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 | Get A Hold Of My Heart | Blow Up |
2 | Baby Be Good | 11 |
3 | It's Alright | Blow Up |
4 | Top Of The Pops (LP Version) | Top Of The Pops (Single) |
5 | Alone at Midnight | Especially for You |
6 | Top Of The Pops (Fade) | Top Of The Pops (Single) |
7 | Too Much Passion | Blow Up |
8 | Crazy Mixed-Up Kid | Especially for You |
9 | If The Sun Doesn't Shine | Green Thoughts |
10 | Green Thoughts | Green Thoughts |
11 | Blues Before And After | 11 |
12 | Listen to Me Girl | Especially for You |
13 | Elaine | Green Thoughts |
14 | Drown In My Own Tears | Green Thoughts |
15 | Over And Over Again | Blow Up |
16 | Behind the Wall of Sleep | Especially for You |
17 | House We Used To Live In | Green Thoughts |
18 | Yesterday Girl | 11 |
19 | Cigarette | Especially for You |
20 | Girl In Room 12 | Blow Up |