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Please react to this sir. TIA! 🙏 Sorry I don't have much to tip you now. th-cam.com/video/68PRmpPgRfM/w-d-xo.html You're the first one to react to this guy.
What is crazy is that I saw "A Perfect Circle" opening for NIN back in 2000, and I'm pretty sure that Josh was with them on that tour. I bet that tour is where Trent met/noticed him and then ended up poaching him later. He's such an incredible drummer, it's no wonder that Trent would want him.
@@gustafsone oh yeah. He was with A Perfect Circle for 12 years. He's a founding member and then eventually left for whatever reason. So yeah, in 2000 that was definitely Josh playing.
Love Josh Freese. He played drums for A Perfect Circle, and his drum sounds on their album Thirteenth Step are among my favorite ever. Like this video, just an absolutely unbelievably tasty snare sound. Legitimately one of the best drummers around.
@@AndrewRooneyDrums at the beginning of the video you talk about those tight snare sounds, his are so distinctive!! I don't know many drummers who have such a snappy hit sound.
I've been playing the Drums for 28+ years now and Josh Freese was the reason I wanted to learn the drums. Had a Vandals album (Live Fast) and said "This drummer is different". He's just amazing.
He's an extraordinary drummer, he can play everything, he plays drums for pop artists, punk, metal, it´s amazing. I think I first heard about him about 20 years ago when he played drums for The Offspring. He has a typical "ping" (I don´t know exactly what to call it) on the ride cymbal, it sounds so good, very clear sound.
I got the chance to buy Chris Vrenna (original NIN drummer) drum set. He talked about how awesome Josh was in the studio. He said he could listen to a song once or twice, go in and bang out the drums first try. He said he wouldn't write anything down, wouldn't talk to anyone, wouldn't ask what an artist wanted. Would just nail it the first time. He said that's why he is in such high demand.
@Salvador Diaz del Valle Santana Yes! When I saw it on Reverb I couldn't believe it. I've got one just like it, mine only had 4 Tom's and no snare and a virgin bass drum. I really just wanted his for the snare drum and the 18" floor tom. The snare drum alone goes for $1200. Chris is a really cool, laid back guy. He took my wife and I out to eat and we sat there and talked for four hours. Got to see the Grammy he won with that drumset, saw all the Marlyn Manson paintings he owns and the David Bowie stuff he's got hanging up. But of course my dumb butt was worried about the horrible storm that was about to start so I didn't get a pic with him, autograph or a C.O.A., wish I could get the COA...
@Salvador Diaz del Valle Santana I forgot to mention that he gave me the hardware fight case with NIN logos all over it plus a 1st gen. Zildjian spiral crash.
Well done Foo Fighters for making the right decision. A movie to see is "the other f word" and it shows Josh being an awesome dad. He has leveled up in being 😎
One of the best hired gums on the planet! A great choice for the Foos. This song is on my drum jam playlist, always feel euphoric at the ending crescendo. You just can't finish the song without giving it all you got!
Good morning from New England Andrew...Great vid man...Josh is one of those drummers that's been around a long time and has played with many pll over the yrs and this vid proves why.. Such control, facility and vocabulary that makes it look so easy but I suspect it isn't that easy if you sat down and tried to play it..very hip...Peace from the Northeast..
The craziest thing about this is that THE WHOLE CONCERT is like this! He is literally an inhuman machine to be able to keep this pace for ~2 hours a night, every night, for a whole tour! It's just unbelievable!
Honestly this. I’ve seen NIN 3 times the energy in the first and last song is essentially the same. These guys sound 10x better live and the energy is like infinite
I had the opportunity to see Josh Freese play with NIN at Red Rocks just outside of Denver. The man was a metronome, powerhouse, and a wrecking ball at the same time. Nine Inch Nails is notorious for a chaotic and crazy live performance that is, at the same time, nuanced and perfection. Josh Freese embodied all of that and more!
My favorite drummer and it's really not even close. Phenomenal timekeeping, pinpoint-precise fills, never more than the song needs, and an incredible sound. I love lots of drummers but there's nobody else quite like Freese.
Freese has the best live sound i've ever heard at a show. It was with a perfect circle and he had a beast DW kit. I've seen hundreds of amazing shows and he still has the best sound ever
Josh Freese is the shit! Had the privilege of watching him perform with Vandals several times. Dude is a beast. He's so good that he started playing professionally at the age of 12. That's fucking nuts. I do believe he has some writing credits on Guns n Roses "Chinese Democracy".
