The Smithereens

The Smithereens filtered their '60s British Invasion pop/rock roots through an '80s alt-rock sensiblity. Pat DiNizio's deep, moody vocals and Jim Babjak's thick, heavy guitar riffs added darkness and modernity to the classic pop structures of the group's songs. They broke big in the mid-'80s, and kept on chugging for quite a while, but by the end of the '90s, DiNizio shifted his focus elsewhere, working as a solo act and running for political office in New Jersey.

• Del-Lords
• Game Theory
• Lyres
• Marshall Crenshaw
• Matthew Sweet
• The BoDeans
• The Bongos
• The dB's
• The Del Fuegos
• The Fleshtones
• The Hoodoo Gurus
• The Neats
• The Posies
• The Wygals

• Beau Brummels
• Black Sabbath
• Buddy Holly
• Elvis Costello & The Attractions
• Nick Lowe
• The Beach Boys
• The Beatles
• The Clash
• The Kinks
• The Left Banke
• The Stranglers
• The Turtles
• The Who
• The Zombies

• Fastball
• Fountains Of Wayne
• Gin Blossoms
• Mike Viola & The Candy Butchers
• Nirvana (USA)
• Semisonic
• The Breetles
• The Figgs
• The Wallflowers
• Watts

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