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  • PJammer4life
    PJammer4life Los Angeles Posts: 2,669
    Josh is the Pat Smear of the band.
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,590
    PJammer4life said:
    Josh is the Pat Smear of the band.
    Or that other guitarist at Green Day shows 
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  • BALLBOY
    BALLBOY Australia Posts: 1,035
    PJammer4life said:
    Josh is the Pat Smear of the band.
    Hope not when they added him they for some reason then got a keyboard player. Boom is enough in the band & definitely don't like it when plays on the older songs that there are no keyboards on
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,590
    BALLBOY said:
    PJammer4life said:
    Josh is the Pat Smear of the band.
    Hope not when they added him they for some reason then got a keyboard player. Boom is enough in the band & definitely don't like it when plays on the older songs that there are no keyboards on
    Wasn't he already in the band in the beginning. He was in their first music video 
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  • mace1229
    mace1229 Posts: 9,822
    edited September 2021
    Not sure how I feel, don’t think they really need 4 guitarists. Or a piano if they have Boom. Do they really need him for just the Gigaton songs?
    Wonder how long this has been planned, he did that quarantine video with PJ a year and half ago. And was on Ed’s new solo album.
    Post edited by mace1229 on
  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,534
    We can share our boyfriends with others and things will still work out.
  • BrainofBGA
    BrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,558
    edited September 2021
    All things considered…I don’t think it matters how we feel about Josh touring with the band, the band obviously feel they need him there for the parts he’ll play. Good luck to him for this small tour and into the future. 
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  • on2legs
    on2legs Posts: 15,941
    Tim Simmons said:
    I also have a suspicion that Eds gonna form a solo album touring band around him.


    This would make sense as he played with Ed already at the Vax Live event…


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  • Edved82
    Edved82 Ireland Posts: 1,279
    Great news. I love Josh, super talented guy.
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,445
    I bet he's not just for guitars....I think he's jack of all trades type of thing; percussion, backing vocals, maybe some lead vocals when ed needs a break, and Ed's third guitar parts if he just wants to sing. 
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,422
    edited September 2021
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    I bet he's not just for guitars....I think he's jack of all trades type of thing; percussion, backing vocals, maybe some lead vocals when ed needs a break, and Ed's third guitar parts if he just wants to sing. 
    You can see in the clips him having drums set up, and I think a keyboard behind him and him obviously singing etc.

    I think it is extremely far fetched to believe they would let him do lead vocals.. come on now people.

    How would that work? Unless it's a "Matt singing Black Diamond" kind of thing... "wouldn't it be fun if we did ABBA:s SOS and have the new kid sing the parts Pierce Brosnan PERFECTED in the Mama Mia! movie?"
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,445
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    I bet he's not just for guitars....I think he's jack of all trades type of thing; percussion, backing vocals, maybe some lead vocals when ed needs a break, and Ed's third guitar parts if he just wants to sing. 
    You can see in the clips him having drums set up, and I think a keyboard behind him and him obviously singing etc.

    I think it is extremely far fetched to believe they would let him do lead vocals.. come on now people.

    How would that work? Unless it's a "Matt singing Black Diamond" kind of thing... "wouldn't it be fun if we did ABBA:s SOS and have the new kid sing the parts Pierce Brosnan PERFECTED in the Mama Mia! movie?"
    when I said "lead vocals" I mean he is background, but singing the same as Ed, in case Ed needs a short breather to fill in the gaps. 
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,489
    I have no problem with this whatsoever. He's a fantastic musician & it will add to the songs.
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  • Ledbetterman10
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    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    I bet he's not just for guitars....I think he's jack of all trades type of thing; percussion, backing vocals, maybe some lead vocals when ed needs a break, and Ed's third guitar parts if he just wants to sing. 
    You can see in the clips him having drums set up, and I think a keyboard behind him and him obviously singing etc.

    I think it is extremely far fetched to believe they would let him do lead vocals.. come on now people.

