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Looks like Josh Freese landed back with NIN
Posted on 7/30/25 at 5:56 pm
Posted on 7/30/25 at 5:56 pm

This post was edited on 7/30/25 at 9:17 pm
Posted on 7/30/25 at 9:14 pm to tigerfan84
NIN takes Josh Freese from FF.
FF get Ilan Rubin from NIN.

FF get Ilan Rubin from NIN.
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Foo Fighters have brought in Ilan Rubin just months after firing drummer Josh Freese.
Rubin, who has been a touring member of Nine Inch Nails since 2009, will step in for Freese as the band’s drummer. It’s unclear if his role will be permanent or just for touring.
Posted on 7/30/25 at 9:41 pm to tigerfan84
I feel like NIN is definitely coming out on top.
Posted on 7/30/25 at 9:45 pm to UPT
Same. I saw FF twice last summer. I thought Freese was pretty awesome.
Posted on 7/30/25 at 9:52 pm to tigerfan84
Freese is one of the best drummers playing today. He’s just never had one band to call home. The problem with NIN is that they tour so infrequently now that Freese will probably float around while they are on hiatus.
Posted on 7/30/25 at 10:11 pm to SUB
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He’s just never had one band to call home.
Don’t diss The Vandals like that.
Posted on 7/30/25 at 11:31 pm to tigerfan84
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NIN takes Josh Freese from FF.
FF get Ilan Rubin from NIN.
Not only that, but Ilan took over from Josh in Danny Elfman's band when Josh got the FF gig. I was at a few of the rehearsals with Josh before Coachella in 2022. Josh is a great drummer and fricking loud. Nice guy.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 1:54 am to SUB
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He’s just never had one band to call home.
Josh, Paz and Dave Navarro should find a lead vocalist (maybe Corey Taylor?) and form a supergroup called, "The Wanderers".
This post was edited on 7/31/25 at 1:57 am
Posted on 7/31/25 at 5:46 am to UPT
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I feel like NIN is definitely coming out on top.
Josh is the better musician, he just doesn't fit FF's.
He definitely fits NIN.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 1:05 pm to Snipe
These bands are as insular as NFL coaching searches.
There are a lot of super talented musicians out there. Primus just plucked drummer John Hoffman out of Shreveport and that dude is phenomenal and he was playing in shitty bars 6 months ago.
Perhaps they should expand their horizons a bit instead of just recycling the same guys (very talented guys, of course)
There are a lot of super talented musicians out there. Primus just plucked drummer John Hoffman out of Shreveport and that dude is phenomenal and he was playing in shitty bars 6 months ago.
Perhaps they should expand their horizons a bit instead of just recycling the same guys (very talented guys, of course)
Posted on 7/31/25 at 1:14 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
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Perhaps they should expand their horizons a bit instead of just recycling the same guys (very talented guys, of course)
I doubt there's much payoff though if they do that, and much more risk than going with someone who they've already worked with or someone they know.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 1:19 pm to SUB
Freese didn't work out with FF, so that wasn't a fool-proof method either.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 6:27 pm to STigers
Nice. I’ve got good 5-day stretch planned in Atlanta. Coheed & Cambria, Chevelle and NIN.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 8:53 am to STigers
I think that Freese's style was maybe a little too "studio" for Grohl's liking. Grohl tapped Hawkins because of his loose, punk style, ehich was similar to Grohl's style.
It can make a big difference in live settings especially....
It can make a big difference in live settings especially....
Posted on 8/1/25 at 11:02 am to Bjorn Cyborg
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There are a lot of super talented musicians out there. Primus just plucked drummer John Hoffman out of Shreveport and that dude is phenomenal and he was playing in shitty bars 6 months ago.
We were lucky enough to go see the Sessanta Tour in Palm Springs in April. Hoffman was so damn groovy and fun to watch, and knowing it was his first full show with Primus sitting up there with Freese made me excited for him.
Totally different sounds and so cool to see the 3 (+Gunnar Olsen) all drumming together in that format. Freese' drum sound has so much snap and attack it's crazy.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 2:49 am to Portballs
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I think that Freese's style was maybe a little too "studio" for Grohl's liking. Grohl tapped Hawkins because of his loose, punk style, ehich was similar to Grohl's style. It can make a big difference in live settings especially....
LOL
Taylor Hawkins was hired out of Alanis Morissette‘s band. Josh is in The Vandals.
Posted on 8/3/25 at 11:52 am to UPT
Freese's own words, "Other reasons listed included his "metronome-like precision behind the kit [was] deemed ‘soulless'"...
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