Lots of bands lose their leaders and are at a loss as to how to move on. Few acts have handled that dilemma like The Smithereens. When vocalist and main songwriter Pat DiNizio died in 2017 at the age ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – It’s been almost six years since Pat DiNizio, lead singer, guitarist and main songwriter for the New Jersey-bred rock band The Smithereens, died at the age of 62. But the band, ...

ALBANY -- "It was long ago. It seems like yesterday," Pat DiNizio sang, signaling the start of "Blood and Roses," arguably the Smithereens' finest song, and one of the most overlooked anthems of the ...

Young at heart and young on stage is how The Smithereens still feel after performing together for more than four decades. “We play like we’re teenagers and we really feel that same spark that we did ...

A few years later, they hit it big with chart-topping tunes “Blood and Roses,” “A Girl Like You” and “Only A Memory.” “I was 31 when we hit, and we didn’t just open the door, we kicked it down,” said ...

He’s best known as the lead singer of the alternative-rock band Gin Blossoms. Robin Wilson of Gin Blossoms performs at McLane Stadium on September 2, 2016 in Waco, Texas. (Photo by Ronald ...

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 ...

As a Pete Townshend connoisseur, The Smithereens' Jim Babjak knows a thing or two about The Who's hefty repertoire – and the nuts and bolts of what makes the Townshend guitar sound. In fact, the New ...