Pat Smear's Shocking Mariah Carey Fandom

0:00On May 1st, Dave Grohl just dropped a wild fact about his Foo Fighters bandmate, Pat Smear. You'd figure with Smear's roots in punk-like co-founding the germs, plus Stinson, Nirvana, and Foo Fighters, his top artist would be some rock or punk. Legend, wrong. Turns out it's Mariah Carey. On the Broken Record Podcast, Grohl challenged the host to guess it, saying no way you'd nail it. Host Justin Richmond, throughout Guns and Roses, and Eric guesses from the 80s or 90s, but Grohl tees that rock, glitter, punk, or Prague wouldn't cut it. Everyone's shocked because Smear's resume screams gritty rock. He caught the Sex Pistols epic final show at Winchellan Ballroom in San Francisco back in 1978. That punk-cred makes Mariah fandom a total curveball for fans. Here's the twist tying it back to rock. Mariah secretly cut a grunge album in the mid-90s called Someone's Ugly Daughter. Her version never dropped, though a cover did in 1995.

1:00Foo Fighters even played a few tracks from it last February at the Music Carey's event honoring Carey, with Taylor Mom sent on vocals. It was Smear's idea. Proves Taste Cross genres in the best ways. That's your music news today update. AI-powered and always on.