MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - JULY 15: (L-R) Josh Freese and Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters perform onstage during Harley-Davidson's Homecoming Festival - Day 2 at Veterans Park on July 15, 2023 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Harley-Davidson)
In May 2023, when Foo Fighters got their live show back up and running after the death of longtime drummer Taylor Hawkins, they hired Josh Freese — a veteran freelancer who has recorded and performed with artists including Guns N’ Roses, Nine Inch Nails, A Perfect Circle, Puddle Of Mudd, Weezer, Paramore, and Sting — to take that hallowed spot behind the kit in a Dave Grohl-fronted band. Two years later, someone else is taking over that stool.
