Chad Smith

For other people named Chad Smith, see Chad Smith (disambiguation).

Chad Smith
Background information
Birth name	Chad Smith
Born	October 25, 1961 (1961-10-25) (age 50) Richfield, Minnesota, United States
Genres	funk rock, alternative rock, experimental rock, hard rock, punk jazz, jazz funk, heavy metal
Instruments	Drums, percussion, piano, guitar, oboe, saxophone, didgeridoo, flute
Years active	1982–present
Associated acts	Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chickenfoot, Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats, Glenn Hughes, Toby Redd, Rhythm Train

Chad Smith (born October 25, 1961) is an American musician, best known as the longtime and current drummer of Red Hot Chili Peppers. Smith is also the drummer of the hard rock supergroup Chickenfoot which includes Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, and Michael Anthony, former Deep Purple vocalist Glenn Hughes' backing band and his own instrumental side-project, Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats. In 2010 Smith released a children's record, Rhythm Train which he recorded with legend, Dick Van Dyke, and Leslie Bixler. In April 2010 MTV named Rhythm Train one of the best children's records of all time. In addition to Smith's bands, he also records with many other musicians including The Dixie Chicks, Kid Rock, George Clinton and Outernational.

Biography

Chad Smith was born to Curtis and Joan Smith in Richfield, Minnesota. He has two older siblings, Bradley and Pamela. He grew up in Homewood, Illinois or Flossmoor, Illinois where he attended Homewood-Flossmoor High School for two years. He then moved to Oakland County in Southeast Michigan and graduated from Lahser High School.^[1] Prior to joining Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smith was in a local Detroit band called Toby Redd, playing on their second album In The Light.

Personal life

On May 8, 2004 in Hopetown, Abaco, Bahamas, Smith got married for the second time to architect Nancy Mack. They have two sons together, Cole and Beckett Cash. Smith, Mack and their boys split their time between Malibu, CA and New York. Smith has 3 other children from previous relationships; daughters Manon St. John Smith and Ava Cadoso-Smith, and son Justin Smith.^[2] Smith is a diehard Detroit Pistons fan and loves playing golf, riding motorcycles, surfing and watching Saturday Night Live. He has a striking resemblance to actor Will Ferrell and has admitted to the resemblance in various interviews. ^[3].

Smith regularly contributes to the following non profit organizations: MusiCares, Surfer's Healing, an organization which provides aid to children facing Autism, Right Turn in Boston, Children's Hospitals across the United States and Camp Korey, which is one of Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall summer camps for children with serious illness.

Equipment

Chad's new 2011 Acrylic kit specs: 12x8 tom 14x14 floor tom 16x16 floor tom 22x16 kick drum 14×6.5 Pearl Sensitone Snare 14×6.5 Side Snare

Sabian Cymbals: 14" AA Medium Hats, 21" AA Rock Ride, 20" AA Rock Crash, 19" AA Medium Crash, 21" Vault Holy China, 10" AAX Splash

Sticks: 16" Vater Funk Blaster - Chad Smith design

Selected discography

• Jam Sessions - Jamming with Linc (1977)
• Pharaoh - Point Of Entry (1982)
• Toby Redd - In the Light (1986)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (1989)
• Second Self - Mood Ring (1990)
• Twenty Mondays - Twist Inside (1992)
• Queen Remix (1991)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
• Wild Colonials - Fruit of Life (1994)
• General Clusterfunk - Starin' Straight at the Sun (1994)
• Various Artists - A Means to an End: The Music of Joy Division (1995)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute (1995)
• Original Soundtrack - Grace of my Heart (1996)
• Wayne Kramer - Dangerous Madness (1996)
• Thermadore - Monkey on Rico (1996)
• Howard Stern's Private Parts (1997)
• Lili Haydn - Lili (1997)
• John Fogerty - Blue Moon Swamp (1997)
• Leah Andreone - Alchemy (1998)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (1999)
• Fishbone - The Psychotic Friends Nuttwerk (2000)
• Various Artists - Loud Rocks (2000)
• Dave Navarro - Trust No One (2001)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way (2002)
• Johnny Cash - Unearthed (2003)
• Glenn Hughes - Songs In The Key Of Rock (2003)
• Hughes Turner Project - HTP 2 (2003)
• John Frusciante - Shadows Collide With People (2004)
• Glenn Hughes - Soulfully Live In The City Of Angels (2004)
• Glenn Hughes - Soul Mover (2005)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium (2006)
• Dixie Chicks - Taking The Long Way (2006)
• Glenn Hughes - Music For The Divine (2006)
• Glenn Hughes - First Underground Nuclear Kitchen (2008)
• George Clinton - George Clinton and His Gangsters of Love (2008)
• Chickenfoot - Chickenfoot (2009)
• Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats - Meet The Meatbats (2009)
• B'z - Ichibu to Zenbu/Dive (2009)
• Rhythm Train with Leslie Bixler, Chad Smith and Featuring Dick Van Dyke - (2010) ^[4]
• Paul Oakenfold - Pop Killer (2010)
• Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats - More Meat (2010)
• Kid Rock - Born Free (2010) ^[5]
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm with You (August 2011)
• Chickenfoot - Chickenfoot III (September 2011)

References

1. ^ Thompson, D: The Red Hot Chili Peppers, page 182. St. Martin's Press, New York, 1993.
2. ^ [1]
3. ^ Baltin, Steve. "Chad Smith Won't Use Will Ferrell Resemblance For Evil". Spinner.com. http://www.spinner.com/2009/08/19/chad-smith-wont-use-will-ferrell-resemblance-for-evil/. Retrieved 1 September 2011. 
4. ^ "Chad Smith Dick Van Dyke Leslie Bixler". The Rhythm Train. http://therhythmtrain.com/. Retrieved 2011-03-13. 
5. ^ "Kid Rock Will Be Born Free in November With New Album Release". http://www.antimusic.com/news/10/aug/31Kid_Rock_Will_Be_Born_Free_in_November_With_New_Album_Release.shtml. 

External links

• Red Hot Chili Peppers Official website
• Chad on Twitter
• Rhythm Train
• Drummerworld
• Chad Smith on Drum Channel

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Name	Smith, Chad
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