<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UNZbP3ZVem4" frameborder="0" gesture="media" allow="encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>Saw the Smithereens many times in the late '80s -- most memorably a Stone Pony show broadcast live on WNEW-FM before which Edward Natoli and I visited a Palace Amusements overrun with crack dealers -- but my favourite Pat DiNizio anecdote occurred when the band opened for Squeeze at Jones Beach. 'We're the Smithereens!' cried DiNizio. Silence. 'We're the SMITHEREENS!' he cried again, eliciting weak applause. 'We're the FUCKIN' SMITHEREENS!' The Long Island crowd went wild. A band that good shouldn't have had to work so hard to be appreciated. Maybe DiNizio's passing at 62 will bring long-overdue acclaim. RIP to the pride of Scotch Plains, NJ.
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Thursday, 14 December 2017
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