Chad Smith

Acting · 1.8 popularity

Age

Movies

Born: October 25, 1961
From: St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

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.

Works

69 films

Song to Song

20175.5

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live Reading Festival 2016

2016

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues

20256.1

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Woodstock '99

19998.0

Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live in Poland

20079.7

Woodstock '99

20005.4

Coachella

20066.5

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Rock am Ring 2016

2016

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Fuji Rock Festival

20068.3

Red Hot Chili Peppers: [2001] Rock In Rio

20019.0

FireAid Benefit Concert

20258.5

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks

19917.1

Ozzy: No Escape from Now

20258.4

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bonnaroo 2012

20125.3

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Bizarre Festival

1999

On Drums... Stewart Copeland!

20198.0

Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow

2025

Red Hot Chili Peppers : Live at La Cigale

200610.0

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live in Milan

20067.8

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Lollapalooza, Chicago 2016

2016

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock Im Pott

20125.8

Count Me In

20217.1

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live Earth Concert Wembley

200710.0

Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story

2026

Rammstein in Amerika

20158.0

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Psychedelic Sexfunk Live from Heaven

19907.0

Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony

20245.9

An Evening with Elton John and Brandi Carlile

20257.0

Free Tibet

19988.0

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live in Japan

20049.0

Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1999] Moscow, Russia

1999

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

202310.0

Red Hot Chili Peppers: [1990] Tokyo Tattoo

1990

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Off the Map

20017.1

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live At Budokan

2000

Tibetan Freedom Concert

1996

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Rock in Rio

20178.0

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome 2023

20248.0

Red Hot Chili Peppers Occupy the Garden

1996

Beware of Mr. Baker

20127.5

Session Man

19916.1

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live at Slane Castle

20038.7

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

20158.2

Red Hot Chili Peppers Live: I'm with You

2011

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Circuito Banco Do Brasil Festival

2013

In Your Face: The Neil Zlozower Story

2018

Red Hot Chili Peppers Live At The Pyramids

2019

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Tokyo Dome

20239.4

Red Hot Chili Peppers - What Hits!?

19927.9

Buddy Rich Memorial Concert

2009

Chad Smith & Ian Paice

20054.2

Deep Purple: Made In Japan

197210.0

Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II

20147.4

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Austin City Limits Festival 2022

20228.0

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Tibetan Freedom Concert

1996

Let There Be Drums!

20226.8

Red Hot Chili Peppers "Stadium Parisian" 2006

2009

Chickenfoot - Get Your Buzz On

20106.7

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

20196.7

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Live from the Basement

20129.5

Eddie Vedder: Live at Ohana Festival 2021

2021

Phil Collins: Drummer First

20247.0

Alicia Keys - Landmarks Live in Concert

20178.0

Red Hot Chili Peppers: A Dutch Connection

2007

Glenn Hughes: Soulfully Live in the City of Angels

2004

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live from The Roxy Theatre 2011

2011

Ferocious Drummers

2026

Chickenfoot: The White Album

2009

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

2017