Chad Gilbert (born March 9, 1981) is the band's lead guitarist. He was a singer for the popular and influential underground hardcore band Shai Hulud before joining A New Found Glory. He is also a former member and songwriter of the hardcore punk band Hazen Street. He also performed a solo on Fall Out Boy's Infinity On High. He also performed guest vocals for the band Throwdown on the album Haymaker for the song The Only Thing.

Gilbert grew up in Coral Springs, Florida, but now currently resides in Tyler, Texas with his wife, Eisley vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Sherri DuPree. Gilbert proposed to her at the Hollywood premiere of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, at the El Capitan Theatre. Gilbert and DuPree tied the knot on Feb. 17th, 2007 at Villa di Felicita in Tyler, Texas. Gilbert lives a straight edge lifestyle. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.