The Smithereens take the stage Saturday, June 27, for a home state concert at the Williams Center in Rutherford.

The Smithereens' music contains touches of The Beatles and Buddy Holly, with a hint of metal and prog-rock. Rock critic Ken Tucker says the new... The Smithereens' Sweet Nostalgia, With Fresh ...

When the Smithereens debuted in 1980, they actually had to refute criticism that they sounded too much like the Beatles. Such dated lunacy makes it especially ironic that a quarter-century later the ...

There were a lot of love, rock stars and White Castle hamburgers at the sold-out Count Basie Theatre in Red Bank on Saturday. The “Time and Time Again: A Celebration of the Life of Pat DiNizio” show, ...

New Jersey rockers the Smithereens have unearthed a “lost album” five years after the death of singer Pat DiNizio and nearly 30 years after they recorded it. Dubbed The Lost Album, the LP stems from a ...

In 2017, New Jersey's famed Smithereens lost their lead singer. They didn't get a replacement. They got lots of them ...

Pat DiNizio worked for his dad’s company as a garbage collector until he was 31, running the business alongside his father. But at night he led a rather different life, playing the music he loved. The ...

Fans and supporters have spoken — “America’s band” deserves to be in the New Jersey Hall of Fame. The Smithereens are among 50 nominees that the public can vote on for inclusion in the New Jersey Hall ...

"A man who learned from the greats & could craft an effortless, classic pop song," wrote Mark McGrath of the Smithereens singer. News of the Dec. 12 death of The Smithereens founder and singer Pat ...

In the world of The Smithereens, women tend to be girls, who tend to be either saviors or destroyers of the singer's closed-in universe. With a lesser band of middle-aged American men deploying guitar ...