Chad Smith
American drummer
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| April 6 2025 | Performed with Elton John and Brandi Carlile in a special television concert that will air on CBS. |
| April 5 2025 | Performed with Elton John and Brandi Carlile on Saturday Night Live. |
| 2025 | Performed on the song 'Killah' from Lady Gaga's album Mayhem. |
| January 2025 | Smith appears in the Peacock documentary SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, portraying Gene Frenkle in newly filmed flashback scenes for the episode dedicated to the 'More Cowbell' skit. |
| March 2024 | Announced to appear as himself in the upcoming sequel 'Spinal Tap II'. |
| 2023 | Served as the primary drummer on Iggy Pop's album Every Loser. |
| 2022 | Smith recorded the band's most recent album, 'Return of the Dream Canteen', his tenth studio album with the Red Hot Chili Peppers since joining in 1988. |
| 2022 | Performed on seven songs and co-wrote five songs on Iggy Pop's album 'Every Loser', and will be part of Pop's backing band 'The Losers'. |
| 2022 | Co-wrote and performed on Ozzy Osbourne's album Patient Number 9, and was a member of Eddie Vedder's backing band, The Earthlings, after co-writing and recording the album Earthling. |
| 2022 | Completed work on Eddie Vedder's 'Earthling' album, contributing significantly to its musical composition and performance. |
| December 2022 | Collaboration with Morrissey on 'Bonfire of Teenagers' album was put on hold by Capitol Records. |
| December 2022 | During a Los Angeles Rams home game, the team's media team humorously referenced the resemblance by displaying Smith next to a picture of Ferrell on the jumbotron after Smith's appearance with the Seattle Seahawks' drum line. |
| 2021 | Began collaboration with Eddie Vedder on the album 'Earthling', co-writing music for seven songs and performing drums on nine tracks. |
| September 2021 | Contributed to the Metallica tribute album 'The Metallica Blacklist', backing Miley Cyrus on her cover of 'Nothing Else Matters'. |
| January 1 2021 | Performed with Post Malone, Slash, Chris Chaney, and Andrew Watt during the Bud Light Seltzer Sessions New Year's Eve livestream, covering 'War Pigs' and 'Rooster'. |
| 2020 | Co-wrote and performed as part of the backing band on Ozzy Osbourne's album, Ordinary Man. |
| December 17 2020 | Announced as a drummer for Ozzy Osbourne's upcoming studio album, alongside Robert Trujillo and Taylor Hawkins. |
| January 2020 | Chad Smith opened his first art exhibit, exploring a new creative medium for expressing his feelings about music and drumming. He emphasized the importance of artists taking creative risks and trying new forms of expression. |
| 2019 | Released a Record Store Day exclusive 7-inch vinyl collaboration with Josh Klinghoffer, titled 'Jeepster/Monolith' |
| January 13 2019 | Smith and the Red Hot Chili Peppers performed at a benefit concert for victims of the Woolsey Fire. |
| 2018 | Chad Smith performed drums on every track of Joe Satriani's album 'What Happens Next'. |
| October 6 2018 | Smith and Will Ferrell hosted a charity event at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles to benefit Cancer for College, featuring Chad Smith's Super Mega Funktastic Jam Rock All Stars. |
| May 28 2018 | Started a music radio talk show on SiriusXM called 'VOLUME West' with co-host Lyndsey Parker, interviewing artists and discussing music. |
| February 12 2018 | Smith teamed with Will Ferrell for the One Classy Night event in Seattle, raising $300,000 in college scholarship money for cancer survivors. |
| May 14 2017 | During a Red Hot Chili Peppers performance in Columbus, Ohio, Smith sang the University of Michigan fight song 'The Victors', which gained national media attention due to the historic rivalry between University of Michigan and Ohio State. |
| February 3 2017 | Performed drums on the soundtrack for The Lego Batman Movie, composed by Lorne Balfe. |
| January 20 2017 | Began hosting 'Landmarks Live in Concert', an eight-episode concert series on PBS, featuring interviews with artists like Alicia Keys and Brad Paisley. |
| 2016 | Released 'The Getaway', continuing the band's musical evolution with producer Danger Mouse. |
| 2016 | Played on Glenn Hughes' album 'Resonate' |
| 2016 | Released 'Live in Paris' album |
| 2016 | Chad Smith and Flea purchased season tickets to the Los Angeles Rams. |
| May 8 2016 | Chickenfoot performs their second reunion show at Harrah's Showroom in South Lake Tahoe. |
| May 7 2016 | Chickenfoot performs their first of two reunion shows at Harrah's Showroom in South Lake Tahoe, debuting a new song titled 'Divine Termination'. |
| April 29 2016 | Smith and Will Ferrell hosted the Red Hot Benefit Comedy + Music Show & Quinceanera, with proceeds going to Cancer for College and Silverlake Conservatory of Music. |
| February 2016 | The Red Hot Chili Peppers performed at Bernie Sanders' campaign fundraiser, supporting his presidential campaign. |
| 2015 | Released live recording 'Cardiff, Wales: 6/23/04' |
| May 16 2015 | Smith was honored by Little Kids Rock with the 'Livin' The Dream Award' at their annual Family Jam benefit at Facebook's Menlo Park campus for supporting music education. |
| May 15 2015 | Smith performed at Sammy Hagar and James Hetfield's Acoustic-4-A-Cure benefit concert in San Francisco, raising money for the Pediatric Cancer Program at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. |
| 2014 | Smith appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, participating in a drum battle with Will Ferrell that was connected to the famous Saturday Night Live 'More Cowbell' skit. |
| 2014 | Completed 'I'm with You World Tour' |
| November 4 2014 | Released the album 'The Process' with Jon Batiste and Bill Laswell, a unique musical project created to score an unwritten film. |
| May 21 2014 | Smith appeared at a White House talent show organized by Michelle Obama for Turnaround Arts, raising awareness for arts education in low-performing schools. He adopted a school in Greenfield, California and lobbied House Speaker John Boehner for increased arts education funding. |
| April 2014 | Smith returned to Washington, D.C. to continue lobbying for public school music education. |
| 2013 | Released 'I'm with You Sessions' EP |
| May 2013 | Launched 'In Conversation with Chad Smith', a podcast through MusicRadar where he interviews other musical artists. |
| May 2013 | Spin magazine ranked Smith at number 91 on their list of the '100 Greatest Drummers of Alternative Music'. |
| April 2013 | Chad Smith was asked by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) to represent the music community as a lobbyist in Washington, D.C., advocating for music education in US public schools. |
| 2012 | Released live album 'Live Meat And Potatoes' with Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats |
| 2012 | Red Hot Chili Peppers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. |
| 2012 | Chad Smith rejoins Chickenfoot for a four-song encore performance. |
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