EditorialSmutty Smiff, the bass player for the Rockats, poses for a portrait with a replacement bass for the one stolen outside a diner in Jersey City in 1982, at his home in Reykjavik, Iceland on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. (Kristin Bogadottir/The New York Times)
EditorialThe musician Smutty Smiff at home in Reykjavik, Iceland, on Sept. 27, 2021, with a replacement bass for the one stolen outside a diner in Jersey City in 1982. (Kristin Bogadottir/The New York Times)