Josh Freese Joins Foo Fighters After Taylor Hawkins’ Death: 5 Things to Know About the Drummer
usmagazine.comHonoring a legacy. Josh Freese is taking a seat behind the Foo Fighters’ drum kit after the death of Taylor Hawkins last year.
The news was first announced during the Foo Fighters: Preparing Music for Concerts livestream on Sunday, May 22, where fans could catch a glimpse of a studio session at Studio 606 via Twitter.
While the band — frontman Dave Grohl, bassist Nate Mendel, lead guitarist Chris Shiflett, guitarist Pat Smear and keyboardist Rami Jaffee — teased who would join them on their upcoming tour, Freese, 50, was ultimately revealed as the official replacement. “Um, excuse me,” he quipped as the camera panned to him behind his drum set. “Guys, could we just like, I don’t know, play a song?
Or two, something?” “Oh, sure, of course, Josh,” Grohl, 54, agreed before jumping into their hit song “All My Life.” While it remains unclear if Freese will be a permanent member of the legendary rock group moving forward — he would be the third drummer for the band after Hawkins and William Goldsmith — he will be filling in for the upcoming live shows, which kick off in New Hampshire on Wednesday, May 24.
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