Talk:Pat Smear

message: His name really sounds like Pap Smear. I would go as "Patrick."
:I think that's the point.  It's in the great Punk Rock Naming tradition - Dinah Cancer or Lee Ving to name a few others.  --76.232.127.61 (talk) 15:39, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Lake of Fire is a Meat Puppets song.67.169.58.50
Irrellevency is key.
"According to the documentary film Foo Fighters: Back and Forth, Smear is married with children." - Does he now like to be called "Pappy Smear?" FiggazWithAttitude (talk) 16:54, 27 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Pap Smear

message: I'm curious, was he an extra or something? - RoyBoy 800 22:57, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blade Runner 

message: In the first paragraph is this sentence: "been a regular member of several well-known bands... The Germs, Nirvana and Foo Fighters."  I knew he was in their live touring lineup, but was he actually considered a full-fledged official member of that band?
Yes, actually. Before Unplugged, Cobain tells the audience "This is our new member, Pat". I suppose if they were to have recorded another studio album, Smear would've probably been invovled with it. -Scooter.
Smear was supposed to put his guitar work into "You Know You're Right" but because of Cobain's death, that never materialized. --Raderick 13:44, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I remember reading in a interview that they were planning on recording another studio album, with Pat Smear on it. Obviously, this never happened. Gringo300 (talk) 18:36, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a little unclear what his exact status was— but he was introduced as a member of the band on MTV by Kurt Cobain and he was often photographed with the other three men in the band. Maybe we will know more about this issue sometimes after 2016, when the band is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Timothy Horrigan (talk) 17:58, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Member of Nirvana? 

message: Can't we find a better one? He's snearing in the one we have. --kingboyk 16:34, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo 

message: Is pat a homosexual?  I'm not being sarcastic or mocking him in any way -- I am just wondering if he has ever said anything publicly about his sexuality, whether he is bi or just gay.  Anyone got some info on this?
one must not forget kurdt's epic description of Pat on the unplugged special..."he's a honorary punk rocker...but he likes queen more"173.54.200.196 (talk) 01:30, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: For like twenty years I've been going under the assumption that he was gay.  I was certain he had confirmed it, but I couldn't begin to tell you where or why I thought that.  I'll be damned.  MrBook (talk) 15:56, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gay? 

message: Anyone know where I can find a track list of Pat Smear's first solo album? Gringo300 (talk) 18:37, 16 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  first solo album 

message: There is an unsourced explanation that Smear left Foo Fighters because of "fatigue."  Fatigue per se is a somewhat dubious explanation given that he was only 37 years old at the time and that the band's schedule was not unusually arduous.  Sometimes "fatigue" is a euphemism for substance abuse or for generally erratic behavior.  (This euphemism was used more than once by Nirvana's spokespeople when Cobain missed shows.) Or, perhaps Smear has a major health issue such as chronic fatigue syndrome.   Since there is no source, and since in his own interviews he doesn't give any specific reason for leaving Foo Fighters, I think the "fatigue" explanation needs to be deleted. Timothy Horrigan (talk) 17:58, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Fatigue?

message: On the April 11, 2011 episode of The Daily Show, on which the Foo Fighters appeared, Dave Grohl mentioned everyone in the band having kids.  I've never previously heard anything of Pat having children - anyone able to verify one way or the other?  --76.232.127.61 (talk) 15:35, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kids? 

message: The last line of this section states that the previously unrecorded version of the song which was recorded in 1988 was almost on a movie in 2007.  I'm assuming that what is supposed to be said is that the Germs never recorded the song and it instead appeared on Smear's album in 1988 and was then almost licensed to Cthulhu but wasn't, but as it reads now the song has never been recorded yet is mysteriously appearing in album format in 1988.L.cash.m (talk) 22:17, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hiatus from the Foo Fighters (1997–2005) 

message: Under the "Career" heading, it states "45 Grave (1981) / Was briefly in deathrock band 45 Grave, the band that contains Don Bolles (Germs drummer) as part of classical training."  "Classical training"?  What's that supposed to mean?  It would help if there was a citation to a source.  Without it, it looks to me like nonsense, and I think it should be removed. Bricology (talk) 05:32, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Classical training"? 

message: Which Native American tribe(s) is he descended from? 173.88.246.138 (talk) 11:51, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Native American heritage