What is Chad Smith?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Chad Smith | image = Chadsmithclinic.jpg | image_size = | landscape = | alt = | caption = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|10|25}} | birth_place = [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]] | origin = | death_date = | death_place = | genre = {{hlist|[[Funk rock]]|[[alternative rock]]|[[hard rock]]}} | occupation = | instrument = Drums | years_active = 1980–present | label = | associated_acts = [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] | website = | notable_instruments = }} '''Chad Smith''' (born October 25, 1961 in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]], [[United States]]) is a [[drummer]] in the [[rock and roll|rock]] band [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]. He joined the band in 1988 with [[John Frusciante]] when [[guitar]]ist [[Hillel Slovak]] died<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/chad-smith-on-writing-new-rhcp-lp-from-thin-air-befriending-will-ferrell-73525/|title=Chad Smith on Writing New RHCP LP 'From Thin Air,' Befriending Will Ferrell|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|accessdate=2021-02-24}}</ref> of a [[heroin]] drug [[overdose]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-07-17-ca-9840-story.html|title=LA BEAT : Drugs: Just Another Member of L.A.'s Rock Bands? |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=17 July 1988 |accessdate=2021-02-04}}</ref> and [[Jack Irons]] left because of his friend dying. Chad has stayed in the band since then, playing the drums for every single album up to today. ==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 Acradium'' (2006) * ''I'm With You'' (2011) ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Chad}} [[Category:20th-century American musicians]] [[Category:21st-century American musicians]] [[Category:1961 births]] [[Category:American drummers]] [[Category:American r