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Dennis Diken (25 Feb 1957 - )

Male Person - United States co-founded The Smithereens, WFMU radio host

Releases (1)

Official

Album

  1. Late Music 29 Sep 2009 (as Dennis Diken with Bell Sound)

Relationships (3)

Member Of

  1. The Smithereens (1980) original, membranophone
  2. What Else
  3. Osaka Popstar

Recordings by (15)

  1. The Sun's Gonna Shine in the Morning 3:15 (29 Sep 2009)
  2. Standing in That Line 3:57 (29 Sep 2009)
  3. Long Lonely Ride 3:20 (29 Sep 2009)
  4. No One's Listening 2:55 (29 Sep 2009)
  5. I've Been Away 3:32 (29 Sep 2009)
  6. So Hard to Say Goodbye 3:18 (29 Sep 2009)
  7. Fall Into Your Arms 3:40 (29 Sep 2009)
  8. Lost Bird 2:54 (29 Sep 2009)
  9. Let Your Loved One Sleep 3:17 (29 Sep 2009)
  10. The Bad Merry-Go-Round 6:12 (29 Sep 2009)
  11. Don't Let Me Sleep Too Long 3:24 (29 Sep 2009)
  12. Temptation Cake 4:28 (29 Sep 2009)
  13. Tell All the Fools 3:25 (29 Sep 2009)
  14. Bear (In My Garden) 3:27 (2010)
  15. Dennis 4:32 (19 May 2023)

On Recordings (35)

Performer

  1. You Better Sit Down, Kids 3:51 What Else feat. Jim Babjak & Dennis Diken (1991)

Instruments

  1. Behind the Wall of Sleep 3:23 The Smithereens (1986) drums (drum set)
  2. Shut Them Out 2:26 Scott McCaughey (1989) drums (drum set)
  3. Real True Tragedy Incident 2:50 Scott McCaughey (1989) drums (drum set)
  4. Waking Up 3:23 Scott McCaughey (1989) drums (drum set)
  5. You'll Never See My Face Again 4:21 Scott McCaughey (1989) drums (drum set)
  6. Lathe 6:59 Scott McCaughey (1989) drums (drum set)
  7. Big Deal 2:45 Scott McCaughey (1989) drums (drum set)
  8. Happy For The Box 2:03 Scott McCaughey (1989) drums (drum set)
  9. The Big Dead End 2:08 Scott McCaughey (1989) drums (drum set)
  10. People Say 2:42 Scott McCaughey (1989) drums (drum set)
  11. Fair Exchange 2:47 Scott McCaughey (1989) drums (drum set)
  12. A Sobering Thought 3:28 Scott McCaughey (1989) drums (drum set)
  13. Evolution 2:45 Scott McCaughey (1989) drums (drum set)
  14. The Real Prime Detective 3:02 Scott McCaughey (1989) drums (drum set)
  15. I Might Have Listened 1:56 Scott McCaughey (1989) drums (drum set)
  16. Losing Battle 3:04 Scott McCaughey (1989) drums (drum set)
  17. Got You 3:50 The Minus 5 (27 Feb 2001) drums (drum set)
  18. Desperate for Someone 4:38 The Minus 5 (27 Feb 2001) drums (drum set)
  19. Next 3:58 Irwin Chusid with The Hoof & Mouth Sinfonia (31 Jan 2003) membranophone
  20. Don't Let Him Waste Your Time 3:51 Nancy Sinatra (28 Sep 2004) percussion, drums (drum set)
  21. Baby's Coming Back to Me 3:10 Nancy Sinatra (28 Sep 2004) drums (drum set)
  22. Beat on the Brat 2:35 “Weird Al” Yankovic (24 Nov 2017) drums (drum set)
  23. Garbageman 3:35 William Shatner (12 Jan 2018) drums (drum set)
  24. Cheerio, Cherry Lips, Cheerio 1:21 Uncle Floyd Vivino (12 Jan 2018) additional, drums (drum set)
  25. Mah Na Mah Na 2:06 The Kipper Kids (12 Jan 2018) drums (drum set)
  26. Shaving Cream (punk lyrics) 3:26 Uncle Floyd Vivino & Oogie (12 Jan 2018) drums (drum set)
  27. Dr. Demento Opening Theme (Pico & Sepulveda) 1:33 The Roto Rooter Good Time Christmas Band (12 Jan 2018) drums (drum set)
  28. Shaving Cream (reprise, traditional lyrics) 3:07 Uncle Floyd Vivino & Oogie (12 Jan 2018) drums (drum set)
  29. Fish Heads 1:43 Osaka Popstar (12 Jan 2018) drums (drum set)
  30. Those Two Dreadful Children 3:31 Rasputina (12 Jan 2018) additional, drums (drum set)
  31. Pico & Sepulveda 2:24 Osaka Popstar (12 Jan 2018) drums (drum set)
  32. Dr. Demento Theme (reprise) [Pico & Sepulveda] 1:46 Osaka Popstar's Demented Punk Orchestra with the Roto Rooter Good Time Christmas Band (12 Jan 2018) drums (drum set)
  33. The Thing 2:31 Adam West (12 Jan 2018) drums (drum set)

Vocals

  1. Behind the Wall of Sleep 3:23 The Smithereens (1986)

Credited as (7)

  1. Dennis Diken with Bell Sound
  2. What Else feat. Jim Babjak & Dennis Diken
  3. Dennis Diken
  4. Rogers & Butler feat. Dennis Diken, Sal Maida, Don Piper & Joe McGinty
  5. Rogers & Butler feat. Dennis Diken, Sal Maida & Don Piper
  6. Rogers & Butler feat. Dennis Diken, Sal Maida, Don Piper, Joe McGinty & Chris Carmichael
  7. Rogers & Butler feat. Dennis Diken, Sal Maida, Don Piper, Joe McGinty & Curtis Hasselbring

Works (33)

Wrote

  1. Christmas Time All Over the World
  2. Christmas (I Remember)
  3. Much Too Much
  4. She's Got a Way
  5. House at the End of the World
  6. Everything Changes
  7. Flowers in the Blood
  8. The Long Loneliness
  9. Someday
  10. The Age of Innocence
  11. I Believe
  12. All Revved Up
  13. Even If I Never Get Back Home
  14. Try
  15. The Last Good Time
  16. This Is the Way the World Ends
  17. A World Apart
  18. King of the World
  19. On the Beach
  20. Sorry
  21. One Look at You
  22. A World of Our Own
  23. Keep on Running
  24. Rings on Her Fingers
  25. As Long as You Are Near Me
  26. Bring Back the One I Love
  27. Nobody Lives Forever
  28. Goodnight Goodbye
  29. All the Same
  30. Viennese Hangover
  31. Turn It Around
  32. What Went Wrong
  33. Back to Balboa

Links (4)

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/435368
  2. https://www.discogs.com/artist/2092361

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5258348

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/2lTR1Re6K2104ySrICejfu