Josh Freese has mirrored on his dismissal from the Foo Fighters final 12 months, which got here two years after he was introduced because the band’s touring drummer in 2023 following the demise of longtime drummer Taylor Hawkins in 2022.

In Could final 12 months, the 53-year-old drummer – who over the course of his illustrious profession has carried out with the likes of Weapons N’ Roses, 9 Inch Nails and The Vandals – shared his “shock and disappointment” at receiving the information that he had been let go from the Foo Fighters after two years.

“In my 40 years of drumming professionally, I’ve by no means been let go from a band, so whereas I’m not offended – only a bit shocked and disenchanted,” Freese stated in an Instagram put up on the time.

Now, in a brand new interview with Fashionable Drummer, Freese reveals he has a “couple of small theories” as to why he was let go from the band, however provides he “can’t actually go into them proper now”.

“The Foo Fighters are such a giant, mainstream band that all the things I say will get taken out of context, reposted and blown out of proportion,” he causes [via Louder]. “Folks created headlines from one fast, easy remark I made on a podcast not way back, it’s loopy.

“I’ve acquired to watch out about what I say about it. However I’ve acquired rather a lot to say about it and I’ve been simply attempting to determine how and when to go about actually articulating it.”

Freese provides that regardless of his shock at his dismissal from the band, he “did actually benefit from the final two years [he] spent with these guys”, including nevertheless: “They had been good to me… till they weren’t.”

A lot of Freese’s disappointment at being let go from the Foo Fighters seems to stem from his admiration for frontman Dave Grohl.

“I beloved having Dave as a bandleader,” he continues. “I loved being round these guys. They had been beneficiant and good to me… and that’s what makes the entire thing much more of a thriller. I believe I’m a fairly good learn on individuals, and I didn’t see that coming. In the future it was nothing however laughs, we’re on stage and Dave’s me each night time like, ‘You’re killing it, dude!’ After which it was simply – over.”

Foo Fighters have a string of tour dates deliberate for 2026 in North America. For tickets and dates, head to the band’s official web site.

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