Post by avi on Nov 13, 2024 0:56:52 GMT
Josh Adam Klinghoffer (3 October 1979)
Associated Acts: The Bicycle Thief (1998 - 2001; 2011; 2013 - 2014), John Frusciante (2002 - ?), Ataxia (2004), Dot Hacker (2008 - Present), Red Hot Chili Peppers (2009 - 2019), Pluralone (2019 - Present)
Vocal Range: F♯2 - F5
{Vocal Summary}Most well known as the now ex-guitarist for Red Hot Chili Peppers, Josh Klinghoffer started his career at a young age, quitting formal education when he was 15 to focus on music. At the age of 17 he joined the band The Bicycle Thief, and it was during the recording of the band's first album You Come and Go Like a Pop Song that Josh met John Frusciante, which was the start of an extensive musical partnership, with Klinghoffer joining Frusciante for a few of the latter's solo albums as well as the short-lived band Ataxia, among other things. In 2008 Dot Hacker was formed, not long before Josh joined as a full time member of the Chili Peppers in 2009. As well as this, he has also been a touring member for a few bands/artists and has often contributed to various acts' work in the studio throughout his career. More recently he has started to release his own solo work under the name Pluralone.
Klinghoffer’s vocal style has had few changes during his career, with perhaps the only notable development being his increase in vocal confidence. He often uses falsetto in his upper register, though he has shown the ability to belt up to C5 and has a decent, if extremely rarely used, mixed voice that he has used up to F5. His lower register is used less often by comparison. He starts to become noticeably uncomfortable in the second octave, though he had shown that he can pull of some solid singing in that area when he wants to. Josh Klinghoffer has proven himself to be a prolific, diverse musician who has, both in the Chili Peppers and elsewhere, left a lasting impression on the modern day music scene.
Written by Susilupus
Klinghoffer’s vocal style has had few changes during his career, with perhaps the only notable development being his increase in vocal confidence. He often uses falsetto in his upper register, though he has shown the ability to belt up to C5 and has a decent, if extremely rarely used, mixed voice that he has used up to F5. His lower register is used less often by comparison. He starts to become noticeably uncomfortable in the second octave, though he had shown that he can pull of some solid singing in that area when he wants to. Josh Klinghoffer has proven himself to be a prolific, diverse musician who has, both in the Chili Peppers and elsewhere, left a lasting impression on the modern day music scene.
Written by Susilupus
Significant High Notes:
F5 ("Mourning")
E5 ("Sir Psycho Sexy" live)
E♭5 ("Charlie" live, "Elevator", "Even You Brutus?", "If You Have to Ask" live, "Love of Your Life", "Mission Creep", "The Report", "Wet Sand" live)
D5 ("Apt Mess", "Charlie" live, "Dosed" liveGila River Arena 2017, "Elevator", "Even You Brutus?", "First in Forever", "Open/Close", "Sir Psycho Sexy" live, "Somersault", "The Wit of the Staircase")
C♯5 ("Across the Park", "Apt Mess", "Coincidence", "Forgot to Smile", "Goodbye Hooray", "The Longest Wave", "Magpies on Fire", "Quotes", "Red Don't Feel", "The Report", "Sevens", "Somersault", "This Is the Kitt", "We're Going Where")
C5 ("Aim", "Beseech", "Brave from Afar", "Can't Put the Bullet Back in the Gun", "Cassandra", "Claw Your Way Out", "Crawl", "Detroit", "Fall from Grace", "Feasting on the Flowers", "Forgot to Smile", "Found Lost", "Goodbye Angels", "Hanalei", "Hurt", "Independence Day", "Io Sono Quel Che Sono", "Knowing You", "Long Progression", "Love of Your Life", "Lover, You Should've Come Over" live Lollapalooza 2018, "Omission", "Memory", "Monarchy of Roses", "Mother Nature" re-recording 1, "Police Station", "Red Don't Feel", "Scape", "Segue", "Victorian Machinery", "We're Going Where")
