Ruthensmear

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RuthenSmear
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Studio album by
Pat Smear
ReleasedNovember 4, 1987
Studio Radio Tokyo
Genre
Label SST (154)
Producer Pat Smear, Paul Roessler
Pat Smear chronology
RuthenSmear
(1987)
So You Fell in Love with a Musician...
(1992)

RuthenSmear is the first solo album by guitarist Pat Smear. The song "Golden Boys" was originally written by Darby Crash, but never recorded by him before his death. Vagina Dentata, a short-lived punk band that Smear was in following the death of Crash, recorded and released a version of the song on the compilation Flipside Vinyl Fanzine Vol 2, released in 1985, prior to its re-recording for this album.

Contents

Track listings

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sahara Hotel"Smear, Roessler5:18
2."Golden Boys" Crash, Bell, Smear3:22
3."Odenara"Smear, Patino1:59
4."Blue Funk Punk"Smear, Roessler3:35
5."Princess"Bell4:33
6."Magicandle Tragicanary"Smear, Roessler3:31
7."The Area of the Circle"Harri, Farrelly3:30
8."Xmas Song"Cardwell3:47
9."Eyes & Hearts"Cardwell4:36
10."A Gentle Axe"Smear, Roessler4:18

Personnel

Personnel per booklet.

Musicians
Additional personnel

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