Josh Freese on Foo Fighters: “I didn’t feel in tune”

About three months after letting his departure from Foo Fighters know and subsequently the news of his entry into the Nine Inch Nails, Josh Freese spoke of his Dismissal from the Dave Grohl band. The drummer told in a new interview for the “New York Times” his adventure among the ranks of the group of “Best of You”, to play the role left vacant by the premature disappearance of Taylor Hawkins, which took place in March 2022.

“I arrived as a drummer of Dave Grohl, and as the one who was to save the situation after the death of the beloved Taylor Hawkins,” said Freese, who then underlined The weight to be supported in having to replace Hawkinswho made him feel “as if I had to give his best at all times”. Speaking of his dismissal, Josh then hypothesized: “Reflecting us, probably The problem was more related to their management“. Without dwelling too much on the decision taken by the Foo Fighters, on a personal level the drummer added:”It was not music with whom I really felt in tune“.

After the announcement of his removal, that he himself explained to have suddenly arrived, Josh Freese had shared on Instagram a list that with a playful tone hypothesized the reasons why it would be hunted From the group, who then thanked the drummer when he published the unpublished “Today’s Song” in early July.

In July, Freese returned to play with the Nine Inch Nails, with whom he had already toured from 2005 to 2008. In the meantime, the historical drummer of the Nine Inch Nails, Ilan Rubin, entered Foo Fighters.