What is Pat Smear?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Pat Smear | image = Pat Smear - Foo Fighters - Rock am Ring 2018 (cropped).jpg | caption = Smear performing in 2018 | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|8|5}} | birth_name = Georg Albert Ruthenberg | birth_place = [[West Los Angeles|West Los Angeles, California]], U.S. | death_date = | alias = | instrument = Guitar, vocals | occupation = Musician, singer, songwriter | genre = [[Alternative rock]], [[punk rock]], [[hardcore punk]], [[deathrock]], [[grunge]], [[post-grunge]] | associated_acts = [[Germs (band)|Germs]], [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], [[Foo Fighters]], [[The Birds of Satan]], [[45 Grave]], [[The Adolescents]], [[Belinda Carlisle]], [[Paul McCartney]] | label = [[What? Records|What?]], [[Slash Records|Slash]], [[Geffen Records|Geffen]], [[Capitol Records|Capitol]] | years_active = 1976–present | website = }} '''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 guitar|rhythm]] guitarist of the [[rock music|rock]] band [[Foo Fighters]]. He has recorded five studio albums with the band. Smear was a founding member of [[punk (music)|punk]] band the [[Germs (band)|Germs]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Mullen |first=Brendan |title=Annihilation Man; How Darby Crash lost control. Of the Germs. Of Circle One. Everything |work=LA Weekly |date=December 27, 2000 |url=http://www.laweekly.com/2001-01-04/news/annihilation-man/1/ |access-date=May 23, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009010808/http://www.laweekly.com/2001-01-04/news/annihilation-man/1/ |archive-date=October 9, 2012 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Smear, Pat}} [[Category:1959 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American singer-songwriters]] [[Category:American punk musicians]] [[Category:American