Chad Smith (born October 25, 1961) is best known as being the longtime drummer of Red Hot Chili Peppers. He is also the drummer of the supergroup Chickenfoot and instrumental band, Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats.
Smith was born to parents Curtis and Joan Smith in Richfield, Minnesota. He has two older siblings, Bradley and Pamela. He grew up in Homewood-Flossmoor Illinois where he attented Homewood-Flossmoor Highschool for two years where he the...
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Chad Smith (born October 25, 1961) is best known as being the longtime drummer of Red Hot Chili Peppers. He is also the drummer of the supergroup Chickenfoot and instrumental band, Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats.
Smith was born to parents Curtis and Joan Smith in Richfield, Minnesota. He has two older siblings, Bradley and Pamela. He grew up in Homewood-Flossmoor Illinois where he attented Homewood-Flossmoor Highschool for two years where he then moved to Oakland County in Southeast Michigan and graduated from Lahser High School.
Prior to joining Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smith was in a local Detroit band called Toby Redd, which was musically very different than Red Hot Chili Peppers. He signed on with RHCP in time for them to put out the album Mother's Milk in 1989. His first band was called "Pharaoh", back in 1976-77.
In 1991, Smith had a small role in the short film Session Man, which won an Academy Award for Best Short Subject.
Smith has released a second instructional DVD with Hal...
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