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Chad Smith

Chad Smith was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1961 and has been the drummer of Red Hot Chili Peppers since 1988, entering the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with them in 2012. He also drums in the supergroup Chickenfoot and in his instrumental band Chad Smith’s Bombastic Meatbats, and plays with Andrew Watt in Eddie Vedder’s band, the Earthlings.

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Chad Smith playing drums with Red Hot Chili Peppers at Rock im Park in 2016
Photo: Stefan Brending (2eight), CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons

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Guest: bass drum on “Beautiful Delilah”
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The Rolling Stones Foreign Tongues

Sold as a month of sessions in London, the Stones' 25th album is really two periods in one, with Charlie Watts's last session and an hour of Andrew Watt's polish.

Elmo Phelge · 23 Oct 2026