Chad Smith talks RHCP's Return of the Dream Canteen album with Johnny Vaughan

18 October 2022, 18:00 | Updated: 23 November 2022, 17:07

Chad Smith talks to Johnny Vaughan

The Red Hot Chili Pepper's drummer spoke to Johnny Vaughan about the band's latest single and their 13th studio album, which is out now.

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Chad Smith took time out to speak to the Johnny Vaughan 4-7 Thang about everything from his favourite drummers to Red Hot Chili Peppers' new album.

Return of the Dream Canteen is the latest record to come from the California funk rockers and marked their second release in the same year.

Explaining their abundance of new music, the Tippa My Tongue rocker said: “It’s another 17-song album from the quarantine year 2021.

“You know, like everything else in the world, we were like - what is going on and how long is it going to go? So we just made all these songs and we wanted to put them all out because we loved them. "

The 60 year old rocker joked: "This is us, leaving our fans wanting less. Seriously though, seriously though we’re really pleased with it. It’s just got a lot of great songs."

Watch our interview with the Chili Peppers drummer above.

Chad Smith talks to Radio X's Johnny Vaughan. Picture: Radio X

The band recently dropped The Drummer, their latest take from the album, which the sticksman agreed has a “small nod to the 80s”.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Drummer (Official Music Video)

The title of the song, brought Chad onto the subject of some of his favourite drummers, which of course included his dear friend and the late Foo Fighters' rocker Taylor Hawkins.

The rocker even took the time out to show Johnny one of the most prized possessions in his study, including and an extra special Taylor Hawkins cowbell, of which there are only 10 of.

Chad Smith featured in Radio X's fan poll, The Ringos, which asked listeners to choose their favourite drummer.

Reacting to the results - which saw Matt Helders at the top spot, followed by Hawkins in second, Bill Rudd and Reni in joint third place and Blink 182's Travis Barker in fourth and the RHCP drummer round off the Top 5 - he joked: "Who voted for this, except my family?!"

Red Hot Chili Peppers' Return Of The Dream Canteen is out now.

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