up and charged the stage and were boogieing their brains out. It was such a rush. Wow, we had never seen anything like that, man." "Breakdown"
1856-528: The Viper Room before taking his own life a week later. The location was originally a grocery store from 1921 into the 1940s. In the 1940s, it was converted into a nightclub called the "Cotton Club", entirely unrelated to the Harlem original. This was soon replaced by "The Greenwich Village Inn", the "Rue Angel" and finally "The Last Call" during the 1940s. From 1951 to 1969, the location was a bar called "The Melody Lounge". In 1969, it became "Filthy McNasty's". and in
1920-700: The Wallflowers . He recorded his guitar part without even meeting the band. In the mid-1990s, members of the Heartbreakers teamed up to perform on Johnny Cash 's American Recordings series of albums. The entire band played on Unchained , save for Lynch, who had left in 1994. For Volume III , only Campbell and Petty contributed, the latter performing a duet with Cash on a cover of " I Won't Back Down ". Tench and Campbell then contributed to Volume IV , Volume V , and Volume VI . In March 2014, Cash's son had hinted that four or five more American albums may be released. Petty released three solo albums. The first
1984-701: The West Hollywood Viper Room to stop using the name. Another "Viper Room" in Portland was also told to stop using the name under threat of a trademark lawsuit, with the Viper Room's former owner claiming that "every dollar they make is the result of using our name". Abroad, there is also a legal brothel in Brisbane called "The Viper Room" and nightclubs boasting the name (or a similar one) in Harrogate , Sheffield , Stockholm , and Vienna . Until February 2009, there
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2048-501: The Whisky a Go Go and The Roxy, became home to numerous LA-based heavy metal bands such as Van Halen , Quiet Riot , Mötley Crüe , Ratt and Guns N' Roses . The scene became synonymous with glam metal , with many fans mimicking the hair and clothing worn by the bands. The many heavy metal fans who would congregate outside the clubs along the strip became a defining feature. The adoption of "pay to play" policies, in which bands were charged
2112-551: The Years . In 1996, Petty reunited with the Heartbreakers and released a soundtrack to the film She's the One starring Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Aniston , titled Songs and Music from "She's the One" . Three songs charted from the album: "Walls (Circus)" (featuring Lindsey Buckingham ), "Climb that Hill", and a song written by Lucinda Williams , " Changed the Locks ". The album also included
2176-485: The album Bad Girls , was about the nightlife on Sunset Boulevard. Sunset Strip continued to be a major focus for punk rock and new wave music during the late 1970s. During the latter part of the 1970s and well into the 1980s, the Sunset Strip would become synonymous with the Los Angeles heavy metal movement, commonly referred to as the West Coast Metal Explosion. The clubs on the Sunset Strip such as
2240-440: 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 ,
2304-641: The band's 2002 tour as a result of Epstein's deepening personal problems and drug abuse. Epstein died in 2003 at the age of 47. In the band's thirtieth anniversary year, 2006, they headlined the fifth annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival . In addition to Bonnaroo, Petty was on tour throughout the summer of 2006. The tour started in Charlotte , North Carolina, on June 9 and ended in Randall's Island , New York on August 19. Stops included major cities such as New York, St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Denver. Supporting acts during
2368-582: The band. Drummer Dave Grohl , formerly of the band Nirvana , sat in on a number of performances, but declined to join the band, instead choosing to pursue his own solo work which eventually grew into the band Foo Fighters . The band was now and for the next several years officially a quartet with no permanent drummer, but beginning in 1995 for live shows Steve Ferrone , formerly a session and touring musician who had played with numerous other acts, served as drummer. He had worked with Petty, Campbell, Tench, and Epstein on Petty's solo album Wildflowers . In 1995,
2432-592: The book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland , then cutting and eating her as if she were a cake. This caused minor controversy after it was criticized by feminist groups, but the video did win an MTV Video Music Award . A successful concert tour led to the live album Pack Up the Plantation: Live! (1985). The band's live capabilities were also showcased when Bob Dylan invited the Heartbreakers to join him on his True Confessions Tour through Australia, Japan and
2496-405: The city of Los Angeles near Marmont Lane to its western border with Beverly Hills at Phyllis Street. The Sunset Strip is known for its boutiques, restaurants, rock clubs, and nightclubs , as well as its array of huge, colorful billboards . Prior to the 1984 incorporation of the city of West Hollywood , the Sunset Strip lay in an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County . Because of this,
2560-406: The entertainment industry, as well as hotels. During the 1990s, the center of the alternative music activity in Los Angeles shifted further east to areas like Echo Park , Silver Lake and Los Feliz . 77 Sunset Strip , a 1958–1964 TV series, was set on Sunset Strip between La Cienega Boulevard and Alta Loma Road. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip was a behind-the-scenes television drama of
