Chad Smith Personality Type, MBTI
What is the personality type of Chad Smith? Which MBTI personality type best fits? Personality type for Chad Smith from Indie & Other and what is the personality traits.
ISTP (9w8)
Chad Smith personality type is ESTP, yet his childhood story is that he was raised by a single mother who was an ESTJ. According to Smith, his mother was a "full blooded Italian" with the personality type of ISFP. This is a common myth, which makes some people think Smith's personality type has some connection to his ethnicity or nationality. However, it is more likely that the reason for this myth is that Smith's personality type is more similar to his mother's than to his father's.
The fact that Smith has written songs for bands who have members with the different personality types has led some people to believe that the "Sociopath" songs actually reflect his own personality type.
Chadwick Gaylord Smith (born October 25, 1961) is an American musician who is the current drummer of the band Red Hot Chili Peppers, which he joined in 1988. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. Smith is also the drummer of the hard rock supergroup Chickenfoot, formed in 2008, and is currently the all-instrumentaloutfit Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats, who formed in 2007. As one of the most highly sought-after drummers, Smith has recorded with Glenn Hughes, Johnny Cash, John Fogerty, The Dixie Chicks, Jennifer Nettles, Kid Rock, Jake Bugg, The Avett Brothers, and Joe Satriani. In 2010, joined by Dick Van Dykeand Leslie Bixler, he released Rhythm Train, a critically acclaimed children's album which featured Smith singing and playing various instruments.
