In a brand new interview, former Purple Scorching Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer appeared unimpressed with the rock band’s current work with out him.
However the solo artist and present Pearl Jam reside member, who took guitarist John Frusciante’s place within the Peppers for a decade, nonetheless holds out hope for reconnecting with Frusciante. The guitar-playing pair had collaborated even earlier than Klinghoffer assumed his position in Purple Scorching Chili Peppers in 2009.
However what does the now ex-Chili Pepper consider the group’s present work with the reinstated Frusciante, discovered on their pair of 2022 albums, Limitless Love and Return of the Dream Canteen?
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“It is powerful, solely as a result of I truthfully assume we had been doing cooler music,” Klinghoffer tells 5 Notas (5 Notes), as Exclaim! reported, the guitarist evidently alluding to music they had been making simply earlier than his departure.
The guitarist provides with a caveat, “I by no means need to sound destructive about anybody doing music, however I used to be shocked after I heard their new document.”
He contines, “I do not assume I completed the second [Dream Canteen]. I used to be making an attempt to cram it in as soon as earlier than leaving on a aircraft, and I bought so far as possibly the ninth tune, and I do not assume I listened to the remainder.”
Klinghoffer’s Historical past With Frusciante
Frusciante and Klinghoffer first linked in 2000 when Klinghoffer’s then band, The Bicycle Thief, supported RHCP whereas they had been touring behind Californication, as UCR reported. The musicians would go on to work on a number of initiatives collectively, together with 4 of Frusciante’s solo albums and one totally collaborative effort, 2005’s A Sphere within the Coronary heart of Silence.
“I really feel like it will be enjoyable to play a few of these songs once more, or play them reside — we by no means performed them reside,” Klinghoffer says within the new interview. “We do not speak a lot as of late. However I’ve at all times maintained that I nonetheless have an infinite love for him. He is certainly one of my favourite musicians [and] certainly one of my favourite writers.”
The Peppers and Klinghoffer break up from one another in 2019. Final yr, Klinghoffer revealed he did not get pleasure from working with RHCP’s longtime producer, Rick Rubin. RHCP are touring this summer season — see the dates underneath the video and get tickets right here.
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Klinghoffer on 5 Notas – March 30, 2023
Purple Scorching Chili Peppers Summer season 2023 Tour
April 6 – Fargo, N.D.@ Fargodome
April 8 – Minneapolis, M.N. @ U.S. Financial institution Stadium
April 14 – Syracuse, N.Y. @ JMA Wi-fi Dome
Might 12 – San Diego, Calif. @ Snapdragon Stadium
Might 14 – Phoenix, Ariz. @ State Farm Stadium
Might 17 – San Antonio, Texas @ Alamodome
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Might 28 – Napa Valley, Calif. @ BottleRock
June 18 – Landgraaf, Netherlands @ Pinkpop
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June 24 – Odense, Denmark @ Tinderbox
June 26 – Mannheim, Germany @ Maimarktgelande
June 30 – Werchter, Belgium @ Rock Werchter
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July 6 – Lison, Portugal @ NOS Dwell
July 8 – Madrid, Spain @ Mad Cool
July 11 – Lyon, France @ Groupama Stadium
July 14 – Vienna, Austria @ Happel Stadium
July 17 – Carhaix, France @ Lex Vielles Charrues
July 21 – London, England @ Hotspur Stadium
July 23 – Glasgow, Scotland @ Hampden Park
Aug. 6 – Chicago, Sick. @ Lollapalooza
Sept. 30 – Bridgeport, Ct. @ Sound on Sound
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