Red Hot Chili Peppers and Chickenfoot skinbeater Chad Smith has announced that a new album by his other band, the Bombastic Meatbats, entitled More Meat, will be released on 19 October. Which leads us ...

Although they’re only two studio albums into their career, Chad Smith’s Bombastic Meatbats decided the time was right to unleash their first concert recording, Live Meat and Potatoes, in May on ...

Remember the good old days, when jazz-fusion wasn't all about showing off your chops, and was more about creating sweeping moods, and the importance of songwriting? Well, the Bombastic Meatbats ...

You'd think holding down the drum kit for the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Chickenfoot would be more than enough for most guys, but Chad Smith apparently needed another band to pass the time -- and he ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Chad Smith behind the kit during the Red Hot Chili Peppers' appearance at Coachella in 2007.© Tim ...

With another Chickenfoot tour and the first release of his instrumental side band Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats looming, the drummer has October circled on his calendar for the Red Hot Chili Peppers ...

When he’s not playing drums in his day jobs with the Red Hot Chili Peppers or supergroup Chickenfoot, Chad Smith cuts loose with a jazz-funk-fusion side-project dubbed The Bombastic Meatbats. Smith – ...

Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith spreads his wings on this Pristinely recorded, high-impact jazz fusion outing captured at the Baked Potato in North Hollywood, CA. From a technical perspective ...

Chad Smith does more during his time off than most people do when they’re working. Nearing the end of a three-year hiatus from his day job as the drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the ...

Dec. 6-9: Chad Smith’s Bombastic Meatbats. The Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Smith and his friends turn jazz fusion up to eleven. (Iridium; Dec. 6-Dec. 9.) Published in the print edition of the ...

Chad Smith is happy to be releasing a sophomore album by his instrumental band the Bombastic Meatbats amid work on the next Chili Peppers album. By Gary Graff Chad Smith is happy to be releasing a ...

With another Chickenfoot tour and the first release of his instrumental side band Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats looming, the drummer has October circled on his calendar for the Red Hot Chili Peppers ...