    How would that work? Unless it's a "Matt singing Black Diamond" kind of thing... "wouldn't it be fun if we did ABBA:s SOS and have the new kid sing the parts Pierce Brosnan PERFECTED in the Mama Mia! movie?"
    when I said "lead vocals" I mean he is background, but singing the same as Ed, in case Ed needs a short breather to fill in the gaps. 
    I can’t fathom someone needing to fill in gaps in case he needs a breather….like a hip-hop hype man. Eddie sounded great on Saturday. And if by chance there are songs that Ed can’t sing anymore, they just shouldn’t be played anymore. 
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,445
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    I bet he's not just for guitars....I think he's jack of all trades type of thing; percussion, backing vocals, maybe some lead vocals when ed needs a break, and Ed's third guitar parts if he just wants to sing. 
    You can see in the clips him having drums set up, and I think a keyboard behind him and him obviously singing etc.

    I think it is extremely far fetched to believe they would let him do lead vocals.. come on now people.

    How would that work? Unless it's a "Matt singing Black Diamond" kind of thing... "wouldn't it be fun if we did ABBA:s SOS and have the new kid sing the parts Pierce Brosnan PERFECTED in the Mama Mia! movie?"
    when I said "lead vocals" I mean he is background, but singing the same as Ed, in case Ed needs a short breather to fill in the gaps. 
    I can’t fathom someone needing to fill in gaps in case he needs a breather….like a hip-hop hype man. Eddie sounded great on Saturday. And if by chance there are songs that Ed can’t sing anymore, they just shouldn’t be played anymore. 
    haha no that would be awful. I just mean they both sing the same lead part and if ed steps away from the mic then there isn't dead air. 

    he did sound great on saturday. it's not about if he can't sing a particular song anymore, it depends on where the song is in the set. 
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  • WindowPaine
    WindowPaine Chicopee, MA Posts: 538
    igotid88 said:
    BALLBOY said:
    PJammer4life said:
    Josh is the Pat Smear of the band.
    Hope not when they added him they for some reason then got a keyboard player. Boom is enough in the band & definitely don't like it when plays on the older songs that there are no keyboards on
    Wasn't he already in the band in the beginning. He was in their first music video 
    in the beginning? umm boom 'joined' on the 2003 tour. 
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,445
    WindowPaine said:
    igotid88 said:
    BALLBOY said:
    PJammer4life said:
    Josh is the Pat Smear of the band.
    Hope not when they added him they for some reason then got a keyboard player. Boom is enough in the band & definitely don't like it when plays on the older songs that there are no keyboards on
    Wasn't he already in the band in the beginning. He was in their first music video 
    in the beginning? umm boom 'joined' on the 2003 tour. 
    think he's talking about Pat Smear. 
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,445
    Pat was in the foos from the beginning, then he quit, then Dave convinced him to come back. 
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,459
    Go Beavers said:
    We can share our boyfriends with others and things will still work out.
    The therapist in me is having a field day with this comment. 

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  • WindowPaine
    WindowPaine Chicopee, MA Posts: 538
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    WindowPaine said:
    igotid88 said:
    BALLBOY said:
    PJammer4life said:
    Josh is the Pat Smear of the band.
    Hope not when they added him they for some reason then got a keyboard player. Boom is enough in the band & definitely don't like it when plays on the older songs that there are no keyboards on
    Wasn't he already in the band in the beginning. He was in their first music video 
    in the beginning? umm boom 'joined' on the 2003 tour. 
    think he's talking about Pat Smear. 
    either way it's still a no haha. Pat joined nirvana in 1993.
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,445
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Pat was in the foos from the beginning, then he quit, then Dave convinced him to come back. 
    WindowPaine said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    WindowPaine said:
    igotid88 said:
    BALLBOY said:
    PJammer4life said:
    Josh is the Pat Smear of the band.
    Hope not when they added him they for some reason then got a keyboard player. Boom is enough in the band & definitely don't like it when plays on the older songs that there are no keyboards on
    Wasn't he already in the band in the beginning. He was in their first music video 
    in the beginning? umm boom 'joined' on the 2003 tour. 
    think he's talking about Pat Smear. 
    either way it's still a no haha. Pat joined nirvana in 1993.

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  • biz999
    biz999 Posts: 174
    edited September 2021
    I remember this from a couple years ago, so I'm down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlle_7WRjRo

    Chad Smith watching his guitarist rock out with PJ just adds to it.

