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.
Let There Be Drums!
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Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live at Slane Castle
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Red Hot Chili Peppers: Funky Monks
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Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Lollapalooza, Chicago 2016
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Session Man
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Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live in Japan
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Woodstock '99
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Chad Smith & Ian Paice
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Chickenfoot - Get Your Buzz On
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Deep Purple: Made In Japan
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Alicia Keys - Landmarks Live in Concert
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Red Hot Chili Peppers - What Hits!?
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Red Hot Chili Peppers: Rock in Rio 2011
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On Drums... Stewart Copeland!
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Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bonnaroo 2012
Chickenfoot: The White Album
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Eddie Vedder: Live at Ohana Festival 2021
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock Im Pott
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Red Hot Chili Peppers: Psychedelic Sexfunk Live from Heaven
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live in Milan
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Red Hot Chili Peppers Live: I'm with You
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Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live from The Roxy Theatre 2011
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Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live Earth Concert Wembley
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Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1990] Tokyo Tattoo
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Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1999] Moscow, Russia
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Red Hot Chili Peppers: [2001] Rock In Rio
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Red Hot Chili Peppers Occupy the Garden
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Red Hot Chili Peppers "Stadium Parisian" 2006
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Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live At Budokan
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Red Hot Chili Peppers - Austin City Limits Festival 2022
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Buddy Rich Memorial Concert
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live from the Basement
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Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1999] Bizarre Festival
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Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
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Red Hot Chili Peppers – Rock am Ring 2016
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Ferocious Drummers
Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony
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Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Fuji Rock Festival
Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live in Poland
Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live at La Cigale
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock in Rio
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Red Hot Chili Peppers Live At The Pyramids
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Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
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Red Hot Chili Peppers: Off the Map
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Red Hot Chili Peppers: Lollapalooza Brasil
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In Your Face: The Neil Zlozower Story
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Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II
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Beware of Mr. Baker
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Song to Song
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Foo Fighters – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special
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Rammstein in Amerika
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Red Hot Chili Peppers: [2013] Circuito Banco Do Brasil Festival
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Count Me In
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Glenn Hughes: Soulfully Live in the City of Angels
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Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Rock am Ring (Rockpalast 2004)
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Red Hot Chili Peppers live at Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina November 24, 2023
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Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live Reading Festival 2016
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The Jonathan Ross Show
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The Simpsons
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Les Nuls, l'émission
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MTV Video Music Awards
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MTV World Stage
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Saturday Night Live
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CMT Crossroads
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