US EditionLook: Josh Freese Ousted as Foo Fighters Drummer
- On May 16, 2025, Josh Freese announced that he has parted ways with the Foo Fighters, ending his tenure as the band’s drummer that began in 2023.
- Freese joined the band after longtime drummer Taylor Hawkins died in 2022, but the Foo Fighters recently informed him of their decision to change drummers.
- Freese said the band contacted him Monday night to inform him they had decided to part ways with him as their drummer, without providing an explanation.
- He wrote he was “not angry” but “shocked and disappointed” after being fired despite 40 years of professional drumming and never being let go before.
- Freese’s departure suggests the Foo Fighters will continue without him and move forward after replacing Taylor Hawkins and Freese’s two-year tenure.
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