Chad Smith at Guitar Center's Drum-Off Finals

A clip from Chad Smith's exclusive performance at our Drum-Off Finals on 1/18/14 in Los Angeles with special guests Steve Lukather, Jeff Kollman, Ed Roth, and Kevin Chown.
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[@wdrumz]

I almost forgot Drum Offs were about groove and pocket like this. They should show case the musicality of a drummer and not just shredding pointless "chops" all the time and using stupid stick tricks to make up for the lack of talent. Thank God they brought groove back to this. These are pros ladies and gents, take note ;)

[@NeillWylie]

I'm normally all for tech but I absolutely fully agree with you here. His drumming was real nice in this one.

[@davidmerry2977]

Its not about being the best, its about bringing your own style to the table, and showing you have a love for what you do in your art. And this is a great example of that. Thats how you can truly consider someone a master of their art. A simple question to ask yourself, are you doing it??

[@GpeterKostwinder]

Yes, I love this!

[@saintjabroni]

Exfuckingatly.

[@AlessioSfasci]

The amazing Steve Lukather on guitar!

[@jessetarr2771]

Chad really won that drum off. His foot work and dynamics are incredible.

[@Ds14n]

wow, Chad + Steve Lukather, that's a combo I tought I would never see. Amazing!

[@liamlazcano1916]

yes i do steve luckater is amazing guitar player from band TOTO and drummer simon philips!!

[@JoeLeo823]

I can watch this over, over, over and over again....wake up the next day and watch it again. What a great jam. GROOVEEEEE

[@davidleiva940]

These guys can PLAY! Great jam!!

[@kingkari1496]

I love Guitar Center

[@VladShpiro]

Now that's what I call emotional playing :) Blows away totally, so good

[@thijs817]

amazing performance! I could watch this video over and over again!

[@joelpark6616]

luv the way how this dude leads the whole band

[@kingrick5494]

You should try listening to jazz

[@davepett6531]

Listening to him since his days with Toby red and it never gets old . Great job Chad

[@davepett6531]

Great job Chad been listening to him since he was a kid playing at the main act

[@elbettto]

Wooow!! The great Steve Lukather on guitar!! Wooooow!

[@firstmusic00]

Love Chad. He's not as "flashy" as some. But damn he can groove!

[@JackAHT]

firstmusic00 he can be flashy as heck, he just knows that drums is about grooving so he doesn't show it

[@LeandroOlavarria]

Chad Smith is amazing!!

[@juanjosesilva7059]

Increible....esto te dan ganas de tocar todo el dia...

[@msssorum]

FREAKING AMAZING! Chad's a beast! and the guitars...... my God!!!!!

[@dannethercott5787]

I'm going to be that guy and complain about something right now. Amazing performance aside, whoever mixes the audio for these videos really needs to step it up. Considering that this is a drum performance video, i'm really disappointed that I didn't get to hear Chad's brilliant drum tones. There was basically no tom's in the mix, the cymbals were too thin and crispy, and I seriously doubt that fat steel snare of his sounds like that acoustically... it sounded like I was just hearing the bottom mic, no attack. I can see Chad Smith wailing on the drums, but heard no life in the mixing. Please do better next time. Thanks for the video though :) Interesting to see him in this kind of musical situation.

[@revell55]

+Dan Nethercott I scrolled down to find your comment. I knew it was there. I knew someone thought the same thing as me. Just as Audio-technician that mixes the performance of Rock Am Ring, they need to find a new job. This was absolutely HORRIBLE mixing wise. Chad rocks of course, just wish I could hear it the way he plays it..

[@cpu554]

I don't think that was his fat steel snare. Looked like free floater of some sorts.

[@bubinga_basher]

Dan Nethercott I hear ya, but in Chad’s defense, I’m pretty sure that’s wasn’t one of Chad’s kit, he probably didn’t have his sound guy, etc...I’m 90% sure that was a Yamaha kit, with a Pearl reso head. The badges were square, and the lugs looked Yamaha. What bothers me, is he had to knock the kit off the stage? A kit, or a runner up would have loved that.

[@vasilias2230]

It was a good band mix, it fits in very well.

[@Qwerty99999o]

@@bubinga_basher its a pearl kit, you can see the writing on the badge, at about the 2 10 min mark, its on his floor tom

[@stevefox5430]

Bombastic Meatbats + Steve Lukather!!

[@carRmaRicaRbaTa]

You should watch this if you haven't, fuckng awesome.. #ChadSmith

[@davejones9577]

awesome jam

[@honza_kriz_bass]

GROOVE MASTER OF DA UNIVERSE!!!

[@prankstar666]

I didn't know Norman Reedus played bass!

[@noamdrums3764]

Amazing Drummer!!

[@morbidnmacabre5691]

Damn watch him move! Love Chad!

[@patriciobuztamante708]

Genio!

[@rush2795]

kirk hammett on the keyboard?

