{"id":465714,"date":"2026-02-13T06:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T06:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/465714\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T06:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T06:30:09","slug":"josh-freese-still-doesnt-know-why-dave-grohl-fired-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/465714\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Freese Still Doesn\u2019t Know Why Dave Grohl Fired Him"},"content":{"rendered":"

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To be clear, Josh Freese is thriving. Following the great drummer trade war<\/a> of summer 2025, Freese, who was unexpectedly fired from the Foo Fighters after two years of service, quickly got hammered into the Nine Inch Nails as their newest kitman<\/a>. At the time, Freese said he was given the \u201cdifferent direction<\/a>\u201d excuse from Dave Grohl. Now, the ever-versatile drummer says he still doesn\u2019t have much clarity as to what transpired or why. \u201cI think I have a pretty good read on people, and I did not see that coming,\u201d Freese told Modern Drummer in a new interview<\/a>. \u201cOne day it was nothing but laughs, we\u2019re onstage, and Dave\u2019s looking at me every night like, \u2018You\u2019re killing it dude.\u2019 And then it was just \u2026 over.\u201d Freese has a \u201ccouple small theories\u201d for the reason behind his dismissal, but he insists that he \u201ccan\u2019t really go into them right now.\u201d He has his ongoing tour with Nine Inch Nails to keep him busy, anyway. \u201cI did really enjoy the two years I spent with those guys, however, and they were good to me until they weren\u2019t. I liked playing with them,\u201d he added. \u201cI loved having Dave Grohl as a bandleader. I truly respect him so much as a drummer first and foremost. To me, he\u2019s a drummer first and everything else is second. I\u2019ve listened to him on all the great records he\u2019s played drums on more than I\u2019ve listened to any Foo Fighters stuff.\u201d Yeah, In Your Honor isn\u2019t for everybody.<\/p>\n

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