    Post edited by biz999 on
  • OceansJenny
    OceansJenny Manhattan, NY Posts: 3,409
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    I bet he's not just for guitars....I think he's jack of all trades type of thing; percussion, backing vocals, maybe some lead vocals when ed needs a break, and Ed's third guitar parts if he just wants to sing. 
    You can see in the clips him having drums set up, and I think a keyboard behind him and him obviously singing etc.

    I think it is extremely far fetched to believe they would let him do lead vocals.. come on now people.

    How would that work? Unless it's a "Matt singing Black Diamond" kind of thing... "wouldn't it be fun if we did ABBA:s SOS and have the new kid sing the parts Pierce Brosnan PERFECTED in the Mama Mia! movie?"
    when I said "lead vocals" I mean he is background, but singing the same as Ed, in case Ed needs a short breather to fill in the gaps. 
    And if by chance there are songs that Ed can’t sing anymore, they just shouldn’t be played anymore. 
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  • WMAmorican
    WMAmorican Posts: 248
    PJ probably felt sorry for Josh because of the way the Peppers canned him to bring John back right when they were starting work on a new album. I personally thought it was weird the Peppers felt the need to can Josh, a lot of their songs (especially more recent vintage) would benefit greatly live with multiple guitars, obviously that's why they had him onstage with them in the past...whatever, Josh will make some money at least and if it benefits PJ onstage, why not? Especially if, as some speculate, it helps keep some of the tempos down!

    Very curious for Ed's new album, in and of itself of course but also to hear Josh's contributions. I don't really like the new single, it's a bit too poppy for my tastes but still intriguing and hopefully there will be 10 or 12 other songs that will undoubtedly have some gems, hopefully most!
  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,050
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    I bet he's not just for guitars....I think he's jack of all trades type of thing; percussion, backing vocals, maybe some lead vocals when ed needs a break, and Ed's third guitar parts if he just wants to sing. 
    You can see in the clips him having drums set up, and I think a keyboard behind him and him obviously singing etc.

    I think it is extremely far fetched to believe they would let him do lead vocals.. come on now people.

    How would that work? Unless it's a "Matt singing Black Diamond" kind of thing... "wouldn't it be fun if we did ABBA:s SOS and have the new kid sing the parts Pierce Brosnan PERFECTED in the Mama Mia! movie?"
    when I said "lead vocals" I mean he is background, but singing the same as Ed, in case Ed needs a short breather to fill in the gaps. 
    I can’t fathom someone needing to fill in gaps in case he needs a breather….like a hip-hop hype man. Eddie sounded great on Saturday. And if by chance there are songs that Ed can’t sing anymore, they just shouldn’t be played anymore. 
    I thought he sounded great as well. However, I noticed that he seemed to be more out of breath earlier in the set than I would have thought. I guess it will take a while to get used to playing in front of a live crowd again and the singing style that requires.
  • Pixeltender
    Pixeltender nyc Posts: 79
    klinghoffer is such an awesome guitar player and all around musician-- i'm glad he's hanging out w pjam, and was stoked to see him on stage!
  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,851
    edited September 2021
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Kind of weird with Josh having been the guitarist of RHCP but is now standing behind the amps in shadows of a Pearl Jam concert, playing guitar in his own shielded world not to be noticed. Hehe.
    I saw him with RHCP a handful of times.  He and his body language always struck me as looking a bit uncomfortable up front in front of a crowd.  Strange to say about someone at the height of this profession.  


    He is great though.  Nice waiver wire claim.
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,590
    WindowPaine said:
    igotid88 said:
    BALLBOY said:
    PJammer4life said:
    Josh is the Pat Smear of the band.
    Hope not when they added him they for some reason then got a keyboard player. Boom is enough in the band & definitely don't like it when plays on the older songs that there are no keyboards on
    Wasn't he already in the band in the beginning. He was in their first music video 
    in the beginning? umm boom 'joined' on the 2003 tour. 
    Pat Smear 
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  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,534
    edited September 2021
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    Go Beavers said:
    We can share our boyfriends with others and things will still work out.
    The therapist in me is having a field day with this comment. 

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    :) The therapist in me was reading the responses thinking that some are upset about the family system being altered.
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,459
    Go Beavers said:
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    Go Beavers said:
    We can share our boyfriends with others and things will still work out.
    The therapist in me is having a field day with this comment. 

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    :) The therapist in me was reading the responses thinking that some are upset about the family system being altered.
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