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Did You Know...

...that Bob Dylan and Tom Petty once showed up to a press conference wearing ridiculous make-up?

...that Tom Petty shortened his name because "Tommy Petty" didn't look right on the record?

...that Tom Petty and Stan Lynch got into an altercation with the Sex Pistols' Johnny Rotten?

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"I became bandleader by accident. I didn't want the job. Hell, I still don't want the job."

- Tom Petty