Pat Smear
American musician and actor · United States · On the map · Musicians · Born 1959 · age 67
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.
Pat Smear is read about 1,536 times a day, in 28 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 400 days, one point a day.
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Dave Grohl Bandmate in Foo Fighters
Taylor Hawkins Bandmate in Foo Fighters
Chris Shiflett Bandmate in Foo Fighters
Nate Mendel Bandmate in Foo Fighters
Josh Freese Bandmate in Foo Fighters
Ilan Rubin Bandmate in Foo Fighters
Raymond Pettibon Directed Citizen Tania and The Book of Manson
Dez Cadena Also in Citizen Tania and The Book of Manson
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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.
