Josh Klinghoffer

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Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers performs at Nissan Stadium on August 12, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Flea: “Basslines take on a different type of melody with a pick”

By Nick Wells Published

The Red Hot Chili Pepper explains the origins of his more melodic pick approach

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Troy Van Leeuwen, Josh Klinghoffer and Daniel Ash
Troy Van Leeuwen, Josh Klinghoffer and Daniel Ash could feature on new Jane's Addiction music in 2023

By Sam Roche Published

The guitarists all filled in on the band's recent Spirits on Fire US tour, as Dave Navarro continues to battle long Covid

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Jane's Addiction performing with Josh Klinghoffer
First Red Hot Chili Peppers, then Pearl Jam, now Josh Klinghoffer is playing with Jane’s Addiction

By Matt Parker Published

The prolific guitarist has joined the alt-rock titans onstage at several recent shows

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Multi-instrumentalist Josh Klinghoffer of Pluralone performs live on stage at Viejas Arena at San Diego State University on May 03, 2022 in San Diego, California.
Josh Klinghoffer: “I’ve never lost this sense that I’m a beginner, and I think that gives me a more primal approach to the guitar”

By Joe Bosso Published

Josh Klinghoffer was a Red Hot Chili Pepper – and now he records with Eddie Vedder and performs with Pearl Jam. What is it about him that all these (hugely successful) acts want?

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Anthony Kiedis (left) and Josh Klinghoffer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers perform onstage at the Whole Child International's Inaugural Gala at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel on October 26, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California
Josh Klinghoffer says playing with the Red Hot Chili Peppers was "enormously stifling creatively": "They’re an established band with an established sound"

By Jackson Maxwell Published

Though he said his decade-long tenure with the stadium-conquering funk rockers was "a blessing and a beautiful experience,” Klinghoffer felt his attempts to push the band in new sonic directions were met with little enthusiasm

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Josh Klinghoffer (left) and Rick Rubin
Josh Klinghoffer: "Rick Rubin was way more a hindrance than a help" on Red Hot Chili Peppers' I’m With You

By Jackson Maxwell Published

Now touring with Pearl Jam, the guitarist said that producers got in the way of the Chili Peppers "truly making great music" during his decade-long tenure in the band

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Eddie Vedder (right) and Stewart Copeland
Eddie Vedder recruits Stewart Copeland to cover The Police’s Message in a Bottle during live show

By Matt Owen Published

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench also made an appearance during the star-studded evening at Inglewood, California's YouTube Theater

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The Earthlings
Guns N' Roses' Duff McKagan joins Eddie Vedder onstage in Seattle for an energetic cover of The Pretenders' Precious

By Sam Roche Published

The bassist joined Vedder's all-star backing band, The Earthlings – which features Josh Klinghoffer, Chad Smith, Andrew Watt, Chris Chaney and Glen Hansard – at Benaroya Hall on Monday (February 21)

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[L-R] Eddie Vedder, Ringo Starr, Elton John and Stevie Wonder
Eddie Vedder’s new album is set to feature Ringo Starr, Elton John, Stevie Wonder – and guest vocals from his late father

By Matt Parker Published

The big names keep coming on the Pearl Jam man's new record, Earthling – hear the new track Brother The Cloud

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Josh Klinghoffer performs onstage at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel on October 26, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California
Watch Josh Klinghoffer cover the Golden Girls theme song in honor of Betty White

By Jackson Maxwell Published

White passed away on New Year's Eve, less than three weeks shy of her 100th birthday

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