# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chad-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:42:32.834Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chad-smith"
name: "Chad Smith"
slug: "chad-smith"
description: "Chad Gaylord Smith is an American musician who is the drummer of the rock band the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Smith has played with the Chili Peppers since 1988, appearing on ten of their studio albums as the band’s longest-serving drummer. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. Smith is also the drummer of the hard rock supergroup Chickenfoot, formed in 2008, and of the all-instrumental outfit Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats, formed in 2007. He worked with the Chicks on Taking the Long Way, an album that won five Grammy Awards in 2007."
tagline: "American drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers_-_Rock_am_Ring_2016_-2016156230620_2016-06-04_Rock_am_Ring_-_Sven_-_1D_X_-_0118_-_DV3P9777_mod.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1961-10-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump