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"Rebels" is a song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It appeared on the 1985 album Southern Accents and was released as a single in the same year. Although it only reached #74 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart, it fared much better on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, where it peaked at #5. "Rebels" and Petty's broken hand The track was recorded in 1984. It was during the recording of this track that Petty broke his hand. Petty remembers being so high on drugs that he could not get an arrangement he liked. Petty went into the control room, and put the original demo tape on, which featured just him and a Rickenbacker 12-string guitar. He believed that they had yet to record an arrangement better than this demo, which made him so furious that he stormed up the stairs into his house, and punched the wall, causing severe damage to his left hand. After taking time off for his hand to heal, Petty called Jimmy Iovine in to help him finish "Rebels" along with some other tracks on Southern Accents. Alan "Bugs" Weidel, Tom's roadie, considers "Rebels" a least favorite of his due to Petty's broken hand. Reception Cash Box said that it's "another strong outing from Petty And The Heartbreakers" and highlighted "Petty’s urgent vocal and lyrics of alienation." Personnel Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Tom Petty – 12-string guitar, lead vocals Mike Campbell – guitars, bass, keyboards Benmont Tench – keyboards, backing vocals Stan Lynch – drums, backing vocals Howie Epstein – backing vocals

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“Rebellion presupposes the existence of oppression and, on the psychological plane, deification of rebellion creates an affective compact with oppression.”
— Giovanni Baldelli, Social Anarchism (1971), p. 7
“They have been told that their dissent from violent measures is an encouragement to rebellion. Men of great presumption and little knowledge will hold a language which is contradicted by the whole course of history. General rebellions and revolts of an whole people never were encouraged, now or at any time. They are always provoked.”
— Edmund Burke, Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol (3 April 1777)
“When the sword of rebellion is drawn, the sheath should be thrown away.”
— John Singleton Copley, letter on the subject of the American Revolution (Aug. 6, 1775).
“No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.”
— Barbara Ehrenreich, "Family Values," The Worst Years of Our Lives (1991).
“Marxism comprises many principles, but in the final analysis they can all be brought back to a single sentence: It is right to rebel.”
— Mao Zedong, Speech marking the 60th birthday of Stalin (20 December 1939), later revised as "It is right to rebel against reactionaries."
“Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.”
— Inscription on a Cannon near which the ashes of President John Bradshaw were lodged, on the top of hill near Martha Bay in Jamaica. See Stiles—History of the Three Judges of Charles I. Attributed also to Franklin in Randall's Life of Jefferson, Volume III. P. 585. Motto on Jefferson's seal.

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Notable quotes

“Rebellion presupposes the existence of oppression and, on the psychological plane, deification of rebellion creates an affective compact with oppression.”
— Giovanni Baldelli, Social Anarchism (1971), p. 7
“They have been told that their dissent from violent measures is an encouragement to rebellion. Men of great presumption and little knowledge will hold a language which is contradicted by the whole course of history. General rebellions and revolts of an whole people never were encouraged, now or at any time. They are always provoked.”
— Edmund Burke, Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol (3 April 1777)
“When the sword of rebellion is drawn, the sheath should be thrown away.”
— John Singleton Copley, letter on the subject of the American Revolution (Aug. 6, 1775).
“No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.”
— Barbara Ehrenreich, "Family Values," The Worst Years of Our Lives (1991).
“Marxism comprises many principles, but in the final analysis they can all be brought back to a single sentence: It is right to rebel.”
— Mao Zedong, Speech marking the 60th birthday of Stalin (20 December 1939), later revised as "It is right to rebel against reactionaries."
“Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.”
— Inscription on a Cannon near which the ashes of President John Bradshaw were lodged, on the top of hill near Martha Bay in Jamaica. See Stiles—History of the Three Judges of Charles I. Attributed also to Franklin in Randall's Life of Jefferson, Volume III. P. 585. Motto on Jefferson's seal.

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