Session musicians
Josh Klinghoffer and
Clint Walsh were touring as part of the live incarnation of
Gnarls Barkley in 2008 when the seeds for their new collaboration were planted. Both singing and playing guitar and keys, the two longtime support players gathered together other California-based session musicians
Jonathan Hischke on bass and
Eric Gardner on drums to complete the lineup of the new band
Dot Hacker. The group immediately began work on recording a debut album of dreamy alternative rock, but it would be years before work on that album would be completed as
Klinghoffer joined the ever-busy
Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2009, severely limiting the time he could commit to
Dot Hacker. Recording whenever their schedules allowed, the members of
Dot Hacker eventually completed a self-titled EP in 2012 and released the band's debut album,
Inhibition, later in the year. The companion albums
How's Your Process? (Work) and
How's Your Process? (Play) were released in 2014, a year that also saw their first live performances. In 2017 the band released
Nº3. ~ Fred Thomas