Chad Smith

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1961-10-25 (63 years old)

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.

Known For

The Simpsons
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Saturday Night Live
Love, Death & Robots
MTV Video Music Awards
The Jonathan Ross Show
CMT Crossroads
VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown
Ozzy: No Escape from Now
Les Nuls, l'émission
Deep Purple: Made In Japan
An Evening With Elton John and Brandi Carlile
Rammstein in Amerika
Beware of Mr. Baker
Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony
Phil Collins: Drummer First
Red Hot Chili Peppers: A Dutch Connection
Session Man
Coachella
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow
Tibetan Freedom Concert
Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Funky Monks
MTV Rockumentary
MTV World Stage
Ferocious Drummers
Chickenfoot - Get Your Buzz On
Song to Song
Let There Be Drums!
Free Tibet
Buddy Rich Memorial Concert
Foo Fighters – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special
The Grammys
Alicia Keys - Landmarks Live in Concert
Count Me In
FireAid Benefit Concert
Glenn Hughes: Soulfully Live in the City of Angels
Eddie Vedder: Live at Ohana Festival 2021
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Woodstock '99
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live from The Roxy Theatre 2011
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Off the Map
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live from the Basement
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Rock am Ring (Rockpalast 2004)
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live at Slane Castle
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Lollapalooza, Chicago 2016
Red Hot Chili Peppers: [2013] Circuito Banco Do Brasil Festival
In Your Face: The Neil Zlozower Story
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live in Milan
Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live in Poland
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock Im Pott
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome 2023
5 Seconds of Summer: How Did We End Up Here?
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bonnaroo 2012
Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live at La Cigale
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live At Budokan
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Fuji Rock Festival
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Psychedelic Sexfunk Live from Heaven
Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1999] Bizarre Festival
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Stadium Parisian" 2006
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Rock am Ring 2016
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Austin City Limits Festival 2022
Red Hot Chili Peppers Occupy the Garden
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live Earth Concert Wembley
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live in Japan
Red Hot Chili Peppers Live: I'm with You
On Drums... Stewart Copeland!
Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1999] Moscow, Russia
Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1990] Tokyo Tattoo
Red Hot Chili Peppers: [2001] Rock In Rio
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live Reading Festival 2016
Red Hot Chili Peppers - What Hits!?
Red Hot Chili Peppers live at Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina November 24, 2023
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock in Rio
Chickenfoot: The White Album
Red Hot Chili Peppers Live At The Pyramids
Chad Smith & Ian Paice
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Tibetan Freedom Concert