B4 ("Across the Park", "Anger", "Another", "Aspirations/Stoned", "Brave from Afar", "C Section", "Dirt in the Ground", "The Earth Beneath", "The Empty's Response", "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" live Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Covers EP, "How It Ends", "In Love Dying", "Io Sono Quel Che Sono", "L.A. Country Hometown Blues", "Lover, You Should've Come Over" live Lollapalooza 2018, "Monarchy of Roses", "Mourning", "Neon Arrow", "Nowhere I Am", "Offend", "The One I Love Is Gone", "Quotes", "Rat Bastards at Every Turn", "Rewire", "Scape", "Segue", "Sick Love" live Meadows Festival 2017, "Sir Psycho Sexy" live Rexall Place 2012, "Steal Away", "Stretch the Truth", "Wait for Me", "Wet Sand" live, "Whatever You Want", "The Wit of the Staircase")
B♭4 ("Annie Wants a Baby", "Can't Put the Bullet Back in the Gun", "Carry", "Cassandra", "Charlie" live, "Claw Your Way Out", "Crawl", "Did I Let You Know", "Directrix", "Dirt in the Ground", "Even You Brutus?", "Eye Opener", "Factory of Faith", "Fairy Tale", "Flood the World", "Hanalei", "Hometown Gypsy", "Look Around", "Meet Me at the Corner", "Memory", "Mourning", "Never Is a Long Time", "The Night Won't Scare Me", "On the Bright Side", "Overflowing", "Puncture", "Rewire", "The Ride", "Sermon of Sorts", "Somersault", "The Sunset Sleeps", "Your Eyes Girl", "Was Never There", "Whatever You Want", "You Don't Know What You're Doing")
A4 ("Across the Park", "Aim", "Allowed It to Burn", "Annie Wants a Baby", "Any More Alone", "Beseech", "Boot Camp", "Brave from Afar", "Brendan's Death Song", "By the Way" live, "Carry", "Cassandra", "Catch My Death", "C Section", "Directrix", "Divination", "Don't Have To", "Dosed" live, "Factory of Faith", "Fall from Grace", "Feasting on the Flowers", "The Fight for the Soul", "Floating Up the Stairs", "Found Lost", "The Getaway", "Goodbye Angels", "Hanalei", "Happiness Loves Company", "Hometown Gypsy", "Hurt", "I Got Shit", "Idleidolidyl", "I Hear You", "In Love Dying", "Io Sono Quel Che Sono", "L.A. Country Hometown Blues", "Magpies on Fire", "Monarchy of Roses", "Mother Nature", "Never Is a Long Time", "Obscene", "Outer Space", "Rat Bastards at Every Turn", "Rest Assure", "Rewire", "The Ride", "Segue", "Sermon of Sorts", "Sevens", "Sir Psycho Sexy" live, "Slideclimb", "Stretch the Truth", "The Sunset Sleeps", "Surrogate People", "Walls" live The Glass House 2004, "Was Never There", "Whatever You Want", "The Wit of the Staircase", "You Don't Know What You're Doing")
G♯4 ("Allowed It to Burn", "Anymore", "Breaking the Girl" live, "C Section", "Carry", "Claw Your Way Out", "Crawl", "Elevator", "Encore", "Eye Opener", "Fairy Tale", "Feasting on the Flowers", "Flood the World", "Found Lost", "Go Robot", "Happiness Loves Company", "Independence Day", "Knowing You", "Look On", "Meet Me at the Corner", "Menina Mulher Da Pele Preta", "Mission Creep", "Mourning", "The One I Love Is Gone", "Quotes", "Steal Away", "Storms", "The Sunset Sleeps", "We're Going Where", "The Wit of the Staircase")
G4 ("Anger", "Apt Mess", "Autoluminescence", "Barreling", "Be Leaving", "Brendan's Death Song", "Californication" live, "Carry", "Dance, Dance, Dance", "Dark Necessities", "Directrix", "Dirt in the Ground", "Discotheque", "Don't Have To", "Dosed" live Scotiabank Saddledome 2017, "Elongate", "Even You Brutus?", "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" live Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Covers EP, "Eye Opener", "Fairy Tale", "Fall from Grace", "The Fight for the Soul", "First in Forever", "Floating Up the Stairs", "Flood the World", "The Getaway", "Goodbye Angels", "Go Robot", "Hometown Gypsy", "How It Ends", "I Hear You", "Independence Day", "Life Kills", "Long Road", "The Longest Wave", "Long Progression", "MacArthur Park Revisited", "Memory", "Nowhere I Am", "Omission", "Order/Disorder", "Puncture", "Save", "Scar Tissue" live, "Segue", "Sermon of Sorts", "Shade", "Sikamikanico" live Rock in Rio 2019, "Sir Psycho Sexy" live, "Somersault", "Stretch the Truth", "The Sunset Sleeps", "This Ticonderoga", "Under the Bridge" live, "Until the Ocean" live Moment House 2022, "Wile", "You Don't Know What You're Doing", "Your Eyes Girl")
