Chad Smith

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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.

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Films Featuring Chad Smith

Let There Be Drums!

20226.8

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks

19917.1

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome

20239.4

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Lollapalooza, Chicago 2016

2016

Session Man

19916.1

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live in Japan

20049.0

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Woodstock '99

19998.0

Chad Smith & Ian Paice

Chad Smith & Ian Paice

20054.2

Chickenfoot - Get Your Buzz On

20106.7

Deep Purple: Made In Japan

197210.0

Alicia Keys - Landmarks Live in Concert

20178.0

Red Hot Chili Peppers - What Hits!?

19927.9

On Drums... Stewart Copeland!

On Drums... Stewart Copeland!

20198.0

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bonnaroo 2012

20125.3

Chickenfoot: The White Album

2009

Eddie Vedder: Live at Ohana Festival 2021

2021

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock Im Pott

20125.8

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Psychedelic Sexfunk Live from Heaven

19907.0

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live in Milan

20067.8

Red Hot Chili Peppers Live: I'm with You

2011

Red Hot Chili Peppers "Stadium Parisian" 2006

2009

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live At Budokan

2000

Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1999] Moscow, Russia

Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1999] Moscow, Russia

1999

Red Hot Chili Peppers Occupy the Garden

1996

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live Earth Concert Wembley

200710.0

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live from The Roxy Theatre 2011

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live from The Roxy Theatre 2011

2011

Red Hot Chili Peppers: [2001] Rock In Rio

Red Hot Chili Peppers: [2001] Rock In Rio

20019.0

Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1990] Tokyo Tattoo

1990

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Austin City Limits Festival 2022

20228.0

Buddy Rich Memorial Concert

2009

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live from the Basement

20129.5

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bizarre Festival

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bizarre Festival

1999

Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Rock am Ring 2016

2016

Ferocious Drummers

Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony

20245.9

Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live at La Cigale

200610.0

Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live in Poland

20079.7

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Fuji Rock Festival

20068.3

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock in Rio

20178.0

Red Hot Chili Peppers Live At The Pyramids

2019

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

20196.7

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Off the Map

20017.1

In Your Face: The Neil Zlozower Story

2018

Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II

20147.4

Beware of Mr. Baker

20127.5

Song to Song

20175.5

Foo Fighters – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special

2017

Rammstein in Amerika

20158.0

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Circuito Banco Do Brasil Festival

2013

Count Me In

20217.1

Glenn Hughes: Soulfully Live in the City of Angels

2004

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

202310.0

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live Reading Festival 2016

2016

Phil Collins: Drummer First

20247.0

Coachella

20066.5

FireAid Benefit Concert

20258.5

Free Tibet

19988.0

Red Hot Chili Peppers: A Dutch Connection

2007

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

20158.2

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome 2023

20248.0

An Evening with Elton John and Brandi Carlile

20257.0

Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow

2025

Ozzy: No Escape from Now

20258.4

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

20256.1

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Tibetan Freedom Concert

1996

Tibetan Freedom Concert

1996

Woodstock '99

20005.4

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live at Slane Castle

20038.7

Neil Peart: No One's Disciple

2026