Josh Freese Says the Foo Fighters’ Music Never ‘Really Resonated’ With Him

Months after his exit from the Foo Fighters, drummer Josh Freese is saying that the band’s music never “really resonated with” him.

In a new feature from The New York Times, Freese’s life and career are examined, from his early days as a teenager just wanted to make playing drums his whole career and “be a household name,” through makign that a reality by playing with bands like Guns N’ Roses, the Vandals, A Perfect Circle, Devo, and Nine Inch Nail, who he recently re-joined.

Freese was hired to be the Foo Fighters’ new drummer in 2023, after the death of the band’s longtime drummer, Taylor Hawkins. He tells the NYT that it was a lot of pressure “coming in as Dave Grohl’s drummer, and the guy that’s supposed to save the day after the beloved Taylor Hawkins died,” so he felt like he neede