Doesn’t It All Come Down to Blood and Roses?

Especially for You by The Smithereens

Here we have yet another musical legend hailing from my home state of New Jersey. The Smithereens helped to define the 80s musical explosion that was Alternative music, or College Rock, that paved the way for so much of what we experienced from Alt Rock in the 90s. Officially described as Power Pop, the Smithereens wrote hard but catchy tunes that so ac…