Josh Freese has issued his first statement about re-joining Nine Inch Nails after leaving the Foo Fighters .

The Hollywood Reporter exclusively reported on Wednesday that Freese would to return to the band over 15 years after he first departed, as NIN’s Ilan Rubin was tapped to become the Foo Fighters’ next drummer. Freese wrote a statement on his Instagram late Wednesday night celebrating his reunion.

“Leaving Nine Inch Nails at the end of 2008 was one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever had to make,” Freese wrote. My wife and I were expecting our third child, and I knew I needed to step away from life on the road to be home with my family. NIN was a band that left me walking off stage every single night thinking, ‘that was incredible. We absolutely crushed it.’ And it wasn’t ju

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