Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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.

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 ...

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 ...