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Pat Smear

1959 - Today

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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 frontman Kurt Cobain, drummer Dave Grohl went on to form Foo Fighters, with Smear joining on guitar. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pat Smear has received more than 5,678,906 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Pat Smear is the 1,061st most popular musician (up from 1,250th in 2019), the 5,188th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,207th in 2019) and the 352nd most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Pat Smear ranks 1,061 out of 3,175. Before him are Tyler, the Creator, Buddy Bolden, Johann Peter Salomon, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Conny Plank, and Tete Montoliu. After him are Tony Visconti, Sterling Morrison, János Bihari, Fats Navarro, Marcel Moyse, and Bonnie Raitt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Pat Smear ranks 189. Before him are Yoshitomo Nara, Blaž Slišković, Aryeh Deri, Guy Laliberté, Adrian Paul, and Anatoliy Demyanenko. After him are Wavel Ramkalawan, Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Jaime Rodríguez, Susanna Hoffs, and Steven Knight.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pat Smear ranks 5,188 out of 20,380. Before him are Elizabeth Wilson (1921), Jeff Conaway (1950), Troy Donahue (1936), Richard Montague (1930), Jacob Perkins (1766), and LL Cool J (1968). After him are Ralph Linton (1893), Charlie Wilson (1933), Sam J. Jones (1954), Charley Chase (1893), Dina Meyer (1968), and Sean S. Cunningham (1941).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Pat Smear ranks 352. Before him are Ralph Kirkpatrick (1911), John Lurie (1952), Jack Irons (1962), Johnny Thunders (1952), Tyler, the Creator (1991), and Buddy Bolden (1877). After him are Tony Visconti (1944), Sterling Morrison (1942), Fats Navarro (1923), Bonnie Raitt (1949), Louis Jordan (1908), and Kid Ory (1886).

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