The Smithereens are a powerpop/rock group from Carteret, New Jersey. The group formed in 1980 and consists of Pat Dinizio (lead singer/guitar), Jim Babjak (guitar), Mike Mesaros (bass), and Dennis Diken (drums). The group gained some notoriety 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. Along with a basic Eastern-coast roots-rock sound that owed much to the inspirations of DiNizio, including Buddy Holly, The Who, The Clash,
1 | Maria Elena | 11 |
2 | Tell Me When Did Things Go So Wrong | Blow Up |
3 | Elaine | Green Thoughts |
4 | If The Sun Doesn't Shine | Green Thoughts |
5 | Baby Be Good | 11 |
6 | Top Of The Pops | Blow Up |
7 | Deep Black | Green Thoughts |
8 | It's Alright | Blow Up |
9 | Listen to Me Girl | Especially for You |
10 | Drown In My Own Tears | Green Thoughts |
11 | Blues Before And After | 11 |
12 | Especially For You | Green Thoughts |
13 | Blue Period | 11 |
14 | Over And Over Again | Blow Up |
15 | Get A Hold Of My Heart | Blow Up |
16 | Something New | Green Thoughts |
17 | Time And Time Again | Especially for You |
18 | White Castle Blues | Especially for You |
19 | In a Lonely Place | Especially for You |
20 | Only A Memory | Blown to Smithereens: The Best of the Smithereens |