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Pat DiNizio October 12 1955 – December 12 2017 Was The Lead Singer Songwriter And Member Of The Band The Smithereens Which He Formed In 1980 With Jim Babjak Dennis Diken And Mike Mesaros From Carteret New Jersey. A Native Of Scotch Plains New Jersey He Has Released A Number Of Solo Albums Sounds And Songs 1997 This Is Pat DiNizio A Collection Of Cover Songs Arranged For Piano And Vocals 2006 Revolutions 2 CDs Plus 1 DVD Limited Edition Of 300 Copies 2006 Pat DiNizio 2007 And Pat DiNizio/Buddy Holly 2008 . An Expanded 2-CD Version Of This Is Pat DiNizio Was Issued In 2011. In 2000 DiNizio Made An Unsuccessful Run For The New Jersey Seat Of The United States Senate Running On The Reform Party Ticket. He Finished 4th With 19 312 Votes 0.64% . The Campaign Was Chronicled In The 2001 Documentary Film Mr. Smithereen Goes To Washington. The Same Year He Launched The "Living Room Tour " A Five-Month Jaunt Where He Performed Solo By Request Only In The Homes Of Fans. The Tour Was A Success And He Still Occasionally Books Similar Concerts For A Nominal Fee. In 2001 DiNizio Was One Of The First Musicians To Throw His Support Behind XM Satellite Radio Becoming Host And Program Director For The XM Radio Unsigned Station. He Was Also An Inaugural Member Of The Independent Music Awards' Judging Panel To Support Independent Artists. In 2006 He Was The Focus Of 7th Inning Stretch An ESPN2 Reality Special. The Special Focused On DiNizio's Recovery From A "life-Threatening And Debilitating Nervous Disorder" By Training And Attempting To Try Out For A Minor League Baseball Team The Somerset Patriots Along With Tales Of Baseball Folklore From Other Musicians Such As Joan Jett Gene Simmons And Bruce Springsteen. DiNizio Also Released An Audio Book Confessions Of A Rock Star And Continued To Perform Both Solo Acoustic Shows And With The Smithereens. From November 2011 To June 2012 DiNizio Presented A Condensed Live Adaptation Of The Book With Storytelling And Full Band Accompaniment In Nightly Performances At The Riviera Hotel & Casino In Las Vegas. Discography Solo Discography
Songs And Sounds 1997 Velvel Records This Is Pat DiNizio 2006 Fuel/Universal Pat DiNizio 2007 East West Records Buddy Holly 2009 Koch Records With The Smithereens
Girls About Town 1980 D-Tone Beauty And Sadness 1983 Little Ricky Records/Capitol Especially For You 1986 Enigma/Capitol Green Thoughts 1988 Enigma/Capitol Smithereens 11 1989 Enigma/Capitol Blow Up 1991 Capitol A Date With The Smithereens 1994 BMG/Excelsior God Save The Smithereens 1999 Velvel Records/Koch Records Meet The Smithereens! 2007 Koch Records A Tribute To The Beatles Covering The Entire Meet The Beatles! Album. Live In Concert! Greatest Hits And More 2008 Koch B-Sides The Beatles 2008 Koch Another Compilation Of Beatles Covers This Time Including Only "flipsides" Of Singles The Smithereens Play Tommy 2009 EOne Music 2011 2011 EOne Music Books
"Removing The Horns" Introduction To Wearing The Horns By Author Clifford Meth 2003 Aardwolf Publishing 8 Confessions Of A Rock Star 2009 Filmography Films
Singles 1992 Actor
Mr. Smithereen Goes To Washington 2001 Actor
King Leisure S.O.B. 2004 Writer/director/actor
Dead Horse 2004 Actor/producer/composer Television
Space Ghost Coast To Coast 1996 Cartoon Network As Himself
7th Inning Stretch 2006 ESPN2 Actor/director/writer/producer read less