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Georg Albert Ruthenberg (born August 5, 1959), better known by his stage name Pat Smear, is an American musician. He is best known for being the lead guitarist and co-founder of Los Angeles–based punk band The Germs and for being a rhythm guitarist for grunge band Nirvana (which he joined as a touring guitarist in 1993), and Foo Fighters ...
Apr 24, 2022 · Just after finishing the band's second album 'The Colour and the Shape', Pat Smear opted to leave the Foo Fighters just as they were about to embark on a tour.
Feb 5, 2021 · It’s been over a quarter of a century since Foo Fighters was born as a vehicle for Dave Grohl’s unheard solo material. Now, as they celebrate 10th LP, Medicine At Midnight, we caught up with Pat Smear and Chris Shiflett to look back at the guitarists’ journeys as part of the biggest band on earth.
Pat Smear. Before discovering punk rock, guitarist Pat Smear found God. Born Georg Ruthenberg in Los Angeles, CA, on August 5, 1959, Smear ran away from home at the age of 13 to join a Jesus commune. Smear then…. Read Full Biography.
How Pat Smear Joined Nirvana. Dave Grohl and Pat Smear recall Kurt Cobain asking the Germs guitarist to join Nirvana.
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Aug 29, 2013 · Pat Smear Remembers Nirvana’s Final Year. With a deluxe reissue of 'In Utero' out soon, the band's touring guitarist looks back. Kurt Cobain and Pat Smear at Nirvana's 'Unplugged in New...
Jun 23, 2024 · Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, and Steve Albini once discussed how Pat Smear helped to save Nirvana with his musical excellence and his technical ability.
Pat Smear was a comparative unknown in the early ‘90s, at least to grunge-loving teens tuned into the sounds emitting from the Pacific Northwest. But a phone call changed everything for the Los Angeles punk, largely off-radar since the dissolution of his first band, the Germs, in 1980.
Feb 17, 2022 · Through his pioneering work with the Germs, Nirvana, and Foo Fighters, Pat Smear established the blueprint for alternative rock guitar.
Georg Albert Ruthenberg, better known by his stage name Pat Smear, is an American musician. He is best known for being the lead guitarist and co-founder of Los Angeles–based punk band The...
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