Pat Smear

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1959-08-05 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Pat Smear

Biography

Georg Albert Ruthenberg (born August 5, 1959), better known by the stage name Pat Smear, is an American musician. He is best known as a rhythm guitarist for the rock band Foo Fighters, with whom he has recorded six studio albums. Smear was a founding member of punk band the Germs and was the touring guitarist for grunge band Nirvana from 1993 to 1994. After Nirvana disbanded following the suicide of its frontman Kurt Cobain, drummer Dave Grohl went on to become the frontman of rock band Foo Fighters, with Smear soon joining on guitar. He left Foo Fighters in 1997, before rejoining as a touring guitarist in 2005, and has been a full-time membe...

Acting

2016

2022

Studio 666

as Pat Smear

1998

2015

Cobain: Montage of Heck

as Self (archive footage)

1993

2023

1993

Nirvana: Live And Loud

as Self - Guitar

2005

1989

Citizen Tania

as Cinque

2022

Foo Fighters: One Less Hero

as Self (archive footage)

1989

The Book of Manson

as Jimi Hendrix

2015

2006

Nirvana - In Utero: Under Review

as Self (archive footage)

2011

Foo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert

as Self - Lead & Rhythm Guitars

1993

2015

1998

Free Tibet

as Self - Foo Fighters

Production

2022

Studio 666

as Executive Producer

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