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The Pettyfords were formed in the summer of 1996 by Roy Murakami, Cavan Nohara and Jeremy Rhode. Three bored high school kids with a passion for the same thing: Pop punk music. Countless hours were spent in drummer, Roy Murakami's, living room trying to fine tune some songs before the school year began. Lucky for the Pettyfords, Roy's parents were kind enough to let them practice there just as long as we cleaned the place up after we were finished. The band started out playing Screeching Weasel and Scared Of Chaka covers before diving into the depths of "ORIGINAL MUSIC"....

There have been at least 2 bands with the name Pettybone: 1. A Scottish Rock / Metal band (Active from 2002 - Present) 2. An English Punk / Hardcore band (Active from 2010 - 2012) 1. Pettybone, a 5-piece Rock/ Metal band hailing from Greenock, Scotland, were formed in 2002. They have a vast back catalogue of demo’s and have released 3 official EP’s, “Singularity” on 12th July 2010, “Continuum” on 15th January 2011 and “Eventuality” on 5th December 2011. All EP’s were available from iTunes, Spotify, AmazonMP3 and Bandcamp. Pettybone are expecting the release of their full length album...

A group signed with Kranky and The Riley Bushman Recordings & Archives, 'To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie' is an independent slow machine driven electronic outfit from Minneapolis, Minnesota consisting of Jehna Wilhelm and Mark McGee who mix, with great effect, melody and noise. Mark McGee also has another project called Father You See Queen. .

Thomas Earl Petty (20 October 1950 - 2 October 2017) was an American musician, singer, composer and songwriter best known for fronting Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Apart from the band, he released three solo albums: "Full Moon Fever" (1989), "Wildflowers" (1994) and "Highway Companion" (2006). After working with his early bands The Sundowners, The Epics, and Mudcrutch (which also included future Heartbreakers members Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench) he began his recording career with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers when the band broke onto the national music scene with their 1976 self-titled debut album. Still, it took America a...