Josh Klinghoffer

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Josh Klinghoffer

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Birth_name = Josh Adam Klinghoffer
Origin = Los Angeles, California
Born = birth date and age|1979|10|3
Genre = Alternative rock, avant-garde, indie rock, experimental rock, electronica, lo-fi
Occupation = Musician, Songwriter, Music producer
Years_active = 1999 - present
Instrument = drums, Guitar, Synthesizer, Bass, keyboards, Piano, vocals
Associated_acts = John Frusciante
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Ataxia
The Bicycle Thief
Fugazi
Bob Forrest
Butthole Surfers
Beck
The Format
PJ Harvey
Gnarls Barkley
Sparks
Nicknames = Kobe, the prodigy. Josh Klinghoffer (born October 3, 1979) is a musician and producer from Los Angeles, California. He has toured with and played on records of numerous musicians including Ataxia, Beck, Butthole Surfers, Golden Shoulders, John Frusciante, Jon Brion, Nine Inch Nails, PJ Harvey, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sparks, that dog, The Bicycle Thief, Thelonious Monster and Vincent Gallo.

Klinghoffer has been involved in music from a very early age, having piano lessons at home, and attending band camp. It was at band camp that he first met Dan Elkan, who he later played with in bands such as Golden Shoulders and the Snegg Band. He taught himself to play guitar along to Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam records, and has said that listening to Radiohead made him want to start a band.Fact|date=March 2008

He dropped out of formal education at 15, and his first job was at Tempo Records in Northridge, from which he was fired for insubordination. He later worked briefly for a record label.Fact|date=March 2008

Josh and John Frusciante met during the recording of The Bicycle Thief album "You Come And Go Like A Pop Song". John was about to join Bob Forrest's band (Thelonious Monster) when he joined The Red Hot Chili Peppers. They were still in touch and played a gig together during the pepper-free John's drug addiction period. As John was recovering, Bob invited him to his new band's album recording session. John played guitar on the track Cereal Song the lyrics of which are about damage caused by drugs.

Tours

* Vincent Gallo (Guitar, Bass, Piano, 2001)
* Butthole Surfers (Guitar & Drums, 2001)
* Beck (Guitar, 2003)
* Golden Shoulders (Bass, 2003)
* Moris Tepper (Drums, 2004)
* PJ Harvey (Guitar, Drums, 2004)
* Michael Rother (Drums, 2004)
* Sparks (Guitar, 2006)
* Gnarls Barkley (Guitar & Synthesizer, 2006-2008)
* Red Hot Chili Peppers (Guitar, Vocals, Percussion, Synthesizer, 2007)
* Gnarls Barkley (Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer, 2008)

Discography

* The Bicycle Thief - "You Come and Go Like a Pop Song" (1999)
* Perry Farrell - "Song Yet To Be Sung" (2001)
* Tricky - "Blowback" (2001)
* Golden Shoulders - "Let My Burden Be" (2002)
* John Frusciante - "Shadows Collide With People" (2004)
* John Frusciante - "The Will to Death" (2004)
* The Golden Shoulders - "Friendship Is Deep" (2004)
* Ataxia - "Automatic Writing" (2004)
* John Frusciante - "Inside of Emptiness" (2004)
* John Frusciante & Josh Klinghoffer - "A Sphere In The Heart of Silence" (2004)
* PJ Harvey - "Itunes Originals" (2004)
* Thelonious Monster - "California Clam Chowder" (2004)
* Gemma Hayes - "The Roads Don't Love You" (2005)
* The Format - "Dog Problems" (2006)
* Bob Forrest - "Modern Folk and Blues: Wednesday" (2006)
* PJ Harvey - "The Peel Sessions 1991 - 2004" (2006)
* Spleen - "Nun Lover!" (2007)
* The Diary of IC Explura - "A Loveletter to the Transformer, pt. 1" (2007)
* Charlotte Hatherley - "The Deep Blue" (2007)
* Golden Shoulders - "Friendship is Deep" (2007)
* Ataxia - "Automatic Writing II" (2007)
* Neon Neon - "Stainless Style" (2008)
* Gnarls Barkley - "The Odd Couple" (2008)
* Martina Topley-Bird - "The Blue God" (2008)