{"id":295259,"date":"2026-02-17T06:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T06:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/295259\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T06:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T06:44:08","slug":"ex-foo-fighters-drummer-josh-freese-feels-like-he-has-got-to-be-careful-how-he-talks-about-being-fired-from-the-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/295259\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Foo Fighters Drummer Josh Freese Feels Like He Has \u2018Got to Be Careful\u2019 How He Talks About Being Fired From the Band"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Freese is a lot more \u201ccareful\u201d with his words these days. The iconic drummer was hired to play with the Foo Fighters in 2023. He was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/ex-foo-fighters-drummer-josh-freese-has-a-hilarious-list-of-reasons-for-his-firing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fired just two years later<\/a>, in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>In a February 2026 interview with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/bands-artists\/josh-freese-on-mystery-exit-from-foo-fighters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Modern Drummer<\/a>, Freese opened up about life in the wake of his firing. Specifically, how the story was picked up and amplified by new media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Foo Fighters are such a big, mainstream band that everything I say gets taken out of context, reposted, and blown out of proportion,\u201d Freese told\u00a0Modern Drummer. \u201cPeople created headlines from one quick, simple comment I made on a podcast not long ago. It\u2019s crazy. I\u2019ve got to be careful about what I say about it. But I\u2019ve got a lot to say about it, and I\u2019ve been just trying to figure out how and when to go about really articulating it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Josh Freese replaced late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who passed away in 2022<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a couple small theories [as to why I was let go],\u201d he added, \u201cbut I can\u2019t really go into them right now. I did really enjoy the two years I spent with those guys, however, and they were good to me\u2026 until they weren\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Freese went on to say that his time with the Foo Fighters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/josh-freese-is-incredibly-excited-to-be-back-with-nine-inch-nails-to-be-part-of-that-energy-again-feels-amazing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">was not all bad<\/a>. He added that frontman Dave Grohl was someone he especially \u201cloved\u201d to work with.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI enjoyed being around those guys,\u201d he offered. \u201cThey were generous and good to me, and that\u2019s what makes the whole thing even more of a mystery. I think I\u2019m a pretty good read on people, and I did not see that coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Freese said the Foo Fighters\u2019 Music had not \u2018Resonated\u2019 With Him<\/p>\n<p>In a September 2025 feature from <a style=\"font-style: italic\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/08\/27\/arts\/music\/josh-freese-drummer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The New York Times<\/a>, months after his firing, Freese briefly discussed the situation. He said that it was not easy \u201ccoming in as Dave Grohl\u2019s drummer, and the guy that\u2019s supposed to save the day after the beloved Taylor Hawkins died.\u201d He said that he felt like he needed to be \u201cfiring on all cylinders all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t music that I really resonated with,\u201d he went on to say of playing with the band. Freese then added that he thinks his dismissal was \u201cmore an issue with their management\u201d than the band members themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Josh Freese is a lot more \u201ccareful\u201d with his words these days. 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