(1-70 of 70 song lyrics)Average rating for Smithereens songs is 7.52/10 [881 votes]. Selected popular Smithereens song of Sunday, December 22 2024 is "Maria Elena".
Top Smithereens Albums
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2011 [2011]
The Smithereens Play Tommy (Tribute to The Who) [2009]
B-Sides The Beatles (Beatles Tribute Album) [2008]
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... read more