Music: Marshall Crenshaw Joins The Smithereens For Scituate Show

The Smithereens had a handful of hits in the late 1980s, as their gritty power pop found an audience that appreciated their classic garage rock sound with its punky intensity. Their star had faded with the arrival of grunge, in the 1990s, but they were enjoying a nice resurgence with the original lineup in the 2010s.But somewhat unexpectedly, lead singer and songwriter Pat DiNizio, 62, died in December 2017.