Chad Smith

Chad Gaylord Smith (Saint Paul, Minnesota, October 25, 1961) is an American musician best known for being the drummer for the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he recorded 10 studio albums and of which he is a member from 1988 to the present. Smith is also the drummer for the hard rock band Chickenfoot and for the instrumental band Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats. Additionally, he has collaborated with numerous artists such as John Frusciante, Glenn Hughes, Jake Bugg, Dave Navarro, Dixie Chicks and Johnny Cash, among others.

Throughout his career, Smith has received numerous awards. The readers of Rolling Stone magazine voted Chad the 13th greatest rock drummer of all time. Additionally, Spin magazine ranked Chad as the number 10 on the list of "The 100 Best Alternative Music Drummers"., as well as at number 10 on the list of "The 20 Best Drummers of the Last 25 Years", both lists published by Rhythm magazine. Chad was also named by DRUM! Magazine as "Funk Drummer of the Year" in a total of 12 years. In 2012, Chad was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Biography

Smith began playing drums at age 7. During his adolescence he had several jobs but none seemed to satisfy him since his only interest was to practice and perfect his playing skills. He graduated from Bloomfield Hill's Lasher High School. in the year 1980. He also attended the & # 34;Andover High School & # 34; and & # 34; Lahser High School & # 34;, graduating from the latter in 1980. While still in school, he left his house for a while. When he returned, his mother sent him to a boarding school. He worked a series of jobs while playing in various bands.

Later, at the age of 20, he moved to California, where his brother Brad lived, and ended up in Los Angeles, where he joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers. After playing in the Toby Redd band, Chad gained a very good reputation as a drummer. He was the last to audition for the Red Hot Chili Peppers with the reputation of 'eating drums for breakfast'. During the audition, Flea and Anthony Kiedis were pleasantly surprised by the power, skill and rhythm that this "giant" had. He ended up joining the band in March of 1989. Chad's style was a perfect fit for what they were looking for. However, according to Anthony Kiedis's autobiography, Scar Tissue, after his first audition for the band, Kiedis told him that he would be admitted to the band if he first shaved his head, as a test of his devotion to the band, but above all. Everything, because of Kiedis's aversion to Smith's rock and roll hair style (the singer compared it to the Guns N' Roses style; long hair and bandana), since it was not the image of the punk funk band. Smith returned the next day with his hair still in a bandana, however Anthony allowed him to stay, realizing his stubbornness and according to Flea, because he liked his funk-groove style. Smith's tenacity to keep his hair long was very great, probably due to discomfort with his receding, thus clarifying the reason why he almost always wears a beanie.

Though primarily known for his work as a drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smith is featured on more than 100 albums, not including those recorded with his current band. He has also traveled extensively around the world, as he performs drum meetups. He attended a series of meetings with one of his heroes, Deep Purple's Ian Paice. Chad develops a side project called "Chickenfoot" with former Van Halen members Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony and famed guitarist Joe Satriani.

Former Deep Purple bassist Glenn Hughes recorded an album in Chad's “home” studio in late 2005/early 2006.

As a side note, Smith hates hot peppers.

Other data

• In 1993 Chad Smith launched "Red Hot Rhythm Method", an educational video for amateur drummers.

• Some of his biggest influences are: Ginger Baker, Ringo Starr, Stewart Copeland, Kiss, Keith Moon, Mitch Mitchell, Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, Van Halen, The Who, Motown, P-Funk, Buddy Rich and John Bonham.

• In addition to being recognized for his abilities, he entered the Guinness Book of records for playing the world's largest battery (308 pieces).

• During the One Hot Minute album tour, he suffered two accidents, one while playing baseball and another while driving his Harley-Davidson bike, which made the tour postponed for a while.

• In 1998 he joined Dave Navarro in a project parallel to the band called Spread, which he resigned after Navarro's departure from the Hot Chili Peppers Network.

Personal life

Smith was born on October 25, 1961, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. His parents are Curtis and Joan Smith. Additionally, she has a sister named Pamela and a brother named Bradley. In 1996, he married Maria St. John, with whom he had a daughter named Manon Smith, who was born in 1997. Smith and his wife soon divorced. After the divorce, he became a father two more times: in 1998 his son Justin Smith was born and in 2000 his daughter Ava Cardoso-Smith was born. On May 8, 2004, Chad married architect Nancy Mack in the Bahamas. With Mack, Smith had three more children: Cole, Beckett, and Dashiell, who were born in 2005, 2009, and 2012, respectively.

Team

In March 2016 it was officially announced that Chad Smith is now a member of the Drum Workshop Drums family.

The drum kits used by Smith for live performances for The Getaway album tour are as follows:

• Main: Design series acrylic kit, transparent with coloured (acrylic) and brightness applications.
• Secundario: acrylic kit of the Design series, green color.

Of the following measures:

• 12x9" Tom
• 14x14" Tom standing
• 16x16" Tom standing
• 24x16" Bombo

Snare Drums:

• 14×5" DW TRUE-SONIC
• 14x5,5" DW BELL BRAZS
• 14x5" Acrylic Assistant (color matching the kit used at the time)

Others:

• 6x12" DW Rata Tom
• 6x13" DW Rata Tom
• 6x14" DW Rata Tom
• 6x16" DW Rata Tom
• Symphonic Timbal Adams
• 10" Remo Rototom

Remo heads:

• Clear Powerstroke 4 (Batter Bombo): 24"
• Clear Emperor (Resonante Bombo): 24"
• Clear Controlled Sound (Batter Toms): 12", 14", 16"
• Clear Ambassador (Resonante Toms): 12", 14", 16"
• Coated Controlled Sound X (Batter Redoblantes): 14"
• Ambassador Hazy: 14"
• Clear Controlled Sound: 14"
• Clear Controlled Sound (Rata Toms)
• Renaissance (timbal)

Cymbals (Paiste Cymbals)

• 14" 2002 sound edge hi hat
• 19" 2002 Crash.
• 18" 2002 Crash
• 20" 2002 Crash.
• 22" 2002 heavy Ride.
• 21" 2002 wild Chinese.
• 10" 2002 Splash.

Accessories

• Cencerro GonBops Red Rock Cowbell.
• LP Jam Block (Medium Pitch)

Chad Smith uses his custom model Vater drumsticks, the Chad Smith's Funk Blaster (5B).

Discography

With Red Hot Chili Peppers

• Mother's Milk (1989)
• Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
• One Hot Minute (1995)
• Californication (1999)
• By the Way (2002)
• Stadium Arcadium (2006)
• I'm with You (2011)
• The Getaway (2016)
• Unlimited Love (2022)
• Return of the Dream Canteen (2022)

With Chickenfoot

• Chickenfoot (2009)
• Chickenfoot III (2011)
• Chickenfoot LV (2012)

Featuring Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats

• Meet The Meatbats (2009)
• More Meat (2010)

With Glenn Hughes

• Songs in the Key of Rock (2003)
• Soul Mover (2005)
• Music for the Divine (2006)
• First Underground Nuclear Kitchen (2008)

Featuring Joe Satriani

• What Happens Next (2018)

With Ozzy Osborne

• Ordinary Man (2020)