Foo Fighters Names Josh Freese As New Drummer Following Death Of Taylor Hawkins
Foo Fighters has formally discovered a brand new drummer to fill Taylor Hawkins‘ huge sneakers … making the large announcement over a yr after his tragic loss of life in Columbia.
Dave Grohl and co. stuffed followers in on the brand new addition Sunday, saying throughout their livestream “Foo Fighters: Making ready Music For Concert events” that Josh Freese is dealing with percussion for the group going ahead.
Freese has been drumming for the reason that 80s, beginning his prolonged profession at Disneyland as part of a High 40 cowl band … then becoming a member of The Vandals in 1989, and jamming out with different teams like Suicidal Tendencies Infectious Grooves because the years went on.
He is since contributed to a ton of artists and teams as a session participant — together with Rob Zombie, Lana Del Rey, Bruce Springsteen, Danny Elfman, and Weezer.
In fact, Josh is coming in after final yr’s lack of Taylor, who died at 50 whereas on tour with the group. Foo Fighters introduced in December they’d nonetheless be shifting ahead as a band, though it wasn’t mentioned on the time who’d be taking his place.
