Question: Which musician is older, Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, or David Vanian of The Damned?
Context: Red Hot Chili Peppers 1984 Tour was a concert tour by Red Hot Chili Peppers to support their 1984 debut album, "The Red Hot Chili Peppers".  Following the band's brief first tour the previous year, original members, Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons left the band to tour and record with their own band, What Is This?  who had also obtained a record contract shortly before the Chili Peppers did.  Slovak and Irons considered the Chili Peppers a side project and What Is This?  to have the brighter future.  In late 1983, auditions were held and Irons was quickly replaced by Cliff Martinez, best known for his work with The Weirdos, The Dickies and Captain Beefheart.  Dix Denney, Martinez's Weirdo's bandmate was close to becoming the band's new guitarist however after a few rehearsals they felt Denney's style didn't match what the band wanted.  Through further auditions it came down to a guy named Mark Nine and Jack Sherman.  The band had no clue as to who Sherman was or how he got to the audition but knew he was the best fit because he instantly clicked musically with bassist Flea and Martinez. The Red Hot Chili Peppers 1983 Tour was the first-ever concert tour by Red Hot Chili Peppers.  Originally formed as a joke band called "Tony Flow And The Miraculously Majestic Masters Of Mayhem" by bassist Flea, guitarist, Hillel Slovak and drummer, Jack Irons, all friends from high school.  They asked fellow high school friend, Anthony Kiedis to join them onstage for their first-ever show at the Hollywood, California venue known as The Rhythm Lounge.  Kiedis had previously been a MC to introduce his friend's former bands.  However, this time Kiedis was asked to sing.  With one song, a made-up rap Kiedis created called "Out In L.A.", the band took to the stage as an opening act for Neighbor's Voices.  The club owner was so impressed by their performance he told them to return the following week with another song.  The band quickly wrote "Get Up and Jump" and played it at that second show.  In early March 1983 the band made the name change to the Red Hot Chili Peppers.  The band first made a name for themselves on their local club scene when they played the famous Kit Kat Club by doing their now famous socks on cocks routine (this would become a trademark for the band and something they would do on occasion for many years).  After this performance, Lindy Goetz decided to be their manager, a role he would hold until 1999.  The 1983 tour consisted of shows mostly in the band's homestate of California except for one show in Nevada.  A 10-song demo tape was recorded with Spit Stix, drummer for the punk band Fear, which Flea was briefly with. Silverlake Conservatory of Music is a nonprofit educational organization formed in California.  It was founded in 2001 by Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist, Michael "Flea" Balzary and Keith "Tree" Barry (longtime touring musician with the Chili Peppers) to foster music education, with Chili Pepper's member Anthony Kiedis also on the board.  The facility organizes an annual "Hullabaloo", one of which featured performances by Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eddie Vedder and Charlie Haden, and the Chili Peppers raised $1 million for the Conservatory during an August 24, 2011 performance at Club Nokia. Chickenfoot is a rock supergroup formed in 2008.  The group consists of vocalist Sammy Hagar (ex–Van Halen and Montrose), bassist Michael Anthony (also ex–Van Halen), guitarist Joe Satriani, and drummer Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers).  Due to consistent recording and touring commitments to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kenny Aronoff joined the group in 2011 as a touring replacement for Smith.  While the band has not formally announced a breakup, in June 2016 Smith said that he had doubts about the band touring or recording again due to the busy schedule of each band member. Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American funk rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1983.  The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk rock and psychedelic rock.  When played live, their music incorporates elements of jam band due to the improvised nature of many of their performances.  Currently, the band consists of founding members vocalist Anthony Kiedis and bassist Flea, longtime drummer Chad Smith, and former touring guitarist Josh Klinghoffer.  Red Hot Chili Peppers are one of the best-selling bands of all time with over 80 million records sold worldwide, have been nominated for sixteen Grammy Awards, of which they have won six, and are the most successful band in alternative rock radio history, currently holding the records for most number-one singles (13), most cumulative weeks at number one (85) and most top-ten songs (25) on the "Billboard" Alternative Songs chart.  In 2012, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Chadwick Gaylord Smith (born October 25, 1961) is an American musician and the current drummer of the 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-instrumental outfit 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, and The Avett Brothers.  In 2010, joined by Dick Van Dyke and Leslie Bixler, he released "Rhythm Train", a critically acclaimed children's album which featured Smith singing and playing various instruments. Red Hot Skate Rock is a 30-minute music film filmed on September 20, 1987 by Vision Street Wear at the Vision Skate Escape in Los Angeles.  The film features an 8-song performance by the Red Hot Chili Peppers during the band's The Uplift Mofo Party Plan tour and includes skate demos by skateboarders Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero, Chris Miller and many more pro skaters.  To date, Red Hot Skate Rock was the first and only officially released video recording of the original Red Hot Chili Peppers lineup.  Guitarist Hillel Slovak died of a drug overdose less than a year later and Irons would quit shortly after Slovak's death. The discography of John Frusciante, who is best known as the former guitarist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, consists of eleven solo albums and four EPs, as well as two albums with collaborators Joe Lally and Josh Klinghoffer under the name Ataxia and one EP and one album under the alias of Trickfinger.  Frusciante left the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1992 after he got tired of the growing success of the band.  He released his first solo album, "Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt", in 1994 on American Recordings.  His second record, "Smile From the Streets You Hold", was released in 1997 and later taken off the market at his request in 1999.  After returning to the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1998, Frusciante recorded "Californication" with the band and subsequently released his third solo album, "To Record Only Water for Ten Days", in February 2001 on Warner Music Group. Dave Vanian (born David Lett, 12 October 1956) is a rock musician and lead singer of the punk rock band The Damned.  Formed in 1976 in London, The Damned were the first British punk band to release a single, an album, have a record hit the UK charts, and tour the United States.  With a fluid line-up since their founding, Vanian has been the only ever-present member. Ataxia was a short-lived American experimental rock band formed in 2004 by guitarist John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers), bassist Joe Lally (Fugazi) and drummer Josh Klinghoffer (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dot Hacker, The Bicycle Thief), who later succeeded Frusciante as the lead guitarist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Answer: Dave Vanian