Up until recently, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ drummer Chad Smith had never heard 30 Seconds To Mars’ 2005 track “The Kill”. That changed when Drumeo played the rocker the track for their “For The First Time” series, which features musicians hearing a song for the first time before playing along.

Smith listened to the beginning of the song before launching into a seamless performance, anticipating each part of the song.

Following the performance, Smith exclaimed, “What the f*ck was that? Is that like My Chemical Romance or something?” When the Drumeo host asked him if he knew the song, Smith shook his head “no” saying, “It’s some kind of emo thing.”