Foo Fighters drummer reveals he’s been fired from the band: ‘Not angry, just disappointed’ Rebecca Sayce Published May 16, 2025 11:47pm Updated May 17, 2025 8:29am Comments ...

Freese noted that he’d had a blast being a member of the band for the past two years, and ended with a joke about posting a “Top 10 possible reasons Josh got booted from the Foo Fighters list ...

The Post reached out to Foo Fighters’ rep for comment. Freese has been a drummer in the punk rock band the Vandals since 1989 and is also a member of the new wave band Devo, which he joined in 1996.

Two years after tapping Josh Freese to replace the late Taylor Hawkins, Foo Fighters have parted ways with the veteran drummer. The news was broken by Freese himself on his social media accounts.

The Foo Fighters will learn to fly again without drummer Josh Freese. The 52-year-old announced May 16 that he fired from the band, which he joined in 2023 following the death of longtime member ...

The Foo Fighters are not currently touring and their website notes that their next live appearance is scheduled for October 4 where they will perform at the Formula 1 in the Singapore Grand Prix.

Stay tuned for my ‘Top 10 possible reasons Josh got booted from the Foo Fighters’ list. No replacement drummer has been announced. You can find out more about the Foos’ Singapore show here.

Grohl formed Foo Fighters in Seattle in 1994, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. The band's name is a reference to the World War II term for unidentified flying objects.

Josh Freese: The Foo Fighters called me Monday night to let me know they’ve decided “to go in a different direction with their drummer.” No reason was given.

Read Josh’s statement below: “The Foo Fighters called me Monday night to let me know they’ve decided to ‘go in a different direction with their drummer’. No reason was given.

Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters plays in front of drummer Josh Freese during a concert at the Verdun Auditorium in the Montreal area Monday, July 10, 2023. Photo by John Kenney / Montreal Gazette ...

Foo Fighters, which made hits like Everlong, The Pretender, and My Hero, got its start as a one man project. Grohl founded the band in 1994, shortly after the end of Nirvana's break-up in ther ...