Pat Smear
- Acting
- August 5, 1959 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
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 guitarist for the rock band Foo Fighters, with whom he has recorded six studio albums. Smear was a founding member of punk band the Germs and was the touring guitarist for grunge band Nirvana from 1993 to 1994. After Nirvana disbanded following the suicide of its frontman Kurt Cobain, drummer Dave Grohl went on to become the frontman of rock band Foo Fighters, with Smear soon joining on guitar. He left Foo Fighters in 1997, before rejoining as a touring guitarist in 2005, and has been a full-time member since 2010.
Known for
Filmography
- Saturday Night Live UK · Self
- Amazon Music Live: Foo Fighters · Self
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert · Self
- Hot Ones Versus · Self
- Foo Fighters - Austin City Limits · Self
- Foo Fighters - Live At The Town 2023 · Self
- Foo Fighters - Live at Rock am Ring 2023 · Self
- The Teacher · Self
- Foo Fighters: Preparing Music for Concerts · Self
- Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert · Self
- Foo Fighters: One Less Hero · Self
- Studio 666 · Pat Smear, Executive producer
- Foo Fighters-Superbowl LVI Aftershow in Virtual Reality · Self
- Foo Fighters Live at Madison Square Garden (June 20, 2021) · Self
- 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony · Self
- Foo Fighters-Live From Lollapalooza 2021 · Self
- Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World · Self
- Times Like Those: Foo Fighters 25th Anniversary
- The Morning Show · Pat Smear
- Foo Fighters: Rock In Rio · Self
- Foo Fighters - Reading Festival · Self
- Foo Fighters: Hurricane Festival 2019 · Self
- Foo Fighters: Southside Festival 2019 · Self
- Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017 · Self
- Foo Fighters – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special · Self
- Foo Fighters - NOS Alive 2017 · Self
- Foo Fighters - Cheese and Grain, Frome, UK · Self
- The Road to ACL · Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- Foo Fighters - Rock am Ring · Self
- Cobain: Montage of Heck · Self
- Foo Fighters - Rio De Janeiro · Self
- Foo Fighters Sonic Highways · Self
- 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief · Self
- Foo Fighters The Roundhouse Concert · Self
- Foo Fighters -T in The Park · Self
- Foo Fighters: Live At Pinkpop Festival · Self
- Foo Fighters: A Hard Day's Light · Self
- Foo Fighters: Back and Forth · Self
- Foo Fighters - Wasting Light Live From 606 · Self
- Foo Fighters - Live in London · Self
- Foo Fighters - Greatest Hits · Self
- Foo Fighters: Live At Wembley Stadium · Self
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- Foo Fighters: Skin and Bones · Self
- Nirvana - In Utero: Under Review · Self
- Nirvana The Path from Incesticide to In Utero · Self
- Punk: Attitude · Self
- Media Blitz: The Germs Story
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- Free Tibet · Self
- Kurt & Courtney · Self
- Nirvana: Unplugged In New York · Self, Songs
- MTV Unplugged: Nirvana · Self
- Nirvana: Live and Loud · Self
- Nirvana: Unplugged in New York - Rehearsal · Self
- Late Show with David Letterman · Self
- The Book of Manson · Jimi Hendrix
- Citizen Tania · Cinque
- Rock in Rio · Self
- MTV Video Music Awards · Self
- The Decline of Western Civilization · Self
- Germs: Caught In My Eye · Self
- Saturday Night Live · Self
- Foo Fighters Live at iTunes Festival London · Self
- Foo Fighters - Music Video Collection
- Foo Fighters: Tibetan Freedom Concert
- Target Video: Underground Forces Vol. 3 · Self
- Foo Fighters: Live at Pinkpop 2026