“I realized music is the most important thing to me and I love writing songs, and I think I had more to say in life.”

American guitarist, record producer and songwriter

Chad Everett Gilbert was an American guitarist, record producer, and songwriter. He was a founding member of the punk rock band New Found Glory, where he played lead guitar and sang backing vocals. He was also the lead vocalist for New Found Glory’s side project International Superheroes of Hardcore, now defunct, and fronted the hardcore punk band Shai Hulud from 1995 to 1998 and again from 2012 to 2013. His work is tied to punk and hardcore punk, both as a guitarist and as a singer.