ON THIS DATE IN 2010, GUITARIST JOSH KLINGHOFFER CONFIRMED THAT HE WAS REPLACING HIS FRIEND AND FREQUENT COLLABORATOR JOHN FRUSCIANTE AS GUITARIST FOR THE FUNKY SO CAL ROCKERS THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS…IT WAS THE 2ND TIME THAT FRUSCIANTE WAS REPLACED, THIS TIME IT WAS HIS IDEA, AND KLINGHOFFER HAD ACTING AS A TOURING MEMBER OF THE BAND…KLINGHOFFER SPENT NEARLY 10 YEARS WITH THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS RECORDING 2 STUDIO ALBUMS AND WAS INDUCTED IN TO THE ROCK HALL WITH THE PEPPERS IN 2012 MAKING HIM THE YOUNGEST INDUCTEE AT THE TIME…IN 2019 HE WAS TAKEN ABACK WHEN HE ASKED TO LEAVE THE BAND TO MAKE WAY FOR THE RETURN OF JOHN FRUSCIANTE…KLINGHOFFER’S TIME WITH THE BAND MADE A DEFINITE IMPACT, ROLLING STONE WRITER JON DOLAN SAID ABOUT THE FIRST ALBUM HE WAS A PART OF, THE BAND’S 10TH ALBUM, I’M WITH YOU, THAT “KLINGHOFFER…IS WELL SUITED FOR GIVING OLD TRICKS NEW SHAPE” AND DESCRIBED HIS GUITAR PLAYING ON HIS FIRST ALBUM WITH THE BAND AS “TEXTURED AND ELUSIVE” AND THAT CAN ALL BE FOUND ON THE LEAD SINGLE “THE ADVENTURES OF RAIN DANCE MAGGIE” RIGHT NOW…IT’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND ON 105.7 THE X
