https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/new-foo-fighters-drummer-josh-freese-5-things-to-know/2023-05-22T20:11:01+00:00monthly0.7https://www.usmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Josh-Freese-Joins-Foo-Fighters-After-Taylor-Hawkins-Death-5-Things-to-Know-About-the-Drummer-207.jpg?quality=86&strip=allhttps://www.usmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Josh-Freese-Joins-Foo-Fighters-After-Taylor-Hawkins-Death-5-Things-to-Know-About-the-Drummer-211.jpg?quality=86&strip=all<![CDATA[Where is Josh Freese From?]]><![CDATA[The musician was born in Orlando, Florida, but currently resides in Southern California.]]>https://www.usmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Josh-Freese-Joins-Foo-Fighters-After-Taylor-Hawkins-Death-5-Things-to-Know-About-the-Drummer-212.jpg?quality=86&strip=all<![CDATA[How Did Josh Freese Get Into Music?]]><![CDATA[The Florida native comes from a musical family. His father, Stan Freese, conducted the Disney World and Disneyland bands while his mother, Trisha Freese, was a classical pianist. Josh, for his part, began playing drums when he was just 8 years old and was performing professionally by age 12. (His brother, Jason Freese, plays keyboards for Green Day.)Josh left school after turning 16 to tour and make records with Dweezil Zappa and The Vandals, later becoming a session drummer for iconic bands like Weezer, the Goo Goo Dolls, Guns N’ Roses, Paramore, Nine Inch Nails and more.]]>https://www.usmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Josh-Freese-Joins-Foo-Fighters-After-Taylor-Hawkins-Death-5-Things-to-Know-About-the-Drummer-208.jpg?quality=86&strip=all<![CDATA[Is Josh Freese Married?]]><![CDATA[Josh has been married to wife Nicole Amdurer Freese for more than two decades. The pair share four children: Hunter, August, Olive and Lulu.According to his Instagram profile, Josh and his family own five dogs including Wanda Wednesdays, Larry, Sapphire, Judy and Barb.]]>https://www.usmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Josh-Freese-Joins-Foo-Fighters-After-Taylor-Hawkins-Death-5-Things-to-Know-About-the-Drummer-209.jpg?quality=86&strip=all<![CDATA[How Did Josh Freese Start Working With the Foo Fighters?]]><![CDATA[Josh, who is a longtime friend of Grohl, performed with Foo Fighters at both of Hawkins’ memorial concerts last year and used the late musician's drums."I was asked what drums I'd like to use," he wrote via Instagram in September 2022. "Without hesitation I said, 'Taylor's drums need to be up there and I want to play on his exact set-up.'"After joining them for a livestream event in May, the band announced that Josh would serve as their drummer on their upcoming tour.]]>https://www.usmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Josh-Freese-Joins-Foo-Fighters-After-Taylor-Hawkins-Death-5-Things-to-Know-About-the-Drummer-212-238.jpg?quality=86&strip=all<![CDATA[Did Josh Freese Know Taylor Hawkins?]]><![CDATA[The drummers grew up "30 minutes" away from each other in Orange County, California, according to Josh. The rocker said he and Hawkins formed a bond after often feeling like "the only two guys" from the O.C. "in the room" with other musicians."He'd always remind me that he was tired of hearing about ‘that other young guy from O.C. who was already making records and touring; when he was a teenager," he quipped in a September 2022 Instagram post. "I'd then ask him if he wanted to trade bank accounts with me, LOL!"]]>

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