Veteran studio and stay drummer Josh Freese had three easy phrases to explain his pleasure about re-joining Nine Inch Nails: “Let’s F–king Go.” That was the message Freese posted on his Instagram on Wednesday night time (July 30) after news broke earlier in the day that he could be behind the equipment once more for the Trent Reznor-led band simply two months after being relieved of his two 12 months gig because the Foo Fighters‘ timekeeper.
Within the put up, prolific drummer Freese, 52, who has carried out with Weapons N’ Roses, DEVO, A Good Circle, the Vandals and plenty of extra, stated that leaving NIN in 2008 after three years was “one of many hardest selections I’ve ever needed to make.” He defined that, on the time, he and his spouse had been anticipating their third baby and he knew he needed to step away from touring to be together with his household.
Now, although, he couldn’t be extra psyched to leap again into the high-intensity NIN universe. “NIN was a band that left me strolling off stage each single night time pondering, ‘That was unimaginable. We completely crushed it,’” he wrote. “And it wasn’t only a feeling, it was a certainty. That degree of depth, pleasure, and satisfaction after every present is one thing I’ve not often skilled anyplace else.”
Whereas it’s unknown how lengthy Freese has been sitting on the information, he doesn’t seem to have a ton of time to get again into the thundering NIN groove, because the band is slated to kick off its run of North American Peel It Again dates in Oakland, Calif. on Aug. 6. To listen to him inform it, although, he’s greater than prepared.
“Now, being again on tour with Trent and the crew — serving to them do what they do greatest night time after night time — is one thing I’m extremely enthusiastic about,” Freese wrote. “To be a part of that power once more feels superb. In case you get an opportunity to catch certainly one of these exhibits over the subsequent six weeks, I promise, they’re going to be completely unforgettable.”
The Hollywood Reporter broke the information on Wednesday of an MLB-like drummer swap between NIN and Foo Fighters, with Freese headed again to NIN and that band’s most up-to-date timekeeper Ilan Rubin — who joined NIN in 2009 — taking up the drum seat within the Foo Fighters forward of their upcoming tour dates in Indonesia, Singapore and Japan. It was unknown at press time if Rubin, who additionally performs with Tom DeLonge’s Angels & Airwaves, is becoming a member of the Foos full time or just for the upcoming exhibits.
The Foo Fighters, who haven’t performed a full present since Sept. 28, 2024, will kick off a restricted run of gigs in Jakarta, Indonesia on Oct. 2 earlier than headlining the Method 1 Grand Prix Singapore two days later after which taking part in three exhibits in Japan forward of a return to North America on Nov. 14 for a present at Corona Capital in Mexico Metropolis on Nov. 14.