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Pat Smear (Touring Guitarist For Nirvana): Can I tell you my Hulk Hogan story? I actually met him. He was backstage at the final Nirvana concert at the Forum, which for me, was
like,"Oh my God, I'm playing on the SAME stage as [Queen's] Brian May!" I was dying. Anyway, Hulk comes backstage drunk out of his fucking mind, and he started begging Kurt to let him play with us. It was so disgusting. He was like, "I'm all washed up; you are what's happening now." It was horrible! He was a horrible racist pig!
Jeff: I heard he was running Mennen Speed Stick deodorant all over his face. Is that true?
Pat: Yeah [laughs]. Kurt had this deodorant, and he sniffed it or something like that, and it got on his face. It looked like he had cocaine under his nose.
Jennifer: I heard he was asking Kurt to let him come on stage and play "Real American," but Kurt said, "no," and Hulk said, "C'mon, let me play the Mexican's guitar," referring to you.
Pat: I told Krist [Novoselic], I thought we should let him play with us. But he said no because we'd never get him off the stage. When I walked up to Hulk, he was talking to Krist. I just saw the back of his head so I knew who he was. And Krist goes, "Oh Hulkster, you haven't met Pat. He's our new guitar player." Hulk turns around and sees me, but he
doesn't say hello or anything. He just say's, "Oh no, not a dark one."
At first I thought he was kidding. But he kept asking me, "What are you? Are you like a Raji or something? Are you Mexican?" Then he kept saying
to Kurt," C'mon let me play the Mexican's guitar." I was horrified!
Jeff: Is he the El Duce of Wrestling?
Pat: [Laughs] Hulk Hogan is the perfect example for me of not wanting to meet your heroes 'cause you'll be disappointed. I hear he's
sober now. I blame that incident totally on the alcohol. I've done a lot of bad things when I was drunk, too.
Jeff: I don't think you're coming from a judgmental place at all.
Pat: I was just shocked. I was thinking, "God, Hulk Hogan hates me.
The difference between sobriety and intoxication was never more clearly illustrated than on December 30, when Nirvana played a show at the Great Western Forum near Los Angeles. Filmmaker Dave Markey was videotaping that night and observed a display of inebriation so extreme, he turned his camera off in pity. And it wasn't Kurt who was a mess - it was Hulk Hogan. The famed "wrestler" was backstage on his knees drunk, begging Krist to let him jam. Kurt arrived only to see hogan collapsing toward him with his lips puckered, like a toasted Dean Martin in a bad Rat-Pack skit. "No, you can't play with us", Kurt flatly announced. "we don't have any extra guitars."
Hogan didn't grasp this obvious lie and pointed to Pat Smear(nirvanas then rhythm guitarist), shouting, "Well, then let me play
the Mexican's guitar. What is he, is he mexican? is he black?" Kurt couldn't believe his ears. "Hulk went into this racist, homophobic
banter, typical redneck," observed Dave Markey. "It was surreal." Kurt was furious, but finally came up with a worthy verbal response:
"Actually you can jam" he promised. "You can go onstage after our encore. Just go up there and flex by yourself!" Kurt stormed off
like,"Oh my God, I'm playing on the SAME stage as [Queen's] Brian May!" I was dying. Anyway, Hulk comes backstage drunk out of his fucking mind, and he started begging Kurt to let him play with us. It was so disgusting. He was like, "I'm all washed up; you are what's happening now." It was horrible! He was a horrible racist pig!
Jeff: I heard he was running Mennen Speed Stick deodorant all over his face. Is that true?
Pat: Yeah [laughs]. Kurt had this deodorant, and he sniffed it or something like that, and it got on his face. It looked like he had cocaine under his nose.
Jennifer: I heard he was asking Kurt to let him come on stage and play "Real American," but Kurt said, "no," and Hulk said, "C'mon, let me play the Mexican's guitar," referring to you.
Pat: I told Krist [Novoselic], I thought we should let him play with us. But he said no because we'd never get him off the stage. When I walked up to Hulk, he was talking to Krist. I just saw the back of his head so I knew who he was. And Krist goes, "Oh Hulkster, you haven't met Pat. He's our new guitar player." Hulk turns around and sees me, but he
doesn't say hello or anything. He just say's, "Oh no, not a dark one."
At first I thought he was kidding. But he kept asking me, "What are you? Are you like a Raji or something? Are you Mexican?" Then he kept saying
to Kurt," C'mon let me play the Mexican's guitar." I was horrified!
Jeff: Is he the El Duce of Wrestling?
Pat: [Laughs] Hulk Hogan is the perfect example for me of not wanting to meet your heroes 'cause you'll be disappointed. I hear he's
sober now. I blame that incident totally on the alcohol. I've done a lot of bad things when I was drunk, too.
Jeff: I don't think you're coming from a judgmental place at all.
Pat: I was just shocked. I was thinking, "God, Hulk Hogan hates me.
The difference between sobriety and intoxication was never more clearly illustrated than on December 30, when Nirvana played a show at the Great Western Forum near Los Angeles. Filmmaker Dave Markey was videotaping that night and observed a display of inebriation so extreme, he turned his camera off in pity. And it wasn't Kurt who was a mess - it was Hulk Hogan. The famed "wrestler" was backstage on his knees drunk, begging Krist to let him jam. Kurt arrived only to see hogan collapsing toward him with his lips puckered, like a toasted Dean Martin in a bad Rat-Pack skit. "No, you can't play with us", Kurt flatly announced. "we don't have any extra guitars."
Hogan didn't grasp this obvious lie and pointed to Pat Smear(nirvanas then rhythm guitarist), shouting, "Well, then let me play
the Mexican's guitar. What is he, is he mexican? is he black?" Kurt couldn't believe his ears. "Hulk went into this racist, homophobic
banter, typical redneck," observed Dave Markey. "It was surreal." Kurt was furious, but finally came up with a worthy verbal response:
"Actually you can jam" he promised. "You can go onstage after our encore. Just go up there and flex by yourself!" Kurt stormed off
