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Georg Albert Ruthenberg (born August 5, 1959), better known by his stage name Pat Smear, is an American musician. He was the lead guitarist and co-founder of Los Angeles–based punk band The Germs and a rhythm guitarist for grunge band Nirvana (which he joined as a touring guitarist in 1993). After Nirvana disbanded following the suicide of ...
Aug 29, 2023 · Pat Smear's legacy with the Germs was already cemented in rock 'n' roll history by the time production began on the film about the band, 2007's "What We Do Is Secret." However, the film helped bring the Germs to a much wider audience, and shone a spotlight on the tumultuous story of the band's frontman Darby Crash, who tragically passed away in 1980 from a heroin overdose.
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Feb 27, 2017 · Published in. musicteller. ·. 8 min read. ·. Feb 27, 2017. Pat Smear — real name: Georg Albert Ruthenberg — had just celebrated his thirty-fourth birthday when he got the phone call from ...
Feb 17, 2022 · Pat Smear, the architect of alternative rock. Tyler Golsen @TylerGolsen. Thu 17 February 2022 11:00, UK. Alternative rock didn’t exist in 1979, but Pat Smear was making still alternative music. He didn’t really have a choice: he wasn’t a trained musician, apart from some piano lessons from his childhood, and for legions of untrained ...
Smear has reason enough to think positively about Nirvana’s chances of remaining a functioning unit, as he was involved in a comeback himself when the Germs got back together in 2005. They’re still together today – but Smear’s currently working on material for another band, namely the Dave Grohl-fronted Foo Fighters .
American musician Georg Albert Ruthenberg was born on August 5, 1959 in Los Angeles, California. He is more commonly known as Pat Smear. Throughout his career as a guitarist, he
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