2624-479: The follow-up album to Damn the Torpedoes . MCA wanted to release the record at the list price of $ 9.98. This so-called " superstar pricing " was a dollar more than the usual list price of $ 8.98. Petty voiced his objections to the price hike in the press, and the issue became a popular cause among music fans. Non-delivery of the album or naming it Eight Ninety-Eight were considered, but eventually MCA decided against
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2688-417: The hits " You Got Lucky " (U.S. #20) and " Change of Heart " (U.S. #21), and was to feature a track called "Keeping Me Alive", but producer Jimmy Iovine vetoed it from the album. Petty had expressed that he felt the album would have been more successful if "Keeping Me Alive" had been included. On the sixth album, Southern Accents (1985), the Heartbreakers picked up where they had left off. The recording
2752-608: The mid-1960s it became a major gathering place for the counterculture and was the scene of the Sunset Strip curfew riots in November 1966, involving police and crowds of young club-goers. Those riots inspired the Buffalo Springfield song " For What It's Worth ". Sunset Strip became popular with rock musicians and their fans. Bands such as Led Zeppelin , the Doors , the Byrds , Love ,
2816-646: 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 . As a teenager, Tom Petty joined or formed several bands in his hometown of Gainesville, Florida , included the Sundowners and the Epics, with Petty playing guitar and bass and singing as needed. In 1970, he and fellow North Central Florida resident Mike Campbell (lead guitar) formed Mudcrutch , with Benmont Tench (keyboards) joining in 1972. The band
2880-416: The price increase. The album became a Top Ten hit, going platinum and spawning the hit single " The Waiting " (#19 U.S.). The album also included the duet "Insider", with Stevie Nicks . On their fifth album, Long After Dark (1982), bass player Ron Blair was replaced by Howie Epstein (formerly of Del Shannon 's backing band), giving the Heartbreakers their lineup until 1991. Long After Dark features
2944-524: The settlement of a lawsuit against Johnny Depp and four others, involving allegations of mismanagement of profits, Depp relinquished his ownership of the Viper Room in 2004. The club changed hands multiple times between 2004 and 2016; the club is currently owned by Viper Room Holdings, Ltd. CEO James Cooper. A nightclub formerly called "The Viper Room" exists in Cincinnati . The club changed its name to "The Poison Room" on January 1, 2006, after they were told by
3008-485: The single " You Don't Know How It Feels ". Petty's final solo album was Highway Companion . As with Full Moon Fever , it was produced by Jeff Lynne . Campbell was the lead guitarist for the album, but no other Heartbreaker participated in the recording, as all instruments and vocals were performed by Petty, Campbell, and Lynne. Petty fought against his record company on more than one occasion: first in 1979 over transference to another label, and then again in 1981 over
3072-410: The spot and rename it "The Viper Room". Tom Waits also had a hand in redeveloping the spot. Despite the death of River Phoenix the year the venue opened, the club became and remained a hangout for Hollywood's most popular young actors and musicians. Adam Duritz , the lead singer of Counting Crows , worked as a Viper Room bartender in late 1994 and early 1995 to escape his newfound fame. As part of
3136-719: The spring of 2010. The band released Hypnotic Eye on July 29, 2014, and archive recordings from their Playlist box set Nobody's Children and Through the Cracks digitally in 2015. In 2017, the band embarked on a 40th Anniversary Tour of the United States. The tour began on April 20 in Oklahoma City and ended on September 25 with a performance at the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood, California. The Hollywood Bowl concert, which became
3200-603: The tour included Pearl Jam , the Allman Brothers Band , and Trey Anastasio . Additionally, Stevie Nicks joined the band onstage during the first eight concerts as well as subsequent second-leg dates to perform various songs from the Heartbreakers' catalog. For the Highway Companion Tour, they offered a Highway Companion's Club which allowed fans to receive priority seating, discounts at the Tom Petty Store,
3264-664: The touring lifestyle, departed the band. His replacement, Howie Epstein , remained with the band for the next two decades. In 1991, Scott Thurston joined the band as a multi-instrumentalist, primarily on rhythm guitar and secondary 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 " (both 1976), " Refugee " (1979), " The Waiting " (1981), " Learning to Fly " (1991), and " Mary Jane's Last Dance " (1993), among many others, that stretched over several decades of work. Although Petty
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#17328587855043328-557: The two Heartbreakers producing it alongside the likes of Danny Kortchmar and Bruce Hornsby . Campbell again wrote one of the hits from the album, " The Heart of the Matter ". In 1986, Bob Dylan wrote and recorded the track " Band of the Hand " as the theme song for the Paul Michael Glaser film of the same title . On the recording, Dylan is backed by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, with