That’s the sound! Josh is one of my favorite drummers. His timing, feel, chops, what he plays/composes, and he just has style. Truly a master. Rock and roll. More freese please.
I absolutely love his playing. I can’t think of another drummer whose parts sound so spontaneous and urgent while at the same time so richly composed. His playing on “Weak and Powerless” is just brilliant. Saw him play with Sting a few years back and I thought I would be disappointed that it wasn’t Vinnie. Nope. Josh slayed. Thank you for the great vid!
Hey Andrew! Big fan of Josh Freese. I saw him with A Perfect Circle during the 13th Step tour. He had injured his right knee/leg prior to the concert I attended and played the entire set with his left foot, playing every drum part as it was recorded on the album. It was incredible. He inspired my drum playing as part of a prog rock band in the early 2000s. Great request and reaction!
Ah yes! I came across this video on recommendation years ago, and have had it on my TH-cam Favorites ever since. It's an extraordinary performance...to play that relentlessly and tightly with strobe lights flashing in your face, and god knows how hot it is onstage...a pure machine.
Josh Freese has been one of my favourite drummers for a while, but its funny, I seem to find out he's drummed on so many of my favourite songs and I only realise years later.
Saw him play with APC, NIN, DEVO, and Sublime w/Rome. It's funny watching other bands live performances and seeing him appear behind the kit. NIN really wore him out.
Josh Freese is in my top 10 favourite drummers. I got to watch him twice playing for Nine Inch Nails on two tours and as much as I love Rubin, I think he was the best for NiN. His ghosting on Piggy is some of the most stunning and beautiful yet subtle drumming ever. And he plays a solo on the ending live. I’d love a react on that. It’s so groovy
WOW! Josh really is amazing, he can do it all! He truly is one of the best in the business. Saw a video of him recently working with the Foo Fighters shortly after he got the nod for that gig. Super nice guy and an honest team player. That's one of the many things I love about him, his humility and that work ethic, WOW! What a great fit for such an iconic Band.😃
I don’t know if he still does it but 20 years ago he would sell packages on his website for his solo albums. Insane stuff like studio time with him at his studio(writing together or just having him play drums on tracks, etc), or meeting him in la and having dexter fly the 3 of you to sf then eat at a Panda Express then dexter flys you all back to la.
Not much mentioned, but the drums on Art of Rebellion by Suicidal Tendencies. Just wow, been a fan of Josh Freese since. And now he's permanent for Foo Fighters!!
He is the best modern rock drummer that I’ve heard. All hail the Freese! Next I’d like to see/hear your reaction to Greyson Nexrutman performing anything.
Ive been following him since the early 2000's and first heard his work with The Vandals. I was so happy when i found out he was named the drummer for The Foo Fighters! Hes amazing!
First time seeing Josh play live was in 1997 for The Vandals, playing on top of a ski lodge. Guttermouth and Blink 182 (pre-Barker) opened, and they were pumping the sound through speakers all over the mountain so you could ski/board and listen. Good times. Josh Freese always came off as the ultimate professional, a true working man's musician. Great to see him on the channel Andrew.
@@Twistytowertowercrane Not sure what it was called, it was in Boreal, California. I looked up Sno-Core to check tho, and would have loved to see that too! '97 had Blink, The Pharcyde, Face to Face, and Voodoo Glowskulls. Went back a couple months later for the Warped Tour, with a legendary lineup. Vandals and Blink, Pennywise, Descendants, Social D, Strung Out, Face to Face, Bosstones, etc. Sugar Ray was on the tiny third stage, that always cracks me up in retrospect.
Josh is an all time great! Love the Beside You In Time NIN concert movie, his "Playboy Mansion" solo song, the time he played with Sublime with Rome (Esp. Skankin' To The Beat.. I love his playing in Sting... he really is the go-to Rock drummer! Lovely!
I went into a Guitar Center in North Carolina in 2012 on a random Tuesday and he just happened to be there putting on a drum clinic, I think he was there on tour with Puscifer at the time, and he was talking about how like, 30 minutes before the show, sometimes, Maynard would come backstage and be like, "We're doing the set in a country western style tonight" and they just had to do it on the fly (obviously they'd rehearsed before but, not knowing you were gonna do it one way and having the other way in mind all day can be challenging). Really among the top rock stars of the past 40 years. Also basically a human metronome
Josh Freese is one of my favorite drummers ever. Master of pocket when needed, can do everything, impeccable drum sound, never afraid to try new stuff, always plays for the song. An absolute all-timer.