[@emaledesma2196]

Jhon Petrucci with curlers

[@saintjabroni]

Yes, it's true. That's Kirk. Next question.

[@sampeake4235]

Wah

[@costamesa22]

rush2795 😂 lol

[@riccardo1995able]

STEVE LUKATHER!

[@Verdugothewatcher]

I like Chad Smith. He just grooves hard.

[@douglasdrumdouglasdrum3245]

chad y brad wil dos bateristas funk de los mas bravos

[@megamoind]

I'm suprised Chad's not deaf by now :-D

[@sideoutside]

What?

[@vaughanxaviermusic]

@@sideoutside he doesnt really use ear protection... makes me sad

[@squanderer5400]

the good smart drummers practice with ear muffs, so he's probs fine

[@saintjabroni]

Fire drummin'!

[@anderszettergren4302]

Great

[@davedecker1725]

Smith is a MONSTER!!! I saw him play with chickenfoot, he made joe,Sammy & Mike look like a bunch of librarians!!

[@davidleiva940]

It's all about the groove, baby! ;)

[@mantzini]

Bass player is Darryl from The Walking Dead xD

[@UNSO-UNA]

Потрясающие музыканты! Всегда обращал внимание н гитариста и басиста red hot chilli peppers. Никогда не уделял внимания ударнику. Отличный профессионал! Просто получил наслаждение от этого видео, серьезно!

[@Mikimikey]

Wow, a Pearl marsters serie pushed off the scene ! I wish i could have one like this !

[@Shadowdread1981]

chad smith still has a great drum beat. #ChadSmith

[@giggs102]

jeff kollman what a flipping guitarist

[@alexadams6566]

Will ferrell on the drums, kirk hammett on the keyboard, daryl dixon on bass, overweight dave grohl on guitar

[@serhiih.7055]

Chad is true musician, no stupid wall of sounds and tricks, which most of drum off competitors like so much

[@kingrick5494]

I’d like to his drum solo though

[@OLLEnatior]

wow I didnt know Will Ferrel could drum away! He's great too! A man of many talents.

[@michaelschmidt9708]

Nope. Jeff Kollman (Alan Parsons, Glenn Hughes, Mogg/Way). Check out his instrumental trio COSMOSQUAD. Ahhh-mazing!

[@AlmostLeroy]

I never knew Daryl played bass!

[@damonashenfelter5199]

stil curious why they didn't bring Chad Smith on the set of Step-brothers during the beat lab part to fuck up the drums... missed opportunity there...

[@SeanLaMontagne]

God damn....

[@MrDrummerguy33]

I was just thinking, man that kid on guitar has chops.. Then I read Lukather LMFAO

[@StreetsOfVancouverChannel]

Ironically, I didn't read the intro blurb and just clicked PLAY... and a bar into the solo of the second guitarist I thought "Damn! That sounds just like Steve Lukather!"... and it was! ;)

[@DarrellHeathmydogspike]

his rack tom has a evans head whoops :D

[@rossshimer3426]

Chad kick his bass drum of the stage before the song was over

[@XxStrongDrums1996xX]

Does anybody know if Steve Lukather and Chad Smith have appeared together on a record yet? If not, they should. My god, would that be a killer combo.

[@eskilseter]

He plays on one track on Steve's latest solo record "Transition". They might have played on other records together in the past too, but none that I know of.

[@StephenLella]

Fucking. Awesome.

[@manolo3540]

Is that Daryll from the walking dead on bass?

[@tredomke5781]

THATS WHAT I THOUGHT

[@manolo3540]

hahaha ikr?

[@cundionfire]

and kirk hammet on keyboard lol

[@MiguelBatalha]

Nice drumming, Will!

[@courtbeall7768]

Wish I was there.Thats a shitload of talent on that stage.

[@clifbradford1620]

Ya gotta love the guy that wears the "Old English D " !!!

[@sergiogarcia239]

Stamina my goodness!!!

[@elamigoporky98]

everyone should check ou reuben grenwuich (or similar last name) of the main squeeze!

[@jr0ccc]

did anybody else notice the evans reso head on the mounted tom? even tho he is a remo artist

[@huntercampbell3726]

Those RHCP logo'd cymbals

[@jmetalskinz]

Chad still knows how to groove like a mother fucker after all these years!

[@shibumi5210]

Drummers need a new t-shiirt... "I'd hit that", then below- "Zildjian cymbals- being hit on and loving it since 1623"

[@patriodiames9715]

Brace yourselves for the “Will Ferrell look-like-a-like” jokes

[@VWGTI2013]

Chad is Rad! All copyrights owned.

[@nickdell8202]

Is anybody better at making normal drum groove sound amazing

[@sampeake4235]

Guy on keyboard: wah

[@connorsk622]

the meatbats !!!!

[@brandonwalker9245]

What is will ferrel doing on drums

[@spaz6996]

How Do I get tickets to Guitar Centre Drum Off's??

