<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Pat-smear ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/pat-smear Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “I didn’t think Pat would be our guitar player. I just sent him a tape. And he was like, ‘Oh my god, it’s so poppy’”: How Pat Smear surprised Dave Grohl and joined the Foo Fighters ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/dave-grohl-on-pat-smear-surprising-him-by-joining-foo-fighters 9kLTQgGSKAtCXSqW47uZkQ Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I learned that the hard way at rehearsals”: How Jason Falkner got the Foo Fighters gig filling in for Pat Smear – and the biggest mistake he made in prep ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jason-falkners-foo-fighters-prep-mistake GJWA7X3YaPMfzF8KDNqSNF Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:42:40 +0000 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:51:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He’s played with everybody, so he really saved us and rescued us tonight”: Dave Grohl thanks Jason Falkner for “rescuing” the Foo Fighters as they play their first show since Pat Smear’s bizarre injury ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/jason-falkner-steps-in-for-foo-fighters-after-pat-smear-injury 6yWf9KecPg9ZwGU4tdyCL Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:43:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The Beck and St. Vincent guitar wizard will be filling in while he’s on the mend”: Pat Smear pulls out of Foo Fighters gigs due to “bizarre gardening accident” – and his replacement has been confirmed ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/pat-smear-injured-in-gardening-accident CbnWkfBGfomvPLmySdKqj7 Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:11:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A special rendition”: Post Malone proves his guitar hero credentials once again as he fronts Nirvana reunion and nails Smells Like Teen Spirit at SNL50 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/post-malone-nirvana-snl50-reunion p6a6ataitueo2EG4VbCmQ8 Mon, 17 Feb 2025 11:37:39 +0000 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:23:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If we can fill the performance with these incredible women singing Nirvana songs, then we’ll have achieved our own revolution”: Nirvana reunite unannounced at FireAid concert, with four guest frontwomen ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/nirvana-reunion-fireaid-concert V4PbnwiKH2PaJHBVSmNasC Fri, 31 Jan 2025 16:23:16 +0000 Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:53:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Day two, Dave Grohl says, ‘You’re going to need more guitars.’ We walk into the shop and he’s going, ‘Get whatever you want.’ I was so freaked out”: Chris Shiflett on his guitar shopping spree when he first joined the Foo Fighters ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/chris-shiflett-dave-grohl-guitar-spending-spree bhRxTgswYKpChMveSgWWv Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:54:27 +0000 Tue, 26 Nov 2024 14:40:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We’re doing my first-ever gig with Nirvana on SNL. What I didn’t know was there was a discussion about my guitar like, ‘No, we can’t let him on stage’”: Pat Smear’s first Nirvana appearance almost didn’t happen – because of his guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/pat-smear-first-nirvana-appearance-almost-did-not-happen-because-of-his-guitar 4j7vX4A9fvLwx9tRsEa8Eg Thu, 21 Nov 2024 15:37:30 +0000 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:58:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You know, I've never played slide before, but it just started doing things on its own – I didn’t even have to try”: That time Paul McCartney channeled his inner bluesman – with the help of Nirvana, and a wild 4-string cigar box guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/paul-mccartney-nirvana-matty-baratto-cigar-box-guitar wbni4uBJ3HupbhxyXCLduQ Wed, 06 Sep 2023 09:11:59 +0000 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 12:00:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “From the second I got the call to join Foo Fighters, I hit the ground running. This was Dave's band, and I was the new guy – it was about not stepping on toes”: Franz Stahl on his time in the alt-rock institution – and Scream's first album in a decade ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/franz-stahl-foo-fighters-scream-dc-special 8dkNpvz6DjDbWziLySkgvU Tue, 05 Sep 2023 09:19:29 +0000 Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:51:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Gretsch White Falcon Dave Grohl used in the Foo Fighters' Monkey Wrench video has sold at auction for over $53,000 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/dave-grohl-foo-fighters-monkey-wrench-gretsch-auction 6VDFPRYM2yr38fpsevsa4L Fri, 09 Sep 2022 16:52:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl: "Through Kurt, I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that's stripped down. That's more powerful" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/dave-grohl-kurt-cobain-pat-smear-1997 3Dh3SZHNiC7qaMT6PaurJU Fri, 02 Sep 2022 15:01:15 +0000 Fri, 23 Sep 2022 15:45:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ A 1990 Gretsch White Falcon used by Dave Grohl in the Monkey Wrench video is going up for auction ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/foo-fighters-monkey-wrench-Gretsch-white-falcon-guitar uf5n733aqL577dHqbStRKV Mon, 22 Aug 2022 18:09:13 +0000 Mon, 22 Aug 2022 19:20:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pat Smear joins Dave Navarro, Taylor Hawkins and Chris Chaney supergroup NHC for Troubadour show ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pat-smear-jams-with-nhc REY6ZLG7hyXVjH6FWRKPUa Wed, 24 Nov 2021 12:34:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ Take a look at Dave Grohl, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear’s pedalboards for the Foo Fighters 2021 tour dates ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/foo-fighters-pedalboards pQr3mFymFrc4Audkcf5kqb Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:52:11 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ Dave Grohl says surviving Nirvana members have recorded “really cool” new music ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/dave-grohl-says-surviving-nirvana-members-have-recorded-really-cool-new-music aMgdqm8t6YHjpD39HCkpqg Fri, 11 Jun 2021 16:57:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ Dave Grohl: ”We were doing the things we’re not supposed to do. The galloping flange guitar... the Abba beat!” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/dave-grohl-we-were-doing-the-things-were-not-supposed-to-do-the-galloping-flange-guitar-the-abba-beat RCVw3k74fcGa7Wi6sbD9nF Thu, 25 Mar 2021 12:49:40 +0000 Thu, 25 Mar 2021 13:03:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ Dave Grohl, Pat Smear and Krist Novoselic still jam as Nirvana in private ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/dave-grohl-pat-smear-and-krist-novoselic-still-jam-as-nirvana-in-private grQME8Z8TajgrXWiDv88xB Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:59:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Foo Fighters Bring Holiday Cheer to 'Saturday Night Live' with "Everlong" Christmas Medley ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/watch-foo-fighters-play-everlong-christmasmedley-snl jaPvXpxZmpFXnwRuFKMCnd Mon, 18 Dec 2017 15:16:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch the Three Surviving Members of Nirvana Perform "Big Me" in Oregon ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/surviving-members-nirvana-foo-fighters-big-me FyYV8Mdq5tXynBN5pBJxrf Fri, 08 Dec 2017 15:05:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ Foo Fighters Announce North American Tour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/319622 nAMSa3F9Afc5hndGLshrZ4 Mon, 23 Oct 2017 20:13:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ Foo Fighters Dave Grohl, Chris Shiflett and Pat Smear Talk New Album, 'Concrete and Gold' ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/foo-fighters-dave-grohl-chris-shiflett-and-pat-smear-talk-new-album-concrete cwUuobfppQUjo8hxy6DNR5 Fri, 29 Sep 2017 04:00:00 +0000