{"id":718732,"date":"2026-06-06T09:50:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T09:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/718732\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T09:50:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T09:50:19","slug":"its-like-the-other-records-dont-exist-josh-klinghoffer-on-the-disrespect-of-red-hot-chili-peppers-albums-without-john-frusciante","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/718732\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s like the other records don\u2019t exist\u201d: Josh Klinghoffer on the \u201cdisrespect\u201d of Red Hot Chili Peppers albums without John Frusciante"},"content":{"rendered":"

Josh Klinghoffer<\/a> feels the Red Hot Chili Peppers<\/a>\u2019 records made without John Frusciante<\/a> are slightly disrespected.<\/p>\n

Klinghoffer left the Chili Peppers in 2019 when Frusciante, who has been famously on and off within the lineup ever since he joined in 1988, came back to the fold. Klinghoffer first joined the band in 2009, and recorded two albums with them, I\u2019m With You and The Getaway. Guitarist Dave Navarro also filled in for Frusciante from 1993 until 1998.<\/p>\n

Klinghoffer spoke of feeling \u201ccreatively stifled\u201d<\/a> during his time with the band after his departure. These days he\u2019s playing for Pearl Jam<\/a> and Jane\u2019s Addiction<\/a>, and is due to release a new solo record, A Drop In The Ocean, under his Pluralone moniker.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Guitar World<\/a>, Klinghoffer is asked if it bothers him that the records he made are overlooked by the band itself: \u201cIt\u2019s a funny thing. I guess it\u2019s particular to the way John views the band when he\u2019s not in it, and it makes sense to me. They have enough music that they don\u2019t need to look to some of the other records.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor anyone who connected with those albums, like One Hot Minute [made with Navarro], or the two I made with them\u2026 I imagine it\u2019s a little weird for me to be banished from the catalogue and the live performance.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

He goes on to add, \u201cI guess it\u2019s just something unique to that band, you know? Having such a revolving door there, and such a strong presence in John. He\u2019s kind of the preeminent guitar player, you know? He\u2019s the one who made the work with them where they experienced their global fame\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have their thing, their formula. I guess it\u2019s so much more definitive to the main amount of Chili Pepper fans; you know, that\u2019s just what the Chili Peppers are. It\u2019s probably a testament to them that they can step out of that and do a good record with Dave Navarro. I like that record too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Klinghoffer concludes, \u201cThe records that we made together\u2026 The only thing I would say \u2013 and I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s spoken or unspoken \u2013 is that there\u2019s a little bit of a slight disrespect to the records that aren\u2019t the John records. Once John\u2019s back in the picture, it\u2019s like the other records don\u2019t exist. That\u2019s the only weird thing to me, because those records were important at the time. They were important enough to go and play them around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Klinghoffer\u2019s new record, A Drop In The Ocean, lands on 12 June. <\/p>\n

\"Rachel<\/p>\n

Rachel began writing for Guitar.com in 2021 while finishing up her degree. A proud DIY guitarist, she has been playing for over 10 years and has written for the likes of Kerrang!, The Forty-Five, and MusicTech. An enjoyer of all things heavy, you\u2019ll find her at a festival or downtuning her guitars when away from her desk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Josh Klinghoffer feels the Red Hot Chili Peppers\u2019 records made without John Frusciante are slightly disrespected. Klinghoffer left…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-718732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}