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Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
American rock band
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Chickenfoot
Chickenfoot
American rock supergroup
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Josh Klinghoffer
Josh Klinghoffer
American musician
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John Frusciante
John Frusciante
American guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer
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Ataxia
Ataxia
American experimental rock band
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Anthony Kiedis
Anthony Kiedis
American singer
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Flea
Flea
American-Australian bassist
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Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats
Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats
American instrumental funk rock band
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Michael Anthony
Michael Anthony
American rock musician
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Sammy Hagar
Sammy Hagar
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and entrepreneur
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D.H. Peligro
D.H. Peligro
American punk rock musician, drummer
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Hillel Slovak
Hillel Slovak
Israeli-American musician
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Jack Irons
Jack Irons
musician, songwriter
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Thelonious Monster
Thelonious Monster
American rock group
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Joe Satriani
Joe Satriani
American musician
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The Bicycle Thief
The Bicycle Thief
band
Chad Smith
American musician; drummer in Red Hot Chili Peppers

Chad Smith

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American musician; drummer in Red Hot Chili Peppers
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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, Jennifer Nettles, Kid Rock, Jake Bugg, the Avett Brothers, Joe Satriani, Post Malone, 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.