Once a musician, all the time a musician! While Red Hot Chili Peppers are at the moment enjoying to 1000’s nightly on tour, drummer Chad Smith not too long ago rocked a crowd of 17 throughout an evening out in Australia. The musician dropped by Melbourne’s Cherry Bar, the place he sat in with the pub’s band for a pair of AC/DC classics.
It was open mic evening on the pub, and Smith took his flip behind the drumkit whereas the home band of AC Dan and Josh May led covers of AC/DC’s “If You Want Blood (You Got It)” and “Up to My Neck in You.” Footage of the performances might be seen under.
Seth O’Donnell, who was additionally a drummer performing that evening on the Cherry Bar, lent Smith his sticks to carry out, however the Chili Peppers drummer reportedly broke them. That did not appear to matter an excessive amount of to O’Donnell, who obtained images with Smith and shared his account of the evening on social media.
“Got to play drums in front of my idol @chadsmithofficial from the @chilipeppers, then he played them with my sticks (and broke them), and then I got to hang with him,” mentioned O’Donnell, including that the musician additionally checked out his band Adhesion.” O’Donnell also shared a photo of the broken drum sticks, with the tip of one of the sticks knocked clear off.
The Cherry Bar also shared video footage of their famous guest’s special drum cameo via their Facebook page. Manager James Young wrote, “Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith is a legend. Last evening at Cherry in entrance of 17 punters he obtained up and performed drums at our Cherry Jam open mike evening.” Smith reportedly stuck around to watch the other performers and was rewarded with a Cherry drink card as well.
Smith will play to a decidedly larger audience tonight (Feb. 9), rocking Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium with Red Hot Chili Peppers and their special guest Post Malone. The group’s Australian run concludes Sunday in Perth, Australia at Optus Stadium before jetting off for Pacific Rim shows next week. You can get your Red Hot Chili Peppers tickets here.
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