[@jessepinkeye2339]

Kirk Hammet on Keys!

[@user-ht8vy8nt1w]

こういうの生で見てみたい

[@sanidrummer5754]

are this Cymbals for sale ?

[@sanidrummer5754]

Where is the signature snare sound!! :) what is this

[@xezu7700]

RHCP logo on the cymbals? XD ( 2:17 )

[@laboratorymusic_]

YES! IT"S CYMBAL IS "HOLY CHINA", CHAD SMITH SIGNATURE MAKE IS "SABIAN SYMBALS".

[@GuitarlosCarlos]

COOL JAM NEXT TIME AND ALWAYS PUT THE BASS PLAYER ON THE HI AT SIDE CARLOS GUITARLOS

[@chuckychan6627]

Somebody knows which model and brand is Chad s hi hat in this event?

[@RHCP9181]

They're his sabian signature, probably the accelerator hats 14 inch.

[@chuckychan6627]

RHCP9181 thanks!! :D

[@piterdevries1885]

will farrel is fuckin great

[@john_gojan]

daryl on the bass

[@subzeo198]

where is the drum solo?

[@murphymoerf]

exactly where does it say "drum solo" in the title or the description?

[@123kkkasd]

I swear he looks like will Farrel

[@TheSquareOnes]

Has he recorded with this band at all or were they just thrown together for the competition? I'd love to have an album of this.

[@rileymorgan5650]

yeah they have some recorded stuff they're called bombastic meatbeats haha

[@TheSquareOnes]

Riley Morgan Awesome, thank you.

[@tannerrat1168]

did i just see a evens drum head on that kit

[@lkamakazee]

will farrell plays drums????

[@liberatemars]

Are these Chad Smith signature sabian cymbals? I can't find the hi-hat for sale anywhere. Is it available at all?

[@DRUMAdam91]

Only the china

[@liberatemars]

DRUMadam Hmmm, does anyone have any idea what the others are called since they have the RHCP star logo imprinted on them? -- Other than the fact that they are Sabians. These are obviously custom cymbals if it has his band logo on them but Sabian isn't marketing them to be resold this way? Does anyone know which Sabian models the logo cymbals are then? Weird...

[@abethedrummer]

those are aax xplosion hats, they don't sell them with the rhcp print on them though

[@spacejazz6272]

Abe Thedrummer I play those! They sound amazing

[@abethedrummer]

Stephen Barlow I agree, very loud and cutting haha

[@jigsaw924]

So, Are we just not going to ever see the drum off finalists? What the fuck?

[@WjunioRCR]

ese bateerista es un desgracia como va a hacer eso xD

[@jacobd9275]

In my opinion chad smith is better than Neil Peart,He can do more with a smaller set and isn't all about flash

[@phatpeople1234]

Jake Duffy The difference between Neil Peart and John Bonham is the preference of feel versus groove. I prefer groove drummers and that's what I think Chad Smith is.

[@nicholascurtis8201]

Listen to the song "Cygnus X-1, book II: hemispheres" then say Chad Smith is better lol

[@nicholascurtis8201]

Or better yet, listen to the drum track for "Subdivisions", it is phenomenal!

[@schulz1691]

Jacob _ no busquemos quién es mejor! Disfrutemos!

[@drewlsy]

what chili's should be without kiedis. that was awesome!

[@RevolutionStudios00]

It wouldn't be the same at all, and it wouldn't be better either.

[@christophcarle]

If this guy left, I would start listen to them.

[@JAF2991]

Holy shit! Will Ferrell can play!

[@Yourhandinmine]

+jeco F And Daryl from Walking dead on bass xD

[@rummat]

YHIMOfficial hca

[@antonmaclean8418]

😞

[@orangeeater1000]

Loool the bassist looks like Daryl Dixon from "The walking dead"

[@TJDrumsRHCP]

Shame of the drumset in the end.

[@DrW8man]

Did you notice that bass drum fell down on the floor? =))

[@RichKeator]

Couldn't have just said "Chad Smith and the Boombastic Meatballs"?

[@imSulfurate]

is this the red hot chilli peppers.

[@carterwilliamson8504]

Not the guys playing with Chad. But Chad's apart of them.

[@strayroz]

Bombastic Meatbats

[@MovieHound17]

I miss John Bonham. If buddy rich was able to work the skins at his age Bonham wouldn't have lost a step either :)

[@LudMartyTaylor]

Chad is just ridiculous at the end of the video .. Poor guy..

[@mauricioaguirre3611]

I saw you playing too. You really suck

[@MotoRiff77]

Will Ferrell is a pretty good drummer :)

[@zildjiandrum1]

not to bad for his age ;)

[@paulodvsilva]

oh shut up, you know damn well he's one of the greatest in the world!

[@zildjiandrum1]

actually not one of the best but one of the most sympathetic and a really nice Rock drummer !!!!