Josh Klinghoffer Appreciation Thread

TouringFan2000

So I'm fresh off the 2 shows in Oakland and want to offer a huge THANK YOU to John Fucking Klinghoffer for being an absolute hero and a one-person ARMY during these shows. I mean, my God man!!!  Your talent, energy, and obvious love for music, for Pearl Jam, and for its fans are a sight to behold and a gift to our ears.  Thank you so much, Josh, for stepping up and saving these 2 great nights.  (Obviously, Josh wasn't the only drummer-hero of these shows ... but this thread is dedicated to him.  He deserves it.)

PJammin'

He deserves a lot of credit. I wasn’t at either show, but I appreciate and respect the hell out of him. Definitely a hero. He stepped into a difficult situation. THANK YOU, JOSH!

pjhawks

He is clearly a talented mf’er.  Very good addition 

MissMay82

TouringFan2000 said:

So I'm fresh off the 2 shows in Oakland and want to offer a huge THANK YOU to John Fucking Klinghoffer for being an absolute hero and a one-person ARMY during these shows. I mean, my God man!!!  Your talent, energy, and obvious love for music, for Pearl Jam, and for its fans are a sight to behold and a gift to our ears.  Thank you so much, Josh, for stepping up and saving these 2 great nights.  (Obviously, Josh wasn't the only drummer-hero of these shows ... but this thread is dedicated to him.  He deserves it.)

Thank you for posting this.  I live in Las Vegas and missed out on this tour entirely.  So I’ve bern listening to a lot PJ radio and on my second listen of the 2nd Oakland show and he doesn’t miss a thing (almost).  I’ve heard some of Richard’s drumming and it wasn’t what I wanted to hear.  During Interstellar Overdrive I had to start searching the forum for someone to talk to to about this.  What a superb musician. 

I did have the good luck to see EV and the Earthlings in San Diego in February and I could not take my eyes off Josh.  I’d never heard of him and was intrigued when u googled him.  His love for playing music just radiates. That was a hell of show.  

Thank you Josh!  Enjoying the shit out of the shows even though I can’t see em.  

BC62528

I think we may need to dust this thread off and raise a toast to one kick ass show last night  - thanks Josh for saving Fort Worth...get well Matt!  For what it is worth...Rest up Matt, maybe Jack can come out out of retirement on the 18th and treat us to a Yield Show...one can dream.

Gern Blansten

BC62528 said:

I think we may need to dust this thread off and raise a toast to one kick ass show last night  - thanks Josh for saving Fort Worth...get well Matt!  For what it is worth...Rest up Matt, maybe Jack can come out out of retirement on the 18th and treat us to a Yield Show...one can dream.

they pretty much did a Yield show last night

jonbond1779

How was Josh on drums??? What difference to the sets / songs?? were they as tight as usual when MFC is on form??

Gern Blansten

jonbond1779 said:

How was Josh on drums??? What difference to the sets / songs?? were they as tight as usual when MFC is on form??

I wasn't there but the feed I saw he sounded great. The only complaint may have been that he played at a faster tempo which is easy to do if you aren't playing all the time.

But I haven't seen anyone else make that complaint so maybe it's just me.

BM195460

Gern Blansten said:

jonbond1779 said:

How was Josh on drums??? What difference to the sets / songs?? were they as tight as usual when MFC is on form??

I wasn't there but the feed I saw he sounded great. The only complaint may have been that he played at a faster tempo which is easy to do if you aren't playing all the time.

But I haven't seen anyone else make that complaint so maybe it's just me.

He didn’t play anything faster that someone else didn’t start. He even started Not For You at the same tempo as the record and Ed kept pushing and pushing him to speed it up.