KLINGHOFFER’S FIRST DAY AS A RED HOT CHILI PEPPER WAS A SAD ONE
New RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS star JOSH KLINGHOFFER has revealed his first day as a member of the group was a sad one - because a good friend died.
Frontman Anthony Kiedis heard the news about promoter and writer Brendan Mullen’s passing as he headed into the rehearsal studio to welcome guitarist Klinghoffer to the band.
Mullen gave the band their first shows in Los Angeles and he was working on a biography about the group when he died in 2009 after suffering a stroke while celebrating his 60th birthday.
Kiedis says, "Brendan happened to die on the very first day we were to rehearse with Josh Klinghoffer. When I got to rehearsal I delivered the news to my band that we just lost this beautiful person. And then we started playing without really talking." Klinghoffer, who has replaced John Frusciante in the band, recalls the sombre day, telling the Los Angeles Times it was "sort of a sad hello," adding, "Everybody lost a good friend." The Red Hot Chili Peppers have paid tribute to their late friend with the tune Brendan’s Death Song on new album I’m With You.
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