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The drama surrounding the position of drummer for long-running rock band Foo Fighters\u2014which started out sad, in the wake of Taylor Hawkins\u2019 death<\/a>, and then fractious, after the band announced it was firing his replacement, Josh Freese<\/a>\u2014has now somehow gotten even weirder. To wit: THR\u00a0is reporting<\/a> that the band has now, in essence, pulled a drummer swap with fellow veteran rockers Nine Inch Nails. According to the report, the latter group\u2019s long-time touring drummer, Ilan Rubin\u2014who started playing with Nine Inch Nails when he was just 21, and was inducted with them into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2020\u2014informed Trent Reznor last week that he\u2019d taken a job with another band. Lo and behold, sources report today he\u2019s been tapped as the new drummer of Foo Fighters. Coincidentally or not, the news broke at pretty much the exact same time that Nine Inch Nails announced its own\u00a0new drummer\u2026 former Foo Fighters member Josh Freese.<\/p>\n Now, to be fair, Freese has a long history with Reznor: As part of his long journeyman career as a professional drummer, he was NIN\u2019s touring drummer from 2005 to 2008, and played on two of the band\u2019s albums,\u00a0Year Zero\u00a0and\u00a0The Slip. It doesn\u2019t make the timing of all this seem any less weird, though, especially because THR\u2018s report sure makes it sounds like Dave Grohl and company poached Rubin away from Nine Inch Nails just as Foo Fighters gear up for new shows starting in Southeast Asia this fall. It\u2019s not entirely clear at present whether either of these positions are \u201cfull-time\u201d drumming jobs, or just touring gigs; Nine Inch Nails, at least, enthusiastically posted the news on their Instagram Story, announcing Freese with a \u201cLET\u2019S FUCKING GO\u201d.<\/p>\n Foo Fighters put out their first new song in a minute earlier this month<\/a>, accompanied by a statement that (very briefly) thanked Freese for his time in the band. Freese previously stated on social media<\/a> that the members of Foo Fighters simply called him up one day and told him they were \u201cgoing in a different direction,\u201d with no reason given. He\u2019s since made at least a bit of a joke out of the firing, including posting a joke-y \u201cTop 10 possible reasons Freese got booted from the Foos\u201d list to his Instagram.<\/p>\n Foo Fighters release first new song since firing their drummer and Dave Grohl scandal<\/a>There goes Foo Fighters’ new drummer<\/a><\/p>\n