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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,449
    um, none of us know the reason. it's none of our business. Dave hasn't fired anyone from the band in 25 years. There was obviously a reason. He's not embarrassing himself. Come on. 
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  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,520
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    um, none of us know the reason. it's none of our business. Dave hasn't fired anyone from the band in 25 years. There was obviously a reason. He's not embarrassing himself. Come on. 
    I think people (myself included) are fans of Josh and are reacting to his note where HE ALSO doesn't know the reason. Which is kinda the issue. If it was just a news story with no quote from any party I'd be more on your side.
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,449
    they told him they are going in a different direction. Pretty standard fare for situations like this. Sure, that could mean a whole lot of things, but it doesn't mean he's embarrassing himself. Sometimes you dump someone you say "it's not you it's me" to spare the person from humiliation. Maybe there was someone in the band he didn't gel with? Who knows. 
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,449
    Maybe Dave A will be the new drummer. hahaha
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  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,520
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    they told him they are going in a different direction. Pretty standard fare for situations like this. Sure, that could mean a whole lot of things, but it doesn't mean he's embarrassing himself. Sometimes you dump someone you say "it's not you it's me" to spare the person from humiliation. Maybe there was someone in the band he didn't gel with? Who knows. 
    Maybe splitting hairs but while I don't think it's embarrassing per se I think it makes him look like a jerk
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,520
    I'll add that my opinion has a lot to do with the specific situation and people involved. 98% of bands could fire their drummer this way and I wouldn't give it much thought. 
  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,750
    edited May 16
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    they told him they are going in a different direction. Pretty standard fare for situations like this. Sure, that could mean a whole lot of things, but it doesn't mean he's embarrassing himself. Sometimes you dump someone you say "it's not you it's me" to spare the person from humiliation. Maybe there was someone in the band he didn't gel with? Who knows. 
    You’re not wrong… we don’t know what we don’t know. Based on JF’s resume, I would be surprised to hear that he didn’t gel with anyone or was difficult to work with (but I get it… you were just throwing out an example). I’m also surprised he put out this note in the first place… maybe he’s not as professional as I thought or maybe he was blindsided and genuinely doesn’t understand the situation and / or maybe Grohl was a dick about it. All of these are possible, and maybe all of them are true, or maybe none of them. We don’t know. 

    Idk… it’s Grohl’s prerogative to keep whatever reasons he has to himself, but I definitely thought more of all parties involved both as professionals and people in general to think that if / when this split happened, it would have been amicable or at least understandable (for them at least). Maybe that’s on me for thinking too highly of people I don’t know. 
    I should also withhold the “beclowning himself” comment until he hires Shane Hawkins… god I hope he doesn’t do that. 
    I still think this is a dumb move as JF is one of the best drummers in the industry; time will tell if I’m right or not. 
  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,750
    pjl44 said:
    I'll add that my opinion has a lot to do with the specific situation and people involved. 98% of bands could fire their drummer this way and I wouldn't give it much thought. 
    Same 
  • ZoSoTim
    ZoSoTim Posts: 1,278
    edited May 16
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    um, none of us know the reason. it's none of our business. Dave hasn't fired anyone from the band in 25 years. There was obviously a reason. He's not embarrassing himself. Come on. 
    To be fair, Josh was never “in the band” but only a hired gun. 
  • kaw753
    kaw753 Posts: 941
    Merkin Baller said:
    Of course Grohl sabotages the only thing the Foo Fighters have done in the last 15 or 20 years to really pique my interest. If he hires Shane Hawkins, I might just lose the little amount of respect I have left for him. 

    Josh Freese is a National Treasure... I can't wait for his top 10 list.
    I am no expert, but doesn't replacing a drummer require A LOT of rehearsal time. The band can't be too thrilled unless there were actual problems. 

    I also predict the replacement will be someone's kid. 
  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,750
    kaw753 said:
    Merkin Baller said:
    Of course Grohl sabotages the only thing the Foo Fighters have done in the last 15 or 20 years to really pique my interest. If he hires Shane Hawkins, I might just lose the little amount of respect I have left for him. 

    Josh Freese is a National Treasure... I can't wait for his top 10 list.
    I am no expert, but doesn't replacing a drummer require A LOT of rehearsal time. The band can't be too thrilled unless there were actual problems. 

    I also predict the replacement will be someone's kid. 
    A good enough drummer will know the songs before he even sets foot in the rehearsal space. I wouldn’t think that would be much of a hangup for the rest of the band. 
    As I said to Hugh, based on Freese’s resume, I would be surprised to hear he was a problem or difficult to work with. Does that mean something didn’t happen here? No, but if there WERE problems, I wouldn’t expect Freese to put out the note he did. If it wasn’t working for some reason or another I would have thought at this age and stage of their careers they all would accept that & move on… the note’s weird to say the least. (But again, I don’t know any of the parties involved personally, so what do I know?) 

    Idk, maybe JF is being petty here, maybe DG is being a dick… maybe both or maybe neither. Maybe we’ll find out some day. Or maybe not. 🤷‍♂️
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,520
    Lol


  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,750
    pjl44 said:
    Lol


    Ler Lalonde 🤣

  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,520
    Merkin Baller said:
    pjl44 said:
    Lol


    Ler Lalonde 🤣

    The comments are a hoot. I think it's notable how many accomplished artists are showing up for Josh.
  • nicknyr15
    nicknyr15 Posts: 9,200
    Worth noting that Josh is hilarious. He has an incredible sense of humor and seems like a blast to hang with, let alone play music with. 
  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,750
    nicknyr15 said:
    Worth noting that Josh is hilarious. He has an incredible sense of humor and seems like a blast to hang with, let alone play music with. 
    His instagram is a must follow if you’re into that sort of thing. 
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,441
    They should have had Stone take him out for pancakes
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,750
    https://www.instagram.com/stories/joshfreese/3635354901304336788?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=MWlvM2M2NTR1cnkxcQ==
  • JT167846
    JT167846 Posts: 992
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    They should have had Stone take him out for pancakes
    That is legit so on the nose. Classic. Well done that man 😂
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  • nicknyr15
    nicknyr15 Posts: 9,200
    Merkin Baller said:
    https://www.instagram.com/stories/joshfreese/3635354901304336788?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=MWlvM2M2NTR1cnkxcQ==
    Classic. I can’t wait 

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