Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers "Hard Promises" 2024-02-09 Matt Jordan

Matt Jordan

and this was reflected in it's chart success

founding member Louise Post returned to the studio along with Stephen Fitzpatrick (guitars)

MCA signed the band in 1996 following moderate sales of their debut Cheshire Cat (1995) and growing popularity of the trio in Australia

shouted anarchist themes and propulsive drumming

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers "Hard Promises" 2024-02-09 Matt JordanDamn the Torpedoes wasn't simply a culmination of Tom Petty's art; it happened to be a huge success, enabling him to call the shots on its successor, Hard Promises. Infamously, he used his first album as a star to challenge the record industry's practice of charging more for A list artists, demanding that Hard Promises should be listed for less than most records by an artist of his stature, but if that was the only thing notable about the album, it