Josh Freese has confessed that he by no means “actually resonated with” the music of the Foo Fighters.
Josh Freese by no means ‘resonated’ with the music of the Foo Fighters
The 52-year-old drummer was dismissed by the Everlong rockers in Could and has admitted that he did not share the identical musical tastes because the Dave Grohl-fronted band.
In an interview with the New York Occasions newspaper, Josh mentioned: “It wasn’t music that I actually resonated with.”
The musician has since returned to 9 Inch Nails after leaving the Foos and mirrored on how his two-year stint with the latter was a high-pressure state of affairs as he had been drafted in following the tragic dying of earlier sticksman Taylor Hawkins in 2022.
Josh defined: “I am coming in as Dave Grohl’s drummer, and the man that is supposed to avoid wasting the day after the beloved Taylor Hawkins died.
“(I felt) like I needed to be firing on all cylinders on a regular basis.”
The Foos changed Josh with 9 Inch Nails drummer Ilan Rubin and Freese mirrored on the weird state of affairs of the pair swapping bands.
He mentioned: “I could not consider it.
“However Ilan’s an outstanding drummer, an outstanding musician. He’ll be excellent for the gig.”
Josh revealed how he was “shocked and disenchanted” when advised that his time touring with the Foos was coming to an finish earlier this yr.
He wrote on Instagram: “The Foo Fighters referred to as me Monday night time to let me know they’ve determined ‘to go in a unique course with their drummer’.
“No cause 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.”
Josh continued: “In my 40 years of drumming professionally, I’ve by no means been let go from a band, so whereas I am not indignant – I am shocked and disenchanted. However as most of I’ve at all times labored freelance and bounced between bands so I am superb.”
The musician later launched a tongue-in-cheek record of 10 causes as to why he was “booted” from the Foo Fighters, quipping that he had whistled the monitor My Hero an excessive amount of.
From 10 to at least one, he quipped he “as soon as whistled My Hero for per week strong on tour” and “may solely title one Fugazi track”.
At quantity eight, he joked: “Two phrases: polyrhythms.”
He teased that his “metronome-like precision behind the package” had been deemed “soulless”, and joked that he “demanded began each rehearsal with a 20 minute cowbell sound tub”.
Referencing Grohl’s iconic look, Josh quipped he “by no means even as soon as tried rising a beard”, and that he “did not present as much as the studio as a result of Mercury was in retrograde”.
