New Foo Fighters drummer Josh Freese on how Dave Grohl asked him to the join band
nme.comFoo Fighters drummer Josh Freese has recalled the moment Dave Grohl asked him to join the band.Freese was confirmed as the Foos’ new touring drummer last May before he headed out on the road with Grohl and co.
in support of their latest album, ‘But Here We Are’. He’d previously performed on stage with the group at the Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts in London and LA.Hawkins died on March 25, 2022 when Foo Fighters were in Bogotá, Colombia.
He was 50 years old.During a new interview with Rick Beato, Freese remembered the the day Grohl contacted him about joining the Foos family (via Far Out) around Christmas that year.“I was on a walk with my wife and some of our dogs, and I go, ‘Ah, Dave just tried calling me like 20 minutes ago’,” he said. “And she’s like, ‘I know why he’s calling you’.
I was like, ‘Easy. I’m not thinking that’. I swear to God, that’s not why I thought [he was calling].”Freese continued: “I go, ‘You know what?
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