The Smithereens are a rock band from Carteret, New Jersey. The group, formed in 1980, has consisted of Pat DiNizio (lead singer/guitar), Jim Babjak (guitar), Mike Mesaros (bass guitar), and Dennis Diken (drums) until 2006, when Mike parted ways with the band. Severo "The Thrilla" Jornacion currently fills his spot.
The Smithereens are known for writing and playing catchy 1960s-influenced power pop. The group gained some publicity when a single from its first album, "Blood and Roses", was included on the soundtrack for, and as the theme song of the 1986 Albert Pyun movie, Dangerously Close, and the video got some moderately heavy rotation on MTV. The group spent some time in its initial semi-celebrity phase defending itself in Rolling Stone against thinly-veiled accusations of sounding too much like The Byrds and The Beatles, pointing out that its Marshall Amplifier-heavy live sound was closer to heavy metal than it was to The Beatles. The Smithereens have always worn their...
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Track listing: She's Got a WayHouse at the End of the WorldEverything ChangesFlowers in the BloodThe Long LonelinessSomedayThe Age of InnocenceGloomy SundayI BelieveAll Revved UpEven If I Never Get Back HomeTryThe Last Good Time
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Track listing: Strangers When We MetOnly a MemoryA Girl Like YouBehind the Wall of SleepBlood and RosesYesterday GirlIn a Lonely PlaceToo Much PassionDrown in My Own TearsHouse We Used to Live In
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Track listing: Here Come the Smithereens (1945 Smith College Women's Choir)Girl Don't Tell MeGirls About TownTime & Time Again (original demo)Don't Be Cruel (feat. Otis Blackwell)Hang Ten HighTracey's WorldBlood & Roses (Pat's original demo)Blood & Roses (original band demo)Just a Little (feat. The Beau Brummels) (live)The SeekerYesterday Girl (Pat's 4-Track demo)Poor Little Pitiful OneMaria Elena (acoustic)You Really Got Me (feat. The Kinks) (live)One After 909World Keeps Going 'roundBehind the Wall of Sleep (live)Something StupidShakin' All OverRudolph, the Red-Nosed ReindeerRuler of My HeartIt Don't Come EasyLust for LifeLike Someone in LoveA Girl Like You (Strip club version)
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Track listing: Miles From NowhereLove Is GoneGottiCan't Go Home Anymore[unknown]Point of No ReturnSleep the Night AwayEverything I Have Is BlueWar for My MindLong Way Back AgainAfternoon TeaSick of SeatleLife Is So Beautiful
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Track listing: Top of the PopsToo Much PassionTell Me When Did Things Go So WrongEvening DressGet a Hold of My HeartIndigo BluesNow and ThenGirl in Room 12Anywhere You AreOver and Over AgainIt's AlrightIf You Want the Sun to Shine
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Track listing: A Girl Like YouBlues Before and AfterBlue PeriodBaby Be GoodRoom Without a ViewYesterday GirlCut FlowersWilliam WilsonMaria ElenaKiss Your Tears Away
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Track listing: Only a MemorySomething NewThe World We KnowEspecially for YouDeep BlackElaineSpellboundIf the Sun Doesn't ShineGreen ThoughtsDrown in My Own TearsHouse We Used to Live In
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Track listing: Strangers When We MeetBlood and RosesHand of GloryCrazy Mixed-Up KidIn a Lonely PlaceWhite Castle BluesAlone at MidnightI Don't Want to Lose YouTime and Time AgainCigaretteListen to Me GirlGroovy Tuesday
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