F♯4 ("Anymore", "Be Leaving", "C Section", "Dance, Dance, Dance", "The Earth Beneath", "Encore", "Found Lost", "Goodbye Angels", "I Got Shit", "It's Alright", "Look On", "Lover, You Should've Come Over" live Lollapalooza 2018, "Memory", "Menina Mulher Da Pele Preta", "Minds Dying", "Mindwalk", "Mission Creep", "Mourning", "Neon Arrow", "Not", "Obscene", "Offend", "Outer Space", "Plank", "Rest Assure", "Rudie Can't Fail", "Somersault", "Steal Away", "Storms", "This Is the Kitt", "Walls" live The Glass House 2004, "A War Within", "Wicked Game" live Hippodrome de Longchamp 2017)
F4 ("Aim", "Annie Wants a Baby", "Any More Alone", "At Your Enemies", "Autoluminescence", "Barreling", "Be Leaving", "Beseech", "By the Way" live, "C Section", "Calculate", "Can't Put the Bullet Back in the Gun", "Cassandra", "Catch My Death", "Claw Your Way Out", "Did I Let You Know", "Directrix", "Dirt in the Ground", "Discotheque", "Divination", "Don't Have To", "The Earth Beneath", "Eye Opener", "Fall from Grace", "Floating Up the Stairs", "Idleidolidyl", "Inhibition", "Knowing You", "Life Kills", "Look Around", "Losing You", "Love of Your Life", "Magpies on Fire", "Meet Me at the Corner", "Minds Dying", "Mission Creep", "Mourning", "The Night Won't Scare Me", "Omission", "Overflowing", "Pink as Floyd", "Plank", "Puncture", "Red Don't Feel", "The Report", "The Ride", "Save", "Sevens", "Shade", "Storms", "Victorian Machinery", "We're Going Where", "Wile", "You Don't Know What You're Doing")
Significant Low Notes:
F3 ("Angel", "At Your Enemies", "Barreling", "Can't Put the Bullet Back in the Gun", "Carry", "Cassandra", "Claw Your Way Out", "Crawl", "Dark Necessities", "Dirt in the Ground", "Discotheque", "Elevator", "Fall from Grace", "The Fight for the Soul", "Forgot to Smile", "Go Robot" live Meadows Festival 2017, "Hometown Gypsy", "I Hear You", "Independence Day", "Inhibition", "Knowing You", "Love of Your Life", "Mourning", "Old Man on a Farm", "Overflowing", "Plank", "Red Don't Feel", "Remembered", "The Report", "The Ride", "Save", "Somersault", "The Sunset Sleeps", "A War Within", "Was Never There", "We're Going Where", "You Don't Know What You're Doing")
E3 ("Aim", "Another", "Blue Moon", "Divination", "Elevator", "The Empty's Response", "A Face in the Crowd" live ACL Festival 2017, "Fairy Tale", "The Fight for the Soul", "Floating Up the Stairs", "Hometown Gypsy", "How It Ends", "I Hear You", "Knowing You", "Life Kills", "Living Without You" live Staples Center 2017, "Lover, You Should've Come Over" live Lollapalooza 2018, "Meet Me at the Corner", "Mission Creep", "Mother Nature", "My Hometown", "The Night Won't Scare Me", "Nowhere I Am", "Obscene", "Offend", "On the Bright Side", "Outer Space", "Overflowing", "Poison", "Puncture", "Rat Bastards at Every Turn", "Remembered", "The Report", "Rest Assure", "The Ride", "Scape", "Sevens", "Sick Love", "Slideclimb", "Was Never There", "Whatever You Want")
E♭3 ("Angel", "Anger", "Asleep Under Last Week's News", "The Earth Beneath", "Flood the World", "Forgot to Smile", "Losing You", "Memory", "The One I Love Is Gone", "Order/Disorder", "Quotes", "Rest Assure", "Walls", "We're Going Where")
D3 ("Across the Park", "Across the Universe" live Hallenstadion 2016, "Aim", "Angel", "Any More Alone", "Beseech", "Calculate", "Can't Put the Bullet Back in the Gun", "Discotheque", "Elevator", "Elongate", "A Face in the Crowd" live ACL Festival 2017, "I Got Shit", "It's a Good Thing", "Living Without You" live Staples Center 2017, "Long Road", "Love of Your Life", "Lover, You Should've Come Over" live Lollapalooza 2018, "Neon Arrow", "The Night Won't Scare Me", "Old Man on a Farm", "Remembered", "Rewire", "Save", "Segue", "Sevens", "Slideclimb", "The Sunset Sleeps", "Surrogate People", "This Is the Kitt", "Until the Ocean" live Moment House 2022, "Victorian Machinery", "A War Within", "Was Never There", "Wile", "Women of the World", "Your Eyes Girl")
