The Foo Fighters

Born August 5 1959 as Georg Ruthenburg in Los Angelos California, ran away at 13 to join a jesus commune. While attending a specialized academy he would meet vocalist Darby Crash whith whom they would start the band Germ. They would add bassist Lorna Doom and Drummer Don Bolles, together they would gain momentum in the LA underground community in the late 70's. All of this would come to an abrupt stop when Darby Crash overdosed on heroin on December 7 1980. After this Smear would go on to find jobs where he could for example on tv shows such as CHiPs and films such as Blade Runner, Howard the Duck, and Breakin'. After he was out of the video industry he would release his first solo album Ruthensmear in 1987 under the label SST, he would then release the song So You Fell in Love with a Musician in 1992 and shortly after would be asked to join the Red Hot Chili Peppers to replace guitarist John Frusciante; he would turn down this opprotunity to tour with Nirvana instead. He built a close relationship with vocalist Kurt Cobain and his wife, following Cobain's death Smear would join Nirvana's drummer Dave Grohl on the album The Colour and The Shape and would later rejoin the band in 2005 until the present.