Drummer Reacts To - Chad Smith Hears Thirty Seconds To Mars For The FIRST TIME HEARING Reaction 

I feel like Chad is finally getting the respect he deserves. I would say one of if not the most underrated drummers of all time. Dude is fucking nails.

What normally happens is that the guest drummer listens to the song all the way through one time. He makes notes, time signature, structure and the like. Then he takes a pass at laying down the drums how he sees fit. Chad listened to thirty seconds of a drum-less track he never heard before and played it near perfect in most parts, and better in some. He said it was 'busy', but I thought that what the song needs. All due respect to Shannon, but this drum line is fire.

Chad broke a stick and didn't miss a beat. Fuckin Legend 🤘🏻

He didn't drop his stick, he fuckn BROKE IT. Man's a legend ❤️❤️❤️✨✨

"that wasn't bad" is a huge understatment. This guys is absolutely amazing. wow!!

When you watch a master display their skills its just mesmerizing. Ive never played drums but i love the song and he showed why he is who he is.

Bro played it so fucking good, the stick broke mid way 😤💪🏼🔥

You know this guy has loads of space for activities 😂 Man he nailed the vibe of that so well just on the spot!

Nah he hasn't heard it, I believe him. He's been impov-ing with rhcp for 30 years. He has the best ear of any rock drummer i've ever seen. Unbelievable.

First of all he’s more than a “good” drummer!! He’s the epitome of drummers!!

Dude! Chad fucking nailed it!! His wheel house has no ceiling bro. I love the song and what he just did!!

Had the opportunity to listen to the whole track, take notes, whatever he wanted. Listens for like 12 measures and dives right in. DUUUUDE! 🤘🥁

What improvisation😱What skill🤘 Having never heard the piece...A Big Drummer Mr. Chad Smith🥁🔥 ...you can hear and see the experience here...Nice video, I had fun👍

He said he never heard it before and I believe him. He’s just that good

easy song to play but hes playing it blind after listening to 15 seconds and figuring the timing

i saw this earlier and was blown away. He is so good!

This was just insane. I mean, everyone else* on this challenge has at least listened to the track once before doing a take but this absolute maniac just jumps right in. The combination of just going totally balls to the wall and playing everything with such confidence - and at the same time being able to really listen to what the other players are doing is just mesmerizing. I've listened to this N times on the Drumeo channel and now looking through the reaction vids because I just can't get enough :D Like some of those passages on the middle of the track just blow me away, the way he can take the impulse from the guitar coming in or the vocalist ramping up and just in a split second change what he's doing, AND do it with such confidence. Wow. * Nothing against the people who listen first and then do, that's also cool and I guess how you *should* tackle a challenge like this.

His blind improv was SO close close. Got the time right, the crash points were perfect, fills were spot on and flawlessly matched the "energy" of the song and played just as hard as the rest of the song

Loved him in The Other Guys..! :)...

Dude went hard af just breathtaking to listen to his raw talent

I keep finding myself watching reactions to this. It's telling that I like many, probably underestimated how good Chad is.

I’ve watch this 15 times and still amazed!

Wow i love Chad, one of ny favorites He used to play with Sabian cymbals and Pearl drums, now is Paiste and DW drums

7:12 the last fill by Chad was so frkn awesome

I have never heard the original . so now I can never listen to this song without chads drums :)

When i was a kid i had the ZXT series from Zildjian. Pretty snazzy sound. Always love Chad's sarcastic nature 😂

We won't tell his bro, but you almost gave him a lesson there ;) Well done !

Wow 🤩 For not ever listen to the song, he’s really good 🤩❤️

man, Dale is gonna be really pissed he touched his drums LOL

Will admit, was never a big Red Hot Chili Peppers, so I never really knew Chad's drumming. Then I saw Chad drumming with Chickenfoot a few times, amazing drummer. And seems quite the character. lol Wish Sammy, Mikey, Satriani and Chad could revive Chickenfoot for another album/tour. Was a fun band.

Chad Smith is a KILLER !!!! Who are the guys that call in drummers to play songs they don't know ? I want to watch more of them. (Link Please)

I have a mix of Paiste, and Zildjian cymbals personally. I go for what sounds good at the store and whatever I'm looking for at the time. But I've tried all the major brands.

Hes a live jam drummer thats how hes made his chops and how his whole band works..... Thats y it sounds so good

Will Ferrell is such an amazing drummer. I don't even like RHCP music but I've always respected Chad Smith as a drummer, same with Flea as a bassist

Came here from YT Shorts. Learned two things: Chad is awesome! J Lato actually makes good music. Thanks!

