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Dave Grohl <\/a>doesn’t think people can guess his bandmate Pat Smear<\/a>‘s favorite musical artist.<\/p>\n Given the origins of his career as co-founder of the Los Angeles-based punk band The Germs, his time in Nirvana<\/a> and his many years in Foo Fighters<\/a>, one would likely assume that Smear’s favorite musician lies somewhere within the rock, punk rock or even heavy metal realm \u2014 but one would be incorrect.<\/p>\n During an appearance on the\u00a0Broken Record\u00a0<\/a><\/em>podcast,<\/a> Grohl asked host Justin Richmond if he could guess Smear’s top artist and told him, “You’re just not gonna get it.”<\/p>\n Richmond asked if the musician was from the ’80s or ’90s and initially guessed Guns N’ Roses<\/a>.<\/p>\n “So right, you would think it would be maybe some rock ‘n’ roll, maybe some glitter from the ’70s right? Maybe some punk rock, maybe some prog,” Grohl teased.<\/p>\n “Number one: Mariah Carey<\/a>.”<\/p>\n Grohl noted that Smear saw The Sex Pistols<\/a>‘ legendary final concert at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom in 1978 and acknowledged the guitarist’s resume of bands he’s worked with \u2014 none of which would point to him being a Mariah Carey superfan.<\/p>\n Smear’s fondness of Carey isn’t too far off from rock though \u2014 the singer actually recorded a secret grunge album in the mid-’90s called\u00a0Someone’s Ugly Daughter.\u00a0<\/em>A version of the record\u00a0actually was released in ’95 by Chick, featuring Clariss Dane on vocals, but Carey’s version remains unreleased.<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0Dave Grohl Names Huge ’90s Grunge Band As His ‘Favorite Band Now’<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Foo Fighters played a few of the songs with Taylor Momsen<\/a> on vocals the night before the Grammy Awards<\/a> this past February at the\u00a02026 MusiCares Person of the Year event, which honored Carey. Apparently, it was Smear’s idea to have Momsen sing the tracks with them.<\/p>\n “It was a random call on… a Wednesday, Pat called me and left a message and he goes, ‘Hey I have a favor to ask you, [it] involves Mariah Carey. Call me back,’ And I didn’t… What does that mean?” Momsen recalled of how the collaboration came about during a conversation with\u00a0<\/a>Loudwire Nights.<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n “I call him back and he proceeds to tell me, ‘She’s getting honored this year at MusiCares, she has this secret grunge record,’ which I strangely had heard about and was familiar with… He sent me the songs and I took a listen and it was an easy yes.”<\/p>\n For more ’90s throwbacks, see how we ranked the best hard rock and metal albums that came out in the decade below.<\/p>\nTop 90 Hard Rock + Metal Albums of the 1990s<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n