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The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith Joins Music-Ed Advocacy Trip To D.C.
“If there hadn’t been a music program in my public schools, I would not be where I am today.”—Chad Smith This March 19 and 20, Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers will join former New York Yankee and…
Enter to Win 2 Tickets to See Chad Smith’s Bombastic Meatbats at the Iridium in New York City This Friday, December 7
Thanks to those who entered. This contest is currently closed. Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith is bringing his funk band, Bombastic Meatbats, to the Iridium in New York City, December 6 through 9, and you can win two…
Bombastic Meatbats Return With First-Ever Concert Set, "Live Meat And Potatoes"
The Bombastic Meatbats, have just issued their first-ever live recording, Live Meat and Potatoes via Marmaduke Records, which is available as both a traditional CD and as a download, via the following links, respectively: marmaduke.jeffkollman.com/ and itunes.apple.com/. Consisting of drummer Chad Smith,…
New Chad Smith App and Twitter Q&A
Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith has released a new app for Apple devices and Android, and he’ll be conducting a live Twitter Q&A session before the Chili Peppers’ show at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, this…
The Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith on Arriving at That Magic Take
This piece originally ran as a sidebar in the “Get Good: Playing for the Song” feature that ran in the January 2011 issue of Modern Drummer. As we were putting together this feature on playing for the song, MD Pro Panelist…
Jan Web Update News
Ringo Starr’s seventeenth solo studio record, Ringo 2012, will be released on January 31 in the United States and January 30 internationally. The album, which was produced by Starr, was recorded in L.A. and mixed in England by Ringo…
Kenny Aronoff
Hi, everyone at Modern Drummer! I’ve been so lame at getting a blog or news out, but here’s a quick update of what I’ve been up to in 2011. A few weeks ago I went to San Francisco and jammed…
Web Update News
John Tempesta is in the studio working on a new Cult record. For more on John go to moderndrummer-com.go-vip.net/2010/11/john-tempesta-2/. 311 have a new studio album out, Universal Pulse, produced by Bob Rock (Aerosmith, Metallica) and mixed by drummer Chad…
RHCP's Chad Smith
by Adam Budofsky This summer MD got to hang out with Chad Smith at his apartment in NYC for a few hours, rapping about his recent Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chickenfoot, and Meatbats projects, all of which you can read…
Chad Smith: The Hub Of The Chili Peppers’ Ever-Spinning Wheel
“I have so much invested in this band, and I’m proud of it. It’s part of my identity. That’s not to say I couldn’t do other things, but I live the Red Hot Chili Peppers.” When Chad Smith said these…
Chad Smith: Web Exclusive Interview
Story by Billy Amendola Photos by Alex Solca Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith takes a much-needed rest—for a minute—and fills MD in on the many cool side projects he’s involved in. Among the projects closest to Chad Smith’s…