C♯3 ("C Section", "The Earth Beneath", "Elongate", "Green & Gold", "Inhibition", "Menina Mulher Da Pele Preta", "Minds Dying", "Mindwalk", "Mission Creep", "Rewire", "Segue", "Stretch the Truth", "Wait for Me", "We're Going Where")
C3 ("Autoluminescent", "Beseech", "Can't Put the Bullet Back in the Gun", "Cassandra", "Claw Your Way Out", "Dark Necessities", "Directrix", "Divination", "I Hear You", "Memory", "Monolith", "Mother Nature", "Nowhere I Am", "Overflowing", "Red Don't Feel", "The Ride", "Segue", "Sermon of Sorts", "Somersault", "We're Going Where", "Whatever You Want")
B2 ("Anger", "Autoluminescent", "Directrix", "Green & Gold", "Menina Mulher Da Pele Preta", "Mindwalk", "Offend", "Rewire", "Wait for Me", "Wicked Game" live Hippodrome de Longchamp 2017)
B♭2 ("Asleep Under Last Week's News", "Calculate", "Losing You", "Minds Dying", "The Report")
A2 ("Directrix", "Exit Music (For a Film)" SpikeRadio Interview 1999, "Life Kills", "Long Road", "Mother Nature", "Offend", "Poison", "Sevens", "Stretch the Truth", "Whatever You Want")
G♯2 ("Claw Your Way Out", "Menina Mulher Da Pele Preta", "Red Don't Feel", "Wile")
G2 ("Close My Eyes" live Silverlake Conservatory 2016, "Exit Music (For a Film)" SpikeRadio Interview 1999, "Life Kills", "Monolith", "Nowhere I Am", "Wile")
F♯2 ("Asleep Under Last Week's News")
{Questionable Notes}E5 ("Nowhere I Am" [2])
D5 ("The Fight for the Soul" [2])
C5 ("Jeepster" [2])
B4 ("The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" [2])
B2 ("Across the Park" [3], "Neon Arrow" [4])
F♯2 ("Losing You" [1])
F2 ("Life Kills" [4])
C2 ("Life Kills" [1])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to the singer in question.
[3] marks notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
D5 ("The Fight for the Soul" [2])
C5 ("Jeepster" [2])
B4 ("The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" [2])
B2 ("Across the Park" [3], "Neon Arrow" [4])
F♯2 ("Losing You" [1])
F2 ("Life Kills" [4])
C2 ("Life Kills" [1])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to the singer in question.
[3] marks notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
{Album Ranges}With John Frusciante:
A Sphere in the Heart of Silence (2004): D3 - F4 - A4
Dot Hacker:
Inhibition (2012): C♯3 - B4 - D5
How's Your Process? (Work) (2014): A2 - B4 - D5 - E♭5
How's Your Process? (Play) (2014): B2 - A4 - D5 - E♭5
N°3 (2017): B♭2 - D5
Red Hot Chili Peppers:
I'm With You (2011): E3 - F4 - B4 - C♯5 - E♭5
I'm Beside You (2013): D3 - A4 - C♯5 - E♭5
The Getaway (2016): C3 - G♯4 - C5 - C♯5
Pluralone:
To Be One With You (2019): C3 - B♭4 - C5 - F5
I Don't Feel Well (2020): G♯2 - A2 - B♭4 - E♭5
Mother Nature (2021): G2 - G♯2 - A4 - B4 - C5
This Is the Show (2023): G2 - B4 - C5
..................................................................A Sphere in the Heart of Silence (2004): D3 - F4 - A4
Dot Hacker:
Inhibition (2012): C♯3 - B4 - D5
How's Your Process? (Work) (2014): A2 - B4 - D5 - E♭5
How's Your Process? (Play) (2014): B2 - A4 - D5 - E♭5
N°3 (2017): B♭2 - D5
Red Hot Chili Peppers:
I'm With You (2011): E3 - F4 - B4 - C♯5 - E♭5
I'm Beside You (2013): D3 - A4 - C♯5 - E♭5
The Getaway (2016): C3 - G♯4 - C5 - C♯5
Pluralone:
To Be One With You (2019): C3 - B♭4 - C5 - F5
I Don't Feel Well (2020): G♯2 - A2 - B♭4 - E♭5
Mother Nature (2021): G2 - G♯2 - A4 - B4 - C5
This Is the Show (2023): G2 - B4 - C5
Blue marks falsetto notes.
Underlines mark notes obscured in the mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Bold marks particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
Green marks distorted/screamed notes.