Pat Smear
Biography
Georg Albert Ruthenberg (born August 5, 1959), 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 (which he joined as a touring guitarist in 1993). 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.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
MTV Unplugged In New York
1994
In Utero
1993
The Colour And The Shape
1997
Wasting Light
2011
Nirvana
2002
Sonic Highways
2014
From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah
1996
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
2007
Concrete And Gold
2017
But Here We Are
2023
Medicine At Midnight
2020
Saint Cecilia EP
2015
Sound City - Real To Reel
2013
Hail Satin
2021
Skin And Bones
2006
With The Lights Out
2004
Live And Loud
2013
Medium Rare
2011
Sliver (The Best Of The Box)
2005
Your Favorite Toy
2026
(MIA) The Complete Anthology
1993
(GI)
1979
Get The Money
2019
Ball-Hog Or Tugboat?
1995
Credited work
1,313 releases · 120 albums · active 1977–2026
- Performance · 2,514
- Other credits · 191
- Engineering · 16
- Production · 11
Studios: Sony Music Studios, New York City · Louie's Clubhouse · Robert Lang Studios · The Reading Festival
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Nirvana
- Foo Fighters
- Germs
- NOFX
- The Germs
- Mike Watt
- Jane's Addiction