Two years after tapping Josh Freese to exchange the late Taylor Hawkins, Foo Fighters have parted methods with the veteran drummer. The information was damaged by Freese himself on his social media accounts.
Freese wrote the next on his Instagram web page on Friday (Might sixteenth):
“The Foo Fighters referred to as me Monday evening to let me know they’ve determined ‘to go in a special path with their drummer.’ No purpose was given. 🙁 Regardless, I loved the previous two years with them, each on and off stage, and I assist no matter they really feel is finest for the band. In my 40 years of drumming professionally, I’ve by no means been let go from a band, so whereas I’m not indignant—only a bit shocked and disillusioned. However as most of you realize I’ve all the time labored freelance and bounced between bands so, I’m effective. Keep tuned for my ‘High 10 doable causes Josh received booted from the Foo Fighters’ checklist.”
The firing occurred nearly two years to the day the Foos formally employed Freese on Might twenty first, 2023. Whereas the band toured extensively in 2023 and the primary half of 2024, they’ve been dormant since frontman Dave Grohl admitted to having a baby exterior of his marriage in September 2024.
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Only recently, Foo Fighters introduced their first live performance of 2025, an October 4th present on the Singapore Grand Prix.
Taylor Hawkins died on the age of fifty on March twenty fifth, 2022, at his lodge room in Bogotá, Colombia, whereas the Foos have been on a tour of Latin America. Freese was employed a little bit greater than a 12 months later, as Foo Fighters returned to motion after taking day without work following Hawkins’ passing.
Freese is without doubt one of the most completed drummers in rock music, touchdown at No. 46 on Consequence’s checklist of the Greatest Drummers of All Time. His spectacular résumé consists of stints with A Good Circle, The Vandals, 9 Inch Nails, and different bands. Plus he’s finished a ton of high-profile session work.
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