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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 25, 1961
Place of Birth
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Also Known As
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Chad Gaylord Smith
Chad Smith
0.8 Popularity
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 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.
Known For
8.7
Self
Ozzy: No Escape from Now
2025
6.4
Chad Smith
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
2025
0.0
Self
Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow
2025
7.0
Self
An Evening with Elton John and Brandi Carlile
2025
9.0
Self
FireAid Benefit Concert
2025
8.0
Self
Phil Collins: Drummer First
2024
5.6
Self (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony
2024
8.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome 2023
2024
10.0
Self - Drums
Red Hot Chili Peppers live at Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina November 24, 2023
2023
9.7
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome
2023
Credits
Ozzy: No Escape from Now
as Self
2025
8.7
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
as Chad Smith
2025
6.4
Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow
as Self
2025
0.0
An Evening with Elton John and Brandi Carlile
as Self
2025
7.0
FireAid Benefit Concert
as Self
2025
9.0
Phil Collins: Drummer First
as Self
2024
8.0
Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony
as Self (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
2024
5.6
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome 2023
2024
8.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers live at Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, Argentina November 24, 2023
as Self - Drums
2023
10.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome
2023
9.7
Let There Be Drums!
as Self
2022
6.8
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Austin City Limits Festival 2022
as Self
2022
8.0
Eddie Vedder: Live at Ohana Festival 2021
2021
0.0
Count Me In
as Self
2021
6.9
Love, Death & Robots
as Chad Smith (voice)
2019
8.2
Red Hot Chili Peppers Live At The Pyramids
as Himself
2019
0.0
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
as Self - Red Hot Chili Peppers
2019
6.7
🎬
On Drums... Stewart Copeland!
as Self
2019
8.0
In Your Face: The Neil Zlozower Story
as Himself
2018
0.0
Foo Fighters – Landmarks Live in Concert: A Great Performances Special
as Self
2017
0.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock in Rio
as Drums
2017
8.0
Song to Song
as Chad Smith
2017
5.5
Alicia Keys - Landmarks Live in Concert
as Self
2017
8.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live Reading Festival 2016
as Drums
2016
0.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Lollapalooza, Chicago 2016
as Drums
2016
0.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Rock am Ring 2016
as Drums
2016
0.0
5 Seconds of Summer: How Did We End Up Here?
as Self
2015
8.2
Rammstein in Amerika
as Self
2015
8.0
Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II
as Himself
2014
7.4
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Circuito Banco Do Brasil Festival
as Himself
2013
0.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live from the Basement
as drums, percussion
2012
9.5
Beware of Mr. Baker
as Self
2012
7.4
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock Im Pott
as Himself
2012
5.8
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bonnaroo 2012
2012
5.3
The Jonathan Ross Show
as Self
2011
5.3
Red Hot Chili Peppers Live: I'm with You
as Himself
2011
0.0
🎬
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live from The Roxy Theatre 2011
as Himself
2011
0.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers: A Dutch Connection
2010
0.0
Chickenfoot - Get Your Buzz On
as Drums
2010
6.7
Buddy Rich Memorial Concert
2009
0.0
Chickenfoot: The White Album
as Himself
2009
0.0
MTV World Stage
as Self
2009
0.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Stadium Parisian" 2006
as Self
2009
0.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live Earth Concert Wembley
as Self
2007
10.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live in Poland
as Self
2007
9.7
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Fuji Rock Festival
as Self
2006
8.3
Coachella
as Self (with Red Hot Chili Peppers)
2006
6.4
Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live at La Cigale
as Self
2006
10.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live in Milan
as Self - Drums
2006
7.8
🎬
Chad Smith & Ian Paice
as Himself
2005
4.2
Glenn Hughes: Soulfully Live in the City of Angels
as Drums
2004
0.0
🎬
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live in Japan
as Self
2004
9.0
VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown
as Self (archive footage)
2003
7.5
CMT Crossroads
as Self
2002
8.3
🎬
Red Hot Chili Peppers: [2001] Rock In Rio
as Self
2001
9.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Off the Map
as Self
2001
7.1
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live At Budokan
as Self
2000
0.0
🎬
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bizarre Festival
as Self - Drums
1999
0.0
🎬
Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1999] Moscow, Russia
as Self
1999
0.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Woodstock '99
as Self - Drums
1999
8.0
Free Tibet
as Self - Red Hot Chili Peppers
1998
0.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Tibetan Freedom Concert
1996
0.0
🎬
Red Hot Chili Peppers Occupy the Garden
as Himself
1996
0.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers - What Hits!?
as Self
1992
7.5
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Funky Monks
as Self
1991
7.1
Session Man
as Spider Moore
1991
5.7
Les Nuls, l'émission
as Self
1990
8.3
![Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1990] Tokyo Tattoo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w92/qvvOcKaEsGA9qJY7UBpUfaPYWNP.jpg)
Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1990] Tokyo Tattoo
as Self - Drums
1990
0.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Psychedelic Sexfunk Live from Heaven
as Self
1990
7.0
The Simpsons
as Chad Smith (voice)
1989
8.0
MTV Rockumentary
1989
7.0
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self
1984
7.7
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Musical Guest
1975
7.0
Deep Purple: Made In Japan
as Self
1972
10.0
The Grammys
as Self
1959
8.6
Ferocious Drummers
N/A
0.0
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
as Self
N/A
0.0
Tibetan Freedom Concert
N/A
0.0
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Rock am Ring (Rockpalast 2004)
as Self - Drums
N/A
10.0