3392-518: The venue, debuting material that would later appear on American Recordings (1994). In 1997, the Viper Room was also a place of a few early solo live performances by John Frusciante at the time of his bad physical condition caused by drug abuse . Other performers include Hot Mom, Avril Lavigne , Neurotic Outsiders (featuring Duff McKagan , The Penfifteen Club, Steve Jones and John Taylor), Keanu Reeves (who performed there with his band Dogstar in 1997), The Cult , Slash , X , Julliette and
3456-627: Was 1989's Full Moon Fever , which included his signature tune, " Free Fallin' ", as well as " I Won't Back Down ", later covered by Johnny Cash , "Runnin' Down a Dream" and Gene Clark 's Byrds classic " I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better ". The Heartbreakers were dismayed by Petty's decision to go solo. Nevertheless, Campbell played guitar solos on every track, Tench contributed piano to one track, and Epstein provided backing vocals to two tracks. Petty's second solo album, Wildflowers , included all Heartbreakers members except for Stan Lynch. The album, which featured Steve Ferrone on drums, produced
3520-636: Was a local success, eventually playing gigs across Florida, enjoying regular residences at popular clubs, and organizing music festivals at "Mudcrutch Farm", a large empty lot adjacent to the small house where most band members lived. In 1974, Mudcrutch relocated to Los Angeles, California in attempt to gain the attention of a major record label. Leon Russell signed them to Shelter Records , but their 1975 debut single "Depot Street" failed to chart, and after failing to record another single to their label's satisfaction, Mudcrutch disbanded. Though Mudcrutch had dissolved, Petty remained attached to Shelter Records as
3584-511: Was a nightclub with the same name in Melbourne ; it was closed down due to a spate of violent incidents that included two shootings as well as license breaches and the arrest of a co-owner on drug charges. On April 16, 2011, a nightclub named "The Viper Room" opened its doors in the city of Nijmegen in the Netherlands. The club is named after the club in Hollywood and is decorated in the same style as
3648-425: Was announced that Campbell (along with Neil Finn ) had joined Fleetwood Mac to replace lead guitarist Lindsey Buckingham . In September 2023, Campbell, Tench and Ferrone backed Bob Dylan for a surprise performance at Farm Aid . During the course of the band, the various members did session work for other notable artists. In 1981, Petty and Campbell wrote the lyrics to " Stop Draggin' My Heart Around ", which
3712-603: Was credited as being written by Dylan and Petty. In 1989, Petty released his debut solo album Full Moon Fever , which included five singles (" I Won't Back Down ", " Runnin' Down a Dream ", " Free Fallin' ", " A Face in the Crowd " and " Yer So Bad "), and was accompanied by a tour with the Replacements . Two years later, the Heartbreakers released Into the Great Wide Open , produced by Jeff Lynne , who had worked with Petty in
3776-403: Was insistent that the band's musical style be referred to as simply 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 the latter genre, which arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s. While the heartland rock movement waned in the 1990s,
3840-420: Was intended as a Heartbreakers song. However, their producer Jimmy Iovine , who was also producing Stevie Nicks , suggested it be turned into a duet with her, and the band agreed, so the song ended up on her album Bella Donna . All the Heartbreakers except Ron Blair had performed on the track. In the mid-1980s, former Eagle Don Henley teamed up with Campbell, Tench and Lynch for his 1984 album Building
3904-462: Was not without problems; Petty became frustrated during the mixing process and broke his left hand when punching a wall. The album included the psychedelic -sounding hit single " Don't Come Around Here No More " (#13 U.S.), which was produced by and co-written with Dave Stewart . The video for the single, which starred Stewart, featured Petty dressed as the Mad Hatter , mocking and chasing Alice from
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#17328587855043968-454: Was re-released in the U.S. and became a Top 40 hit in 1978, after word filtered back of the band's massive success in Britain, and perhaps more importantly after it featured on the extremely popular soundtrack to the 1978 film, FM . " American Girl " was covered in 1977 by Roger McGuinn on his " Thunderbyrd " LP. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' second album, You're Gonna Get It! (1978),
4032-461: Was settled, the Heartbreakers released their third album Damn the Torpedoes through MCA's Backstreet label. The album rapidly went platinum . It included " Don't Do Me Like That " (#10 U.S., the group's first Top Ten single) and " Refugee " (#15 U.S.), their U.S. breakthrough singles. Although he was already extremely successful, Petty again ran into record company trouble when he and the Heartbreakers prepared to release Hard Promises (1981),
4096-414: Was their first gold record , and featured the singles " I Need to Know " and " Listen To Her Heart ". In 1979, the band was dragged into a legal dispute when ABC Records , Shelter's distributor, was sold to MCA Records . Petty refused to be transferred to another record label and held fast to his principles, which led to his filing for bankruptcy as a tactic against MCA. In 1979, after their legal dispute
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