# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pat-smear
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:13:37.364Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pat-smear"
name: "Pat Smear"
slug: "pat-smear"
description: "Georg Albert Ruthenberg, better known by his stage name Pat Smear, is an American musician and since 2010 has been a guitarist for Foo Fighters. He was the lead guitarist and co-founder of Los Angeles–based punk band The Germs and a rhythm guitarist for Nirvana. After Nirvana disbanded following the death of frontman Kurt Cobain, drummer Dave Grohl went on to form Foo Fighters, with Smear joining on guitar. Smear left the band in 1997 before rejoining as a touring guitarist in 2005 and being promoted back to a full-time member in 2010."
tagline: "American musician and actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Patsmear.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1959-08-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           60.88
  momentum:             11.68406239005512
  historical:           23.95671733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751942/"
    handle:    "nm0751942"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/36AOO7vOYRSjm2nVgvu63E"
    handle:    "36AOO7vOYRSjm2nVgvu63E"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.patsmear.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/251655"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Smear"
    title: "Pat Smear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "پات سميار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1"
    title: "پت اسمیر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Smear"
    title: "Pat Smear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Smear"
    title: "Pat Smear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Smear"
    title: "Pat Smear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Smear"
    title: "Pat Smear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Smear"
    title: "Pat Smear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1"
    title: "پت اسمیر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Smear"
    title: "Pat Smear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Smear"
    title: "Pat Smear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Smear"
    title: "Pat Smear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%90%D7%98_%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A8"
    title: "פאט סמיר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Smear"
    title: "Pat Smear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Smear"
    title: "Pat Smear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Smear"
    title: "Pat Smear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8C%BB_%EC%8A%A4%EB%AF%B8%EC%96%B4"
    title: "팻 스미어"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Smear"
    title: "Pat Smear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Smear"
    title: "Pat Smear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Smear"
    title: "Pat Smear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Smear"
    title: "Pat Smear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%2C_%D0%9F%D1%8D%D1%82"
    title: "Смир, Пэт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Smear"
    title: "Pat Smear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Smear"
    title: "Pat Smear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Smear"
    title: "Pat Smear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3da65013-dfdd-40c7-b9c7-e4c829862c66"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q353973"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/92569"
    title: "Pat Smear"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump