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 Gr...
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony
2024
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
2025
Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II
2014
Ozzy: No Escape from Now
2025
Tibetan Freedom Concert
N/A
Free Tibet
1998
5 Seconds of Summer: How Did We End Up Here?
2015
Rammstein in Amerika
2015
Song to Song
2017
Foo Fighters – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special
2017
Phil Collins: Drummer First
2024
Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow
N/A
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
2019
An Evening with Elton John and Brandi Carlile
2025
FireAid Benefit Concert
2025
Beware of Mr. Baker
2012
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
N/A
Coachella
2006
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live at Slane Castle
2003
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live from the Basement
2012
Let There Be Drums!
2022
Session Man
1991
Red Hot Chili Peppers: A Dutch Connection
2010
Woodstock '99
2000
Ferocious Drummers
N/A
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Psychedelic Sexfunk Live from Heaven
1990
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Austin City Limits Festival 2022
2022
Red Hot Chili Peppers live at Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina November 24, 2023
2023
Chickenfoot - Get Your Buzz On
2010
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks
1991
Alicia Keys - Landmarks Live in Concert
2017
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock in Rio
2017
Count Me In
2021
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Woodstock '99
1999
Red Hot Chili Peppers Occupy the Garden
1996
Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live in Poland
2007
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Slane Castle
2003
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Lollapalooza, Chicago 2016
2016
Red Hot Chili Peppers - What Hits!?
1992
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock Im Pott
2012