My favourite drummers are Josh Freeze, Dave Grohl and Danny Carey! Not only they are fantastic drummers but they are hard hitting and exciting to watch. Love your channel Andrew, keep it up!
There were 2 tracks that blew my mind in my formative teenage years. The first was Stigmata by Ministry, and the second was this one. It's just pure aggression. It's filthy and I love it. The whole EP, really.
I remember being in college when this EP was released. I had loved Pretty Hate Machine and played it to death. I was so pleasantly shocked when I heard how brutally chaotic this was...loved Ministry, too. Was a big Burroughs fan, so Just One Fix was a natural...
good taste my friend. I would have never gotten into writing music without those two bands. now just throw the sisters of mercy in the mix when you need to calm down and catch your breath. :)
One of my favorites. Love the work he did with A Perfect Circle. Went to see Weezer and got a treat as Josh was playing drums since Patrick Wilson decided to step out front and play guitar and sing for that tour. (if I remember, they were opening for Blink 182 on their reunion tour) Love his precision, power and showmanship.
20 years ago would have been the fragility tour, so no, that was Jerome Dillon. Not as technically great as some other NIN drummers, but he wrote a lot of cool parts for them. I particularly like the drums he added to the live version of the day the world went away.
That was during the Lights in the Sky tour I believe. The best live performance of anything I've ever seen. Everything from this tour was so gpddamned tight and the visuals provided by Moment Factory were amazing. I've seen this show 3 times (in person, I've watched the blu-ray a few more times) and I never got tired of it. Freese had been touring with NIN since the With Teeth tour though. I will agree his drumming sounds so clear and crisp, even live. That was a blast.
The thing i love the most about his style is how he will reverse his lines. Like he plays a beat and then keeps that rhythm and plays it in reverse. I don't know jnow how else to explain it. You hear it a lot on mer de noms
If anyone is seeing this comment a year later, Josh also played drums on the Fuel album "Angels & Demons". It didn't do great commercially because that's also when Fuel replaced Brett Scallions with Toryn Green (who was great IMO and never got a truly solid situation to flourish in) and also because it was around that time that radio rock starting fading. Tommy Lee did play drums on the song "Wasted Time" but Josh was on the rest of the album, and he made it one of my favorites. Plus, he just got signed on with the Foo Fighters! Can't wait to see how that shakes out!
I never got to see NIN live with Josh, but I did see them with Ilan Rubin and it's one of the top 2 concerts I've ever been to. Ilan was 18-19 at the time and a total monster
I love your videos so much that I’m going to share a Josh story here that only maybe a dozen people know of. I’m not naming the band because this is rather embarrassing for them. A buddy owned an indy label & signed a band. He flew them to Cali to record an album & the day before the sessions started the singer/leader of the band fired their drummer & put him on a plane back home that night. Obviously that was a stupid, stupid move. The studio was booked & paid for & they only had rough demos to use for reference. So the label head does what any smart record exec would do, he gets on the phone & tracks down Josh. Josh had commitments only 5 days later but he agreed to get the album recorded. So they hand deliver the rough demos to him, he listened & figured out what he wanted to do in 1 day & the next morning he was recording & he wrapped it up in 2 days in the studio. A band he’s never heard! 1 day of learning the songs & 2 days to complete the recordings! A full length album! That’s insane! Here’s the hilarious (and embarrassing part) because the band had made a huge mistake & they were in a monster pickle, Josh was able to negotiate back end points on sales & a LOT of them! It sold over 15 million copies & he paid his house off for 3 DAYS WORK! Practice! Practice! Practice! And be smart about your schedule & always keep windows available to accept last minute gigs. If you’ve got the chops you’ve got the upper hand in negotiations. And if you’re a band leader, don’t make any rash, knee jerk decisions like canning a member prior to recording because it would literally cost you millions of $.
He played with Black Light burns saw them live in Detroit in 2007 was amazing. Wes Borland jumped of the stage right when they were done and started to BS with everyone and take pictures was great times.
Speaking of punk drummers who've moved into a wider range of genres, you really need to take a look at Brooks Wackerman - former Bad Religion, Suicidal Tendencies, Vandals, Tenacious D, Korn, Avril Lavigne, and current Avenged Sevenfold drummer. Incredibly talented and versatile player.