I’ve always felt Chad is a bit underrated as a drummer when compared to other drummers. You can see the years of experience with live gigs, studio and session work with his playing ability. My favorite drummer of all time and the one that I think ranks above all others is Neil Peart.

I rock the meinl cymbals, only cymbal company that makes cymbals solid enough and havent broke or cracked yet. Shoutout to those guys for sure!!! I use there pure alloy custom cymbals

I love when he throws in the cowbell 😂😂😂

Zildjian for hi hats, Paiste for everything else for sure.. Zildjian rides are more prone to cracking in my experience

Wait a minute, when you said like button, the like button lit up on screen...aside from the genius that is Chad Smith in this, that was the coolest thing I've seen today.

Great video probably my favorite drummer I got a couple of favorites but he’s slightly ahead, plus he seems mad cool

That's called experience and listening skills....

i remember trying to learn this song one a simple 5 piece set up and the zijan symbals i easily carried the song

I'd love if will feral did a movie about this guy about his life (AFTER) the tour stops trying to be. I always thought it was an interesting story. Then about the red hot chilli peppers come back. (not that they really went away) Like how older bands learn to relate to their audience and the people in there lives and deal with all the baggage that comes from touring basically from 19ish to 30. And you gotta be a whole ass person now. This guy has such a vibe i bet it would be one hell of a story.

He didn't drop a stick he fucking broke a stick in the middle of the music and haven't lost the pace of it...

Holy HELL he hits hard!!!

This is what I call a world class drummer. I like El Estepario too but… Chad Smith is a true professional. El is like a machine. I would love to see him improvise like this. He turns on the camera when he’s practiced and ready. Go into something like this cold I bet that is where El is lacking. Just my opinion.

Will Farrell and Chad Smith drum off is amazing Will dresses as Chad

chad is amazing, a genius

Drum nerds rule!

Chad smith and Stuart Copeland are my 2 favourite drummers so I did enjoy it. I prefer Zs over the other cymbals mate

He is close on emo and My Chem Romance both 😮

15 seconds to a Legend

The fills are insane 😮

Literally a Gigachad 😂😂😂

"He's so damn great!" Well maybe because he's always jamming with John Frusciante and Flea. Both of them is a master of their own craft.

Kickassery

i couldnt believe this so good man

That's decades of jamming with Flea and John

Not easy of you don’t know the song haha

Even the drumsticks gave up on him

I go paiste for small cymbals and zyldjinn for the rides or just bigger than 16's

Everyone gets jealous. When they play better than them.

Wuauuu que pasada Chad Smith puff!!!

What software are you using to do this?

Wow. Holy.....wow.

Incredible

Chad is funny and amazing drummer💖💕💕🔥🔥

He put his 🥜 sack all over that drum set 😂

Awesome!

Thank you Chad for breaking the internet.

bro get that sabian sponsor lol cant forget them! xD

Pie-stee? PIE-STEE?! I've literally never heard anyone say it that way before, and apparently it's the correct way?!?! WTF? They have been 'paste' for my entire life until this moment.

It's enjoy to see your reactions Colby!

He's good 😮

Because in some ways criticizing the EMO theme was something we could expect from a serious music enthusiast, we missed out on a lot of good Emo songs that are actually excellent.

Great reaction Colby!

Do you actually ever play the drums on a video?? Or just react?

Three is key 🗝

Never mind

no, he'd never heard the song before this.

Have you heard Matt McGuire do this song?

"pretty easy song to play". i wanna see you drum to such a pretty easy song to play, my guy. only the fact that you said that, i will absolutely not follow you or watch your content from now on, mister perfect. if you were sooo good at playing drums, how come nobody heard about you, i wonder. sheesh.

needs more cowbell

DW is the best !

I have a hard time believing that this is the first time he’s heard this song.

Sabian ALL DAY!!

It's like screamo

That’s bc they are twins

Seriously dude. “It’s a Pretty easy song to play”. That isn’t an easy song to play.

Ok buddy I think you downplaying how awesome and hard that would have been didn't work out to good for you did it??????????????????????????????????????

To believe, and say, that he has heard it ruins the reaction.

Sabian AAX's

He killed it!

Pff the BEST faking god

6/8...

Who’s Emo???

😮😅

👍👍💥🥁 🔥 🖖❤

Easy song 😂, not for me