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10 mar 2015 · By Joe Gagliardo. Talk about a bass player and drummer being locked in! Mike Mesaros and Dennis Diken of The Smithereens have been friends since the third grade. They spent their formative years spinning records together long before they started playing music. Jim Babjak, The Smithereens’ guitarist – wasn’t far behind.
28 set 2002 · Among the players on that album, 1995’s Just a Thought, were Mesaros, Hamilton and ex- Del Lords drummer Frank Funaro. This became the original touring line-up of Stickfigure and a second album, Feedbag, followed in 1997.
31 mag 2010 · The Smithereens in a promo shot (Left to Right: Dennis Diken, Jim Babjak, Pat DiNizio and Mike Mesaros) More albums and Top 40 success Dixon and Ball joined The Smithereens at the Capitol Records tower in Los Angeles to record the band’s second album, “Green Thoughts.”
The New Jersey Hall of Fame will induct the four original members of The Smithereens: Carteret, NJ, native sons Dennis Diken, Mike Mesaros, and Jim Babjak, and Scotch Plains, NJ's Pat DiNizio, who passed away in 2017. Also being inducted into the class of 2019: Southside Johnny Lyon. "It's a total irony and so wonderful that we're being ...
24 mar 2023 · The day before I spoke with the Smithereens’ drummer, Dennis Diken, the long-running New Jersey power pop act celebrated the 43rd anniversary of the band’s first-ever show. It’s a testament to the band’s verve and drive that they continue on, despite the passing of frontman and vocalist Pat DiNizio in 2017. In the years since DiNizio’s death, the band has...
18 apr 2023 · It’s hard to believe. When he passed away in December of ’17 were just shell-shocked. We didn’t know what the future might hold for us, although we certainly wanted to continue playing because Jimmy Babjak and I started playing together during the first week of high school in 1971. Mike Mesaros, the bass player, we’ve known since third ...
11 gen 2017 · JAY LUSTIG January 11, 2017. Mike Mesaros, right, performs with The Smithereens at the Hungarian American Citizens Club in Woodbridge, Oct. 29. In October, Smithereens fans saw something that many probably thought they’d never see again: a show by the complete, original band, including bassist Mike Mesaros, who rejoined his old friends for ...
