Chad Smith

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Chad Gaylord Smith (born on October 25, 1961 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA) is drummer in the rock band the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He joined the band after Jack Irons quit because of the distress and chaos over Hillel Slovak's death. In 1993, he released "Red Hot Rhythm Method", an educational video for aspiring drummers.

Chad was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for playing the world's largest drum kit (308 pieces). However the drum kit he plays in the band is the new Pearl Reference series kit. His role in the Chili Peppers is that of 'Pocket Drummer'. This means that he stays within the boundaries of the music and uses his talents to support the rest of the band and the music as a whole. This takes a lot of patience as most drummers would be tempted to simply hit loud and hard.

Chad was married in 1994 to Maria St. John and together had one child: Manon St. John (1997). He has three other children: Justin (1998), Ava (2000) and Cole (2005). The two divorced but he has recently remarried to an architect named Nancy on May 8, 2004 in Hopetown, Abacos, Bahamas.

When not onstage or in the studio Chad enjoys scuba diving, baseball, basketball, and riding his Harley (he owns a black Road King that he has personally done modifications on). He also lives in a 1929 Spanish house that Cary Grant and Randolph Scott lived in together from 1932 to 1936.

Chad's drumming is featured on over a hundred albums, not including those recorded with Red Hot Chili Peppers. He has also toured the world extensively performing drum clinics.

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