Chad Smith
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1961-10-25
Place of Birth
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Chad Smith
Biography
Chad Gaylord Smith (born October 25, 1961) is an American musician who has been the drummer of the band Red Hot Chili Peppers since 1988. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. Smith is also the drummer of the hard rock supergroup Chickenfoot, formed in 2008, and of the all-instrumental outfit Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats, formed in 2007. He worked with The Chicks on Taking the Long Way, an album that won 5 Grammy Awards in 2007. Smith has recorded with Glenn Hughes, Johnny Cash, John Fogerty, Geezer Butler, Jennifer Nettles, Kid Rock, Jake Bugg, the Avett Brothers, Joe Satriani, Post Malone, Eddie Vedder, Lana Del Rey and Halsey. In 2010, joined by Dick Van Dyke and Leslie Bixler, he released Rhythm Train, a children's album which featured Smith singing and playing various instruments. In 2020, Smith co-wrote and performed as part of the backing band on Ozzy Osbourne's album, Ordinary Man. Spin magazine placed Smith at #10 on their list of the "100 Greatest Drummers of Alternative Music" in May 2013. Readers of UK-based Rhythm magazine ranked Smith and Red Hot Chili Pepper bassist Flea the fourth-greatest rhythm section of all time in their June 2013 issue. Smith is also known for his charity work especially with young musicians. He has been a lobbyist in support of music education in U.S. public schools. Smith is also the host of the PBS concert series Landmarks Live in Concert, which began in January 2017. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chad Smith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also Known For
Let There Be Drums!
Oct 28, 2022
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Funky Monks
Oct 29, 1991
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live at Slane Castle
Nov 17, 2003
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome
Feb 19, 2023
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Lollapalooza, Chicago 2016
Jul 30, 2016
Session Man
Jan 01, 1991
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live in Japan
Jan 01, 2004
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Woodstock '99
Jul 25, 1999
Chad Smith & Ian Paice
May 16, 2005
Chickenfoot - Get Your Buzz On
Jan 01, 2010
Deep Purple: Made In Japan
Apr 30, 1972
Alicia Keys - Landmarks Live in Concert
Jan 20, 2017
Red Hot Chili Peppers - What Hits!?
Sep 24, 1992
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Rock in Rio 2011
Sep 24, 2011
On Drums... Stewart Copeland!
Jan 13, 2019
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bonnaroo 2012
Jun 09, 2012
Chickenfoot: The White Album
Jun 05, 2009
Eddie Vedder: Live at Ohana Festival 2021
Sep 25, 2021
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock Im Pott
Aug 25, 2012
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Psychedelic Sexfunk Live from Heaven
Jan 01, 1990
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live in Milan
Feb 05, 2006
Red Hot Chili Peppers Live: I'm with You
Aug 30, 2011
Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1999] Moscow, Russia
Aug 14, 1999
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Stadium Parisian" 2006
Apr 03, 2009
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live from The Roxy Theatre 2011
Aug 30, 2011
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live Earth Concert Wembley
Jul 07, 2007
Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1990] Tokyo Tattoo
Jan 26, 1990
Red Hot Chili Peppers: [2001] Rock In Rio
Jan 21, 2001
Red Hot Chili Peppers Occupy the Garden
Feb 02, 1996
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live At Budokan
Jan 09, 2000
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Austin City Limits Festival 2022
Oct 09, 2022
Buddy Rich Memorial Concert
Aug 04, 2009
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live from the Basement
Dec 30, 2012
Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1999] Bizarre Festival
Aug 20, 1999
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Rock am Ring 2016
Jun 04, 2016
Ferocious Drummers
Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony
Aug 11, 2024
Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live in Poland
Jul 03, 2007
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Fuji Rock Festival
Jul 29, 2006
Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live at La Cigale
Apr 20, 2006
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock in Rio
Sep 24, 2017
Red Hot Chili Peppers Live At The Pyramids
Mar 15, 2019
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
Mar 14, 2019
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Off the Map
Jan 01, 2001
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Lollapalooza Brasil
Mar 23, 2018
In Your Face: The Neil Zlozower Story
Mar 04, 2018
Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II
Sep 12, 2014
Beware of Mr. Baker
Nov 28, 2012
Song to Song
Mar 17, 2017
Foo Fighters – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special
Oct 11, 2017
Rammstein in Amerika
Sep 25, 2015
Red Hot Chili Peppers: [2013] Circuito Banco Do Brasil Festival
Nov 09, 2013
Count Me In
Aug 24, 2021
Glenn Hughes: Soulfully Live in the City of Angels
Sep 20, 2004
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Rock am Ring (Rockpalast 2004)
Red Hot Chili Peppers live at Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina November 24, 2023
Nov 24, 2023
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live Reading Festival 2016
Aug 27, 2016
Phil Collins: Drummer First
Dec 18, 2024
Coachella
May 09, 2006
FireAid Benefit Concert
Jan 30, 2025
Free Tibet
Sep 11, 1998
Red Hot Chili Peppers: A Dutch Connection
Mar 07, 2010
5 Seconds of Summer: How Did We End Up Here?
Nov 23, 2015
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome 2023
Aug 03, 2024
An Evening With Elton John and Brandi Carlile
Apr 06, 2025
The Jonathan Ross Show
Sep 03, 2011
The Simpsons
Dec 17, 1989
Les Nuls, l'émission
Oct 13, 1990
MTV Video Music Awards
Sep 14, 1984
MTV World Stage
Apr 03, 2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
CMT Crossroads
Jan 13, 2002
MTV Rockumentary
Jun 01, 1989
The Grammys
Nov 29, 1959
VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown
Jan 04, 2003
