Chad Smith

Known for ActingBorn 1961-10-25 (age 64)St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Red Hot Chili Peppers live at Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina November 24, 2023

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live Earth Concert Wembley

Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live at La Cigale

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome

Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live in Poland

Deep Purple: Made In Japan

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live from the Basement

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live in Japan

Red Hot Chili Peppers: [2001] Rock In Rio

FireAid Benefit Concert

Ozzy: No Escape from Now

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live at Slane Castle

Les Nuls, l'émission

Love, Death & Robots

Top Gun: Maverick

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Fuji Rock Festival

5 Seconds of Summer: How Did We End Up Here?

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome 2023

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Austin City Limits Festival 2022

On Drums... Stewart Copeland!

The Grammys

Alicia Keys - Landmarks Live in Concert

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock in Rio

Rammstein in Amerika

CMT Crossroads

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Woodstock '99

Free Tibet

The Simpsons

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live in Milan

Red Hot Chili Peppers - What Hits!?

MTV Video Music Awards

Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II

Beware of Mr. Baker

The Lego Batman Movie

VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown

Count Me In

An Evening with Elton John and Brandi Carlile

Phil Collins: Drummer First

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Off the Map

Let There Be Drums!

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Psychedelic Sexfunk Live from Heaven

Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine

MTV Rockumentary

Chickenfoot - Get Your Buzz On

Saturday Night Live

Coachella

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues