Pat Smear (born Georg Ruthenberg on August 5, 1959), is a U.S. rock guitarist who has been a regular member of several well-known bands, albeit of different subgenres: The Germs, Nirvana and Foo Fighters. He has also co-hosted the MTV fashion show House of Style (with friend and supermodel Cindy Crawford) and done some acting.
He was born and raised in West Los Angeles, California. He has an African-American/Native American mother and a German/Jewish immigrant father.

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