Robin Wilson was 20 when "Especially for You," The Smithereens' 1986 debut, became one of those seminal recordings he and everyone he worked with at the Tower Records on Mill Avenue was into. "They ...

Pat DiNizio, the songwriter and lead singer for the durable New Jersey rock ‘n’ roll band the Smithereens, whose melodic, guitar-heavy songs like “Blood and Roses” and “A Girl Like You” attracted a ...