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5 unusual facts about The Smithereens


All I've Got to Do

In 2007, The Smithereens covered "All I've Got to Do"—and all the other songs on Meet The Beatles!—on their tribute album Meet the Smithereens!.

Carteret High School

Jim Babjak (born 1957), Dennis Diken and Mike Mesaros formed The Smithereens.

I Want to Tell You

The Smithereens covered the song on the 2005 deluxe edition of God Save The Smithereens.

It Don't Come Easy

The song was covered by the American band The Smithereens on their album of rarities, Attack of the Smithereens.

There's a Place

The Smithereens also released a cover on their 2008 album, B-Sides The Beatles.


Fuel 2000

Since its inception the company has released over 900 album titles including new offerings from Jethro Tull, Deep Purple, Julian Lennon, Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Ian Hunter, Edgar Winter, Jefferson Starship, The Smithereens, Berlin, Missing Persons, Culture Club, Asia and more.

I Was a Teenage Zombie

Other bands and artists appearing on the film's soundtrack include: The Del Fuegos, The dB's, Dream Syndicate, the Violent Femmes, The Waitresses, The Smithereens, Los Lobos, Alex Chilton and the Ben Vaughn Group.

Meet The Smithereens!

Meet The Smithereens! is the seventh studio album by Carteret, New Jersey-based rock band The Smithereens.

Peter Baldrachi

Originally released as Tomorrow Never Knows in September 2011, the Back To The Start was remixed by Ed Stasium, (Ramones, Mick Jagger, The Smithereens, Reverend Horton Heat, Nada Surf), and re-released adding another song “Picture On My Wall,” recording additional parts, and resequencing the album's tracks.

The Chevelles

For the remainder of 1992 the Chevelles performed regular gigs in Perth, supporting the likes of Falling Joys and The Clouds and overseas acts like The Smithereens.

The Smithereens Play Tommy

The Smithereens Play Tommy is the ninth studio album by Carteret, New Jersey-based rock band The Smithereens.


see also

Loren Israel

He toured the country with these bands, opening for bands like Bad Religion, the Sugarcubes, Soul Asylum, Social Distortion, the Damned, and the Smithereens.

The Masticators

Severo Jornacion, went on to join the Smithereens, Lisa Mychols on to her solo projects, and Robbie to join Steve Barton and the Oblivion Click, Kingsizemaybe, Nice Guy Eddie and Jeff Caudill and the Good Times Band.