52 Facts About Josh Freese

Joshua Ryan Freese was born on December 25,1972 and is an American drummer.

Josh Freese is the son of tuba soloist Stan Freese and the older brother of musician Jason Freese.

Josh Freese is a member of Foo Fighters, the Vandals, and Devo, having formerly played drums for Guns N' Roses from 1997 to 2000, A Perfect Circle from 1999 to 2012, Nine Inch Nails from 2005 to 2008, Weezer from 2009 to 2011, and Sublime with Rome from 2011 to 2017.

In December 2010, Freese began touring with Paramore on their South American tour.

Josh Freese performed with Foo Fighters for the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts in 2022 and joined the band as Hawkins's replacement the following year.

Josh Freese was born on December 25,1972, in Orlando, Florida, USA His father, Stan Freese, conducted the Disney World and Disneyland band, and his mother was a classical pianist.

Josh Freese began playing the drums when he was 8 years old.

Josh Freese started playing professionally at the age of 12.

Josh Freese played electronic drums in the teen-and-tween rock band named Polo, a Junior Star Search winner.

Josh Freese has worked with many respected artists in the last 25 years, as a first call session drummer, band member and sometimes as a temporary replacement.

Josh Freese started his drumming career in a Top 40 cover band called Polo at the Tomorrowland Terrace Stage at Disneyland from 1985 to 1988.

Josh Freese has since been a member of punk rock band the Vandals since 1989, and has played on all the band's albums since then, with the exception of 2000's Look What I Almost Stepped In.

Josh Freese played on the Korean group Seo Taiji and Boys' 1994 and 1995 albums Seo Taiji and Boys III and Seo Taiji and Boys IV.

Josh Freese was a member of Guns N' Roses from 1997 to 1999, replacing Matt Sorum and signing a 2-year contract.

Josh Freese recorded the song "Oh My God" for the End of Days soundtrack and co-wrote the song "Chinese Democracy" with Axl Rose.

Josh Freese drummed on 30 tracks to potentially be included on Chinese Democracy, but his recordings were scrapped and re-recorded note-for-note by Bryan Mantia.

Josh Freese was credited with arrangements on four tracks on the final release of the album.

Josh Freese left the band in 2000 to launch A Perfect Circle with Maynard James Keenan and Billy Howerdel.

In 1996, Josh Freese joined a reformed Devo for a show at the Sundance Film Festival, replacing David Kendrick.

Josh Freese has become their primary drummer in concert and in the studio since.

Josh Freese has said that he learned to play drums thanks to Devo's 1980 album Freedom of Choice.

Josh Freese played drums on Devo's 2010 album Something for Everybody, and provided backing vocals on Devo's non-album holiday song, "Merry Something to You".

In 1999, Josh Freese drummed on Mike Ness' first solo album Cheating At Solitaire, but was replaced by Charlie Quintana when it came to live performances.

Josh Freese was the session drummer on the 2003 album Fallen by Evanescence and on the Acroma album released on Universal Records.

Josh Freese has drummed for A Perfect Circle since their first album, and is considered one of the core members.

Josh Freese took over from drummer Ron Welty for the recording of the Offspring's 2003 album Splinter after Welty's departure from the band.

Josh Freese is credited for playing drums on the album, but Atom Willard later took on the position as the band's full-time drummer.

Josh Freese recorded drums for Static-X on their 2003 album Shadow Zone after the departure of original drummer Ken Jay.

Josh Freese was the session drummer on Brian "Head" Welch's debut solo album, Save Me From Myself.

Josh Freese participated in Sting's "Broken Music Tour" in April 2005 with guitarist Dominic Miller and guitarist Shane Fontayne.

Josh Freese appeared with Sting during the record breaking 'Live 8' concert in London's Hyde Park on July 2,2005.

Josh Freese contributed drum tracks for Lostprophets' third album, Liberation Transmission, recording all his parts in two days.

Travis Barker was originally earmarked as the session drummer of choice for the album, but producer Bob Rock, who had worked with Josh Freese before, wanted him instead.

Josh Freese has worked on and off with Paul Westerberg since 1992 and provided the drums on two Replacements tracks, that appear on their greatest-hits package, "Don't You Know Who I Think I Was".

Josh Freese continued touring with Nine Inch Nails throughout 2007 in support of Year Zero, mainly outside of the US In 2008, he worked with Trent Reznor in the studio on The Slip and signed on for more extensive North American and overseas touring with the band through 2008 on their "Lights in the Sky" 2008 tour.

Josh Freese left the tour at the end of 2008 in order to spend more time with his family and long-time girlfriend, who was pregnant with the couple's third child at the time.

Josh Freese played on Rebel Hiss which is the first single from Jubilee headed by ex-bandmate Aaron North on guitar and vocals.

Josh Freese has co-written songs with Queens of the Stone Age, the Vandals, A Perfect Circle, Dwarves, Goon Moon, Devo and Sting.

Josh Freese played on drums for a small selection of Hollywood Undead songs on their debut album, Swan Songs.

Josh Freese played some shows in early 1998 with the band 311 as a fill-in drummer for them on the Warped tour in Australia, Japan and Hawaii.

Josh Freese was already on the tour playing with the Vandals every day and played with both bands for the majority of the tour.

Josh Freese performed the drums on Daughtry's debut album by the same title, Daughtry.

Josh Freese continued to tour with Weezer in 2010 and 2011 as well as appearing live with Sting, the Vandals and Devo.

Josh Freese played drums on Japanese Mega-star Ayumi Hamasaki's 2009 album NEXT LEVEL, on the track "identity".

Josh Freese can be heard on the Weezer release Raditude and on Michael Buble's tracks "Crazy Love" and "Haven't Met You Yet".

In 2011, Freese became the touring drummer for Paramore on the South American leg of their Brand New Eyes World Tour after the band announced the departure of the Farro brothers.

Josh Freese continued playing in the Replacements in their 2014 and 2015 shows.

Josh Freese appears on the 2014 Bruce Springsteen album High Hopes, playing drums on "This Is Your Sword".

Josh Freese appeared with Foo Fighters for the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts held in London and Los Angeles in late 2022.

On May 21,2023, it was revealed during a live-streamed Foo Fighters concert entitled "Preparing Music For Concerts" that Josh Freese had joined the band full-time as their drummer.

In 1998, Josh Freese recorded a number of songs that he wrote and performed himself.

Josh Freese released his second solo album, Since 1972, via his website on March 24,2009.