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Chad Smith is an American drummer and musician who has been active since 1988. Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, he is a member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. His musical work spans the hard rock, alternative rock, and funk genres, with the drum kit as his primary instrument. Smith received his education at the Musicians Institute and currently resides in Malibu.
In addition to his musical career, Smith is listed as an author with 24 works. Titles associated with his name include *Last of the Unicorns*, *Driving down Darker Roads*, *Investing and Money Skills for Teenagers*, *Easy Real Estate Investing for Beginners*, and *Into the Night*. He is also identified in the acting department.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 24
Top works
- Last of the Unicorns
- Driving down Darker Roads
- Investing and Money Skills for Teenagers
- Easy Real Estate Investing for Beginners
- Into the Night
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Film & TV
Acting · 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…
Known for
- FireAid Benefit Concert — Self2025
- An Evening with Elton John and Brandi Carlile — Self2025
- Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow — Self2025
- Ozzy: No Escape from Now — Self2025
- Spinal Tap II: The End Continues — Self2025
- Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony — Self (Red Hot Chili Peppers)2024
- Phil Collins: Drummer First — Self2024
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome 20232024
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome2023
- Red Hot Chili Peppers live at Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina November 24, 2023 — Self - Drums2023
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1961
Discography
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,489
- Total plays
- 10,092
There are two drummers with the name Chad Smith 1) - Chad Smith plays the drums for the Red Hot Chili Peppers and super group Chickenfoot. He was born Chad Gaylord Smith on Oct 25, 1961. Chad joined Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1989, when the band needed a drummer. Many drummers tested, but only Chad would fit the band perfectly. Flea, the bassist, says Chad was the best and the loudest drummer he had ever seen. 2) - Chad Smith is also the name of the former drummer of Anacrusis and GZR. <a href
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 48,614x
- Colorimetric Method for Determination of Sugars and Related Substances
· 1956 · cited 42,283x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,397x
- GROMACS: High performance molecular simulations through multi-level parallelism from laptops to supercomputers
· 2015 · cited 25,268x
- Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 23,379x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Chad Gaylord Smith , ( 1961-10-25 ) October 25, 1961 (age 64) , Saint Paul, Minnesota , U.S.
- Genres
- Funk rock funk metal alternative rock hard rock
- Occupation
- Drummer
- Years active
- 1977–present
- Member of
- Red Hot Chili Peppers Chickenfoot Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Chad Gaylord Smith (born October 25, 1961) is an American musician who is the drummer of the rock band the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Smith has played with the Chili Peppers since 1988, appearing on ten of their studio albums as the band’s longest-serving drummer. 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 five Grammy Awards in 2007.
Smith has recorded with various artists including Glenn Hughes, Johnny Cash, John Fogerty, Jennifer Nettles, Jake Bugg, the Avett Brothers, Joe Satriani, Post Malone, Eddie Vedder, Brandi Carlile, Lana Del Rey, Halsey, The Chicks, Dua Lipa, Charli XCX, Hardy and Lady Gaga. 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, and again in 2022 on Patient Number 9. That same year, Smith was a member of Eddie Vedder's backing band, The Earthlings, after co-writing and recording the album, Earthling. He was the primary drummer on Iggy Pop's Every Loser the following year.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chad Smith” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.