TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS-DAMN THE TORPEDOES

TOM PETTY (ex-MUDCRUTCH) AND THE HEARTBREAKERS IS AN AMERICAN ROCK AND ROLL/NEW WAVE/R&B BAND. THIS THIRD ALBUM UNDER THE BACKSTREET/MCA LABEL WAS RECORDED IN 1979. IT WENT PLATINUM, SELLING TWO MILLION COPIES AND YIELDED THREE NO:1 HIT SINGLES IN AMERICA. MOST OF THEIR SONGS ARE ABOUT BOY/GIRL / HUMAN RIGHTS/SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP AND AT TIMES THEY SOUNDED LIKE THE BYRDS. MY FAVE SONG IS "REFUGEE"

MEMBERS: TOM PETTY-12&6 STRINGS GUITAR, HARMONICA, LEAD VOCALS-BENMONT TENCH-PIANO, ORGAN, HARMONIUM, VOCALS-MIKE CAMPBELL-SLIDE, 12&6 STRINGS GUITAR-STAN LYNCH-DRUM, VOCALS-RON BLAIR- ELECTRIC BASS GUITAR.

SIDE ONE: 1.REFUGEE(video) 2. HERE COMES MY GIRL 3. EVEN THE LOSERS 4.SHADOW OF A DOUBT(A COMPLEX KID) 5. CENTURY CITY.

SIDE TWO: 1. DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT 2. YOU TELL ME 3. WHAT ARE YOU DOIN' IN MY LIFE 4. LOUISIANA RAIN.