INDIVIDUAL MUSICIAN & ZINE ARTIST PAGE
PAT SMEAR
The Germs Founding Guitarist & Hollywood Punk Legend • Los Angeles, CA • Since 1976
Co-founder and teenage guitar prodigy of The Germs alongside Darby Crash in 1976. Whilst chaos erupted across the stage at The Masque and Whisky a Go Go, Pat Smear anchored the storm with ferocious, inventive chord voicings on his Hagström Scandi, later joining Nirvana (1993–1994) and Foo Fighters.
“Darby and I got kicked out of high school and decided to start a band before we even owned instruments. Within months we were playing the Orpheum.”
STAGE AMP, INSTRUMENT & PEDAL RIG:
MAIN INSTRUMENT1970s Hagström Scandi & Hagström Pat Smear Signature
AMP HEAD & CABINETPeavey Festival Tube Head + 1970s Marshall 4x12 Cab
PEDALBOARD / FXMXR Distortion+ Pushed into Natural Tube Clipping
DIY ZINE / PRINT CRAFTThe Masque Xerox Flyers & Blue Circle Armbands
PAT SMEAR'S PIT VIDEOS, FLYERS & RELEASES (2)
02:38 PIT REELHOLLYWOOD MASQUE ROYALTY // 'LOS ANGELES' & 'JOHNNY HIT AND RUN PAULINE'
02:05 PIT REEL