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Contents 1 move equipment info out of biography 2 August 2004 Deletion Debate 3 Middle Name 4 History? 5 Picture 6 Year of birth 7 Discography is a mess! 8 NPOV 9 Trivia Section 10 Hauptgebäude, Michigan? 11 Will Ferrell 12 What happened to the Chad Smith Page? 13 Different languages 14 Chad's Smith's Equipment 15 Chad Smith's Correct Equipment 16 Pictures

[edit] move equipment info out of biography

although he did assist in the design of the cee lite kit, which is somewhat biography-worthy, it is a pretty equipment specific section and I think it should be moved down to the equipment section

[edit] August 2004 Deletion Debate

For an August 2004 deletion debate see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Chad Smith

[edit] Middle Name

Can someone verify Chad's middlename as gaylord thank you Kurt000 18:50, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

IMDBIt lists his middle name as Gaylord, so I added it to the article. TheDavesr 22:43, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

that is not the chad smith who plays in the rhcp. It is an actor of the same name

The biography on IMDB clearly states information about his presence in RHCP. Please RTFA. --Mattarata 16:51, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

I have reverted removal of his middlename many times now. Sometimes is is removed by bots who think its vandalism, others simply think there is no chance someone can be named Gaylord. The only source we have is IMDB and until IMDB is ruled as an unacceptable source, then I say it should stay in this article. --Mattarata 23:50, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

You realize that IMDB can be edited by anyone, as Wikipedia can, right? And vandalism is rarely, if ever, undone by them. I'm removing the middle name until a better source is found. Xihix 00:20, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History?

Does anybody knows something more about Chad Smith? Something like where or who did he study, some band before the Chili Peppers, or whatever?

yh i added that in from an interview i found.

chads idol was buddy rich, and his favourite rock band was kiss, (he is also the best drummer of today not because he is amazing. its because he has a groove and plays the drums with passion and power)

I was wondering about his high school because some people say he didn't graduate from Lahser... I was also wondering where he went to middle school. (I've heard Bloomfield Hills Middle School.)

68.41.159.154 (talk) 20:53, 16 May 2008 (UTC)Drik

[edit] Picture

Why no picture of Chad Smith on the page??

I have added a pciture from their recent album promotion, hopefully it wont get canned for copyright reasons...i think it should qualify as fair use from promotional materials --Mattarata 22:50, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Year of birth

His year of birth is 1961, not 1962

his year of birth has always been said to be 1962....

[edit] Discography is a mess!

Should it be cleaned up with the current listing, or should it include everything he's drummed on? It's all listed on his website. Either way, it needs to be cleaned up. TheDavesr 22:41, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

I didn't add anything, but I fixed it up well so it'll look like other discographies with links to the other artists and italics on most of the albums. Cdylan13 14:30, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV

Much of this article needs to be cleaned up including:

• fired by multiple employers, including a paint company (screwed up a big order)
• a Gap (never mastered the sweater fold) and a pancake house (spilled a vat of maple syrup)
• All he wanted to do was play drums
• "barely graduating"

and other lines needs much cite work, sources and general cleanup

[edit] Trivia Section

The trivia section needs to be converted into paragraph test per WP:AVTRIV. Also the fact that he looks a little like Will Ferrell is not really a fact, and does not follow WP:NPOV. --Mattarata 16:19, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hauptgebäude, Michigan?

There is no such place as Hauptgebäude, Michigan. Tiorted 15:07, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Will Ferrell

HAHA this guy could be WIll Ferrells twin, somthing about that should be in here.

no, it shouldn't.

You're right, he is his freakin twin. That should at least go in trivia.

Okay, when I saw him I thought of Will Ferrell too, but I don't think that's worthy of being put in a trivia section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.161.128.178 (talk) 20:34, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

I think there should be a tidbit about their similar looks. You could say that he is often noted by fans to look very similar to Will Ferrell. CalBears99 (talk) 20:01, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] What happened to the Chad Smith Page?

I just looked at the chad smith page, and it only showed his kit, albums, and trivia. WHAT ABOUT HIS LIFE!?

actually he seriously is will ferell's cousin

[edit] Different languages

Hello! I've just added a Russian version of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Smith

--Russian77 01:06, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chad's Smith's Equipment

Chad uses a Brady snare for live gigs! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.55.172.240 (talk) 20:27, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Does anybody know anything about Chad's Snare's he is using right now. In the Ewuipment section, people keep putting down his Signature snare, but he dosn't use that Live. Also, recently he has been using a snare i can't identify, so if anyboy knows anything about it, put it in the artical.

He did, for the One hot Minute tour, but that's long time ago.

[edit] Chad Smith's Correct Equipment

Of late, people have been changing his equipment putting in that he uses his Signature Snare and a Pearl Sensitone Snare. Well, since early 2007, Chad has been using a Yamaha Jimmy Chamberlin Signature Snare on tour with the chili peppers.

Chad used to use the Sensitone Snare, but currently does not, only for clinics. Also, chad smith has never used his Siagnature Snare live before; only in clinics.

So if you need anymore info on his kit, contact me because i have done heaps of research on his kit, and i have spoken to the rhcp FOH sound engineer who is a good friend of chad, and he told me about his kit setup! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bojosoto (talk • contribs) 23:22, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures

Some douche switched Will Ferrell and Chad's pictures on their pages. Whoever did it needs to take it up the bunghole. BOOOOOONGING! —Preceding unsigned comment added by MindStormXXI (talk • contribs) 23:12, 9 January 2008 (UTC)