Pat Smear is an American musician. He released his solo album Ruthensmear in 1987 and later joined the American rock band Nirvana. Smear has also released the album So You Fell in Love With a Musician. Some of Pat Smear's most popular songs include Cut Me Some Slack with Paul McCartney and Dave Grohl, and The Man That Never Was and Your Wife Is Calling with Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins. Smear has appeared in the documentaries The Decline of Western Civilization: Part I and Foo Fighters: Back and Forth, and starred in the film Studio 666 alongside Jenna Ortega and Dave Grohl.