Music Ex Foo Fighters drummer Josh Freese lists 10 theories why he was fired: ‘Once whistled ‘My Hero’ for a week solid’ By Chuck Arnold Published May 20, 2025, 4:43 p.m. ET ...

Notably, as Rubin joins the Foos, THR has learned that Freese will return to Nine Inch Nails, which a rep for the band has ...

But these days, the Foo Fighters haven’t been themselves. For a while, there was an optimistic certainty regarding the band’s future post-Hawkins death.

After the death of Hawkins from a drug overdose while the Foo Fighters were on tour in Colombia, the band took a hiatus aside from holding tribute concerts in Hawkins’ honor in September 2022.

Josh Freese, of rock band Foo Fighters, performs during The Town music festival at the Interlagos racetrack in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Sept.r 9, 2023. Freese was dismissed from the band in May 2025 ...