Tom Petty Archives: 12/2025

Tom Petty. Faengslet, Horsens, Denmark - 2012

The album Tom Petty said was too wild to handle

Heartland rock going wrong.

Dec 31, 2025

Tom Petty - Musician - Guitarist - Songwriter - Singer

The worst decade for music, according to Tom Petty

Making a mockery of traditional rock music.

Dec 31, 2025

Tom Petty - Singer - Guitarist - 1980's

What was Tom Petty’s best-selling single?

A high point.

Dec 30, 2025

Tom Petty - Singer - Guitarist - 1980's

The two songwriters Tom Petty thought was out of everybody’s league: “It really intimidated me”

Legendary figures…

Dec 28, 2025

Tom Petty. Faengslet, Horsens, Denmark - 2012

The one band Tom Petty said was “too good to imagine”

Everything a rock fan could ask for.

Dec 27, 2025

The Traveling Wilburys - George Harrison - Tom Petty - Jeff Lynne - Bob Dylan

The most natural artist in the Traveling Wilburys, according to Tom Petty: “He could make it a lot better”

“The key word”.

Dec 25, 2025

Tom Petty. Faengslet, Horsens, Denmark - 2012

The song Tom Petty needed 100 takes to get right: “We all blamed each other”

Worth the wait.

Dale Maplethorpe

Dec 23, 2025

Tom Petty - Musician - 2012

The two albums that Tom Petty hated making: “A tread-water album”

Getting worse with time.

Dec 21, 2025

The Traveling Wilbury that Tom Petty considered a genius

The one Wilburys album Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne didn’t need

Far from perfect.

Dec 20, 2025

Tom Petty - Musician - Guitarist - Songwriter - Singer

The song Tom Petty considered his most famous: “It’s become synonymous with me”

The melodies that live on forever.

Dec 19, 2025

Tom Petty - Musician - 2012

Tom Petty’s greatest piece of writing: “That may be my favourite”

The purest sound of musical magic.

Dec 17, 2025

Jeff Lynne - Musician - 2000's

The album Jeff Lynne is most proud to have been part of: “My favourite”

Magic.

Dec 17, 2025