Drummer Josh Freese pays touching tribute to Taylor Hawkins on Foo Fighters anniversary
Drummer Josh Freese has made a touching tribute to Taylor Hawkins, as he marks his first anniversary of becoming a member of Foo Fighters.
Freese joined the band because the substitute for Hawkins, who tragically died on March 25, 2022, aged 50.
Foo Fighters introduced his loss of life in an official assertion, which learn: “The Foo Fighters household is devastated by the tragic and premature lack of Taylor Hawkins. His musical spirit and infectious laughter will reside on with all of us eternally. Our hearts exit to his spouse, kids, and household, and we ask that their privateness be handled with the utmost respect on this unimaginably troublesome time.”
Additional tributes have been paid from throughout the music world, together with from members of Queen, Rage In opposition to The Machine, Nickelback, The Beatles, Black Sabbath and extra. It was later confirmed that the enduring drummer died of an unintentional drug overdose.
After taking a while away, the band confirmed that they’d be persevering with to make music in January 2023, and went on to substantiate that Josh Freese can be becoming a member of the line-up 4 months later.
The information was confirmed throughout their Foo Fighters: Getting ready Music For Concert events livestream, by which the band ready for his or her comeback tour and delivered “a couple of surprises”.
Now, a yr for the reason that announcement was made, Freese has regarded again at his time within the band and paid tribute to Hawkins.
Sharing clips from the aforementioned Getting ready Music For Concert events livestream on Instagram, he wrote: “A yr in the past immediately this aired and I received to cease protecting quiet about what had been known as “the worst saved secret within the music enterprise” on the time (although I believed we did a reasonably good job on our finish.)”
He continued: “@foofighters launched an hour-long particular of us taking part in some songs at rehearsal. Right here’s three clips of the primary music. I like the way in which it got here out and am pleased with it. I joked that each one we actually wanted was ‘All My Life’ after which transfer on (as a result of it’s so goddamn good.)
“That being stated, I proceed to overlook Taylor as does the band, his household, mates and the remainder of the world,” Freese concluded. “We additionally proceed to try to profit from the scenario by transferring ahead and doing what we love doing….taking part in music, honouring Taylor and staying optimistic.”
The transferring submit in regards to the late drummer and his time within the band additionally comes after Freese not too long ago recalled the surprising second Dave Grohl requested him to hitch the band.
“I used to be on a stroll with my spouse and a few of our canine, and I am going, ‘Ah, Dave simply tried calling me like 20 minutes in the past’,” he advised Rick Beato in a latest interview. “And she or he’s like, ‘I do know why he’s calling you’. I used to be like, ‘Straightforward. I’m not pondering that’. I swear to God, that’s not why I believed [he was calling].”
“I stated, ‘Hey, did you go document?” Freese continued, earlier than including that Grohl responded: “‘Yeah, we recorded a bunch of stuff. And I performed drums, and I’m actually pleased with the way in which it sounds. [I’m] actually enthusiastic about it… And we had the drummer discuss. And we would like you to be the man’.”
Foo Fighters are resulting from tour within the UK this summer season, with the run of dates together with two exhibits on the London Stadium. Find any remaining tickets here.
They’ll head out on the highway in North America subsequent month, with tickets for those concerts available here.
In different information, Freese not too long ago rejoined A Good Circle for a part of their joint North American headline tour with Puscifer and Primus – 13 years after he final performed with the band.