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Please react to this sir. TIA! 🙏
Sorry I don't have much to tip you now.
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You're the first one to react to this guy.
I think you are a great person
I rd don't know how you can live without your guns
He also hits so damn hard too!
@@JasonRyanWilson YUP!
His drumming in A Perfect Circle was amazing.
100%
Yeah, and honestly they did not sound as good once he left. His drumming is so special.
Agreed
What is crazy is that I saw "A Perfect Circle" opening for NIN back in 2000, and I'm pretty sure that Josh was with them on that tour. I bet that tour is where Trent met/noticed him and then ended up poaching him later. He's such an incredible drummer, it's no wonder that Trent would want him.
@@gustafsone oh yeah. He was with A Perfect Circle for 12 years. He's a founding member and then eventually left for whatever reason. So yeah, in 2000 that was definitely Josh playing.
Love Josh Freese. He played drums for A Perfect Circle, and his drum sounds on their album Thirteenth Step are among my favorite ever. Like this video, just an absolutely unbelievably tasty snare sound. Legitimately one of the best drummers around.
Def one of the best Eric. Inarguable
I agree, I have seen him play for a perfect circle and nin a few times, he is amazing!!
Just listen to Vanishing and your life will be complete
He's sick, love APC with him!!
Foo Fighters Incoming!!!
Josh is a beast!! His time with NIN were some of my favorite tours. And of course, every note he plays on Mer de Noms is just sublime.
Yes Amanda. One of the best IMO
@@AndrewRooneyDrums at the beginning of the video you talk about those tight snare sounds, his are so distinctive!! I don't know many drummers who have such a snappy hit sound.
I've been playing the Drums for 28+ years now and Josh Freese was the reason I wanted to learn the drums. Had a Vandals album (Live Fast) and said "This drummer is different". He's just amazing.
One of the best IMO. Phenomenal
... and now he is the official Foo Fighters drummer! Damn! So good \m/
I got the pleasure of seeing Freese play with NIN years ago and it was incredible, and I'm not even a big NIN fan but I had to see him!
One of the absolute best ever
He's an extraordinary drummer, he can play everything, he plays drums for pop artists, punk, metal, it´s amazing. I think I first heard about him about 20 years ago when he played drums for The Offspring. He has a typical "ping" (I don´t know exactly what to call it) on the ride cymbal, it sounds so good, very clear sound.
Yup he has definition and clarity
Josh is a superb modern session drummer, one of the best...if your band can afford Josh and he agrees to play with you, you've made it!
100%!
He's sick love APC with him
He just got himself a. Well deserved payrise. He's elite🎉
He’s always been super flexible too where if he likes your band & you don’t have his daily rate, he’ll take back end points on sales.
I got the chance to buy Chris Vrenna (original NIN drummer) drum set. He talked about how awesome Josh was in the studio. He said he could listen to a song once or twice, go in and bang out the drums first try. He said he wouldn't write anything down, wouldn't talk to anyone, wouldn't ask what an artist wanted. Would just nail it the first time. He said that's why he is in such high demand.
OMG Tim.
That's mad
@Salvador Diaz del Valle Santana Yes! When I saw it on Reverb I couldn't believe it. I've got one just like it, mine only had 4 Tom's and no snare and a virgin bass drum. I really just wanted his for the snare drum and the 18" floor tom. The snare drum alone goes for $1200. Chris is a really cool, laid back guy. He took my wife and I out to eat and we sat there and talked for four hours. Got to see the Grammy he won with that drumset, saw all the Marlyn Manson paintings he owns and the David Bowie stuff he's got hanging up. But of course my dumb butt was worried about the horrible storm that was about to start so I didn't get a pic with him, autograph or a C.O.A., wish I could get the COA...
@Salvador Diaz del Valle Santana I forgot to mention that he gave me the hardware fight case with NIN logos all over it plus a 1st gen. Zildjian spiral crash.
Dude's like Christopher Lee. He's done everything and always nails it. True legend.
He is a BEAST! Love to watch him play!
Every one of those NIN live vids are a masterclass. He slays it
Dudes a machine
Well done Foo Fighters for making the right decision. A movie to see is "the other f word" and it shows Josh being an awesome dad. He has leveled up in being 😎
I love Josh Freese! I'm so glad that I've seen him live with NIN, APC and Sting. He's just a beast.
best drum channel eeever
Yo thanks!
I got the honor of seeing this live. NiN is an incredible experience to go see. Thanks for the reaction Andrew!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Those are some pretty sweet accents at 3:32!
One of the best hired gums on the planet! A great choice for the Foos.
This song is on my drum jam playlist, always feel euphoric at the ending crescendo. You just can't finish the song without giving it all you got!
100% agree with you. Amazing player who will make the band sound amazing
Good morning from New England Andrew...Great vid man...Josh is one of those drummers that's been around a long time and has played with many pll over the yrs and this vid proves why.. Such control, facility and vocabulary that makes it look so easy but I suspect it isn't that easy if you sat down and tried to play it..very hip...Peace from the Northeast..
Dead right. He's making this look effortless.
The craziest thing about this is that THE WHOLE CONCERT is like this! He is literally an inhuman machine to be able to keep this pace for ~2 hours a night, every night, for a whole tour! It's just unbelievable!
Honestly this. I’ve seen NIN 3 times the energy in the first and last song is essentially the same. These guys sound 10x better live and the energy is like infinite
I had the opportunity to see Josh Freese play with NIN at Red Rocks just outside of Denver. The man was a metronome, powerhouse, and a wrecking ball at the same time. Nine Inch Nails is notorious for a chaotic and crazy live performance that is, at the same time, nuanced and perfection. Josh Freese embodied all of that and more!
Josh had a sweet teacher also Vinny Colaiuta another studio Goat!!!
Oh right. I didn't know that. Thanks Harold
WOW! Andrew, NIN and Josh freakin' Freese. Great way to start my day. Great video Andrew, cheers!
Thanks for watching Noah!
My favorite drummer and it's really not even close. Phenomenal timekeeping, pinpoint-precise fills, never more than the song needs, and an incredible sound. I love lots of drummers but there's nobody else quite like Freese.
100% Daniel. If I could sound like anyone... I'd choose Josh
Watch the Vic Firth Drum Cam video of Danny Carey doing “Pneuma.”
Then you’ll have another favorite drummer. 😂🤘
@@DM-il1hf I love Danny and have seen that. Josh is still my favorite drummer. Lol.
More Josh, he is amazing.
Definitely Daniel!
Freese has the best live sound i've ever heard at a show.
It was with a perfect circle and he had a beast DW kit.
I've seen hundreds of amazing shows and he still has the best sound ever
The Foo Fighters have got something special nabbing him. Guy is on another planet, a joy to watch.
One of the best
Josh Freese is the shit! Had the privilege of watching him perform with Vandals several times. Dude is a beast. He's so good that he started playing professionally at the age of 12. That's fucking nuts. I do believe he has some writing credits on Guns n Roses "Chinese Democracy".
That’s the sound! Josh is one of my favorite drummers. His timing, feel, chops, what he plays/composes, and he just has style. Truly a master. Rock and roll. More freese please.
One of the absolute greats.
Incredible player
I absolutely love his playing. I can’t think of another drummer whose parts sound so spontaneous and urgent while at the same time so richly composed. His playing on “Weak and Powerless” is just brilliant.
Saw him play with Sting a few years back and I thought I would be disappointed that it wasn’t Vinnie. Nope. Josh slayed.
Thank you for the great vid!
I have to see him live at some point
You were right that was pretty awesome. Thanks.
Glad you liked it!
Hey Andrew! Big fan of Josh Freese. I saw him with A Perfect Circle during the 13th Step tour. He had injured his right knee/leg prior to the concert I attended and played the entire set with his left foot, playing every drum part as it was recorded on the album. It was incredible. He inspired my drum playing as part of a prog rock band in the early 2000s. Great request and reaction!
Ah yes! I came across this video on recommendation years ago, and have had it on my TH-cam Favorites ever since. It's an extraordinary performance...to play that relentlessly and tightly with strobe lights flashing in your face, and god knows how hot it is onstage...a pure machine.
That's Josh's trademark. You know you get world class every second of his input. Mind blowing
Josh Freese has been one of my favourite drummers for a while, but its funny, I seem to find out he's drummed on so many of my favourite songs and I only realise years later.
He forgets what songs he's played on too. It's that many
Josh Freese is my favorite drummer by a long shot.
Always tight and precise. Also he can drumming every band or singer on this planet, whatever the genre. One of the best.
If I could play/sound like anyone... probably Josh
That video floored me the first time I saw it and I instantly became a Josh Freese fan. He is an absolutely amazing drummer, and one of my favorites.
Yes David. He is an all time hall of famer.
Sensational player
he’s personally in my top 3 drummers in NIN, even above everyone’s favorite Ilan Rubin
Saw him play with APC, NIN, DEVO, and Sublime w/Rome. It's funny watching other bands live performances and seeing him appear behind the kit. NIN really wore him out.
That was fantastic!
Glad you enjoyed it Sharon!
@@AndrewRooneyDrums I also really enjoy his drumming with A Perfect Circle.
Love the respect you always show.
THANK YOU!
Josh Freese is in my top 10 favourite drummers. I got to watch him twice playing for Nine Inch Nails on two tours and as much as I love Rubin, I think he was the best for NiN.
His ghosting on Piggy is some of the most stunning and beautiful yet subtle drumming ever. And he plays a solo on the ending live. I’d love a react on that. It’s so groovy
Everything he touches is gold IMO Jonathan
@@AndrewRooneyDrums and now he is confirmed as Foo Fighters drummer. So incredibly happy.
Perfect harmony of drum and composition
Josh Freese is my favorite drummer of all time!
From playing with the Vandals to Sting to Bruce Springsteen to Daughtry to Devo!!
WOW! Josh really is amazing, he can do it all! He truly is one of the best in the business. Saw a video of him recently working with the Foo Fighters shortly after he got the nod for that gig. Super nice guy and an honest team player. That's one of the many things I love about him, his humility and that work ethic, WOW! What a great fit for such an iconic Band.😃
I don’t know if he still does it but 20 years ago he would sell packages on his website for his solo albums. Insane stuff like studio time with him at his studio(writing together or just having him play drums on tracks, etc), or meeting him in la and having dexter fly the 3 of you to sf then eat at a Panda Express then dexter flys you all back to la.
Him and his panda express! HAHA
@@AndrewRooneyDrums might have been P.F. Chang’s, upscale Panda Express. 😂
Not much mentioned, but the drums on Art of Rebellion by Suicidal Tendencies. Just wow, been a fan of Josh Freese since. And now he's permanent for Foo Fighters!!
Dude's a certified beast on the kit! Can't wait to see what he does with the FF
He is the best modern rock drummer that I’ve heard. All hail the Freese!
Next I’d like to see/hear your reaction to Greyson Nexrutman performing anything.
Ive been following him since the early 2000's and first heard his work with The Vandals. I was so happy when i found out he was named the drummer for The Foo Fighters! Hes amazing!
Great vid. subbed. Glad to see Josh Freese getting love!
First time seeing Josh play live was in 1997 for The Vandals, playing on top of a ski lodge. Guttermouth and Blink 182 (pre-Barker) opened, and they were pumping the sound through speakers all over the mountain so you could ski/board and listen. Good times. Josh Freese always came off as the ultimate professional, a true working man's musician. Great to see him on the channel Andrew.
Oh wow! Drumming in the cold is hard too
Sno-core?
@@Twistytowertowercrane Not sure what it was called, it was in Boreal, California. I looked up Sno-Core to check tho, and would have loved to see that too! '97 had Blink, The Pharcyde, Face to Face, and Voodoo Glowskulls. Went back a couple months later for the Warped Tour, with a legendary lineup. Vandals and Blink, Pennywise, Descendants, Social D, Strung Out, Face to Face, Bosstones, etc. Sugar Ray was on the tiny third stage, that always cracks me up in retrospect.
@@ghostrobot3714 yeah I was there. Sno-core
@@Twistytowertowercrane Man, that's super random and cool as hell! A six-hour drive, but so worth it.
Josh is an all time great! Love the Beside You In Time NIN concert movie, his "Playboy Mansion" solo song, the time he played with Sublime with Rome (Esp. Skankin' To The Beat.. I love his playing in Sting... he really is the go-to Rock drummer! Lovely!
I went into a Guitar Center in North Carolina in 2012 on a random Tuesday and he just happened to be there putting on a drum clinic, I think he was there on tour with Puscifer at the time, and he was talking about how like, 30 minutes before the show, sometimes, Maynard would come backstage and be like, "We're doing the set in a country western style tonight" and they just had to do it on the fly (obviously they'd rehearsed before but, not knowing you were gonna do it one way and having the other way in mind all day can be challenging). Really among the top rock stars of the past 40 years. Also basically a human metronome
Oh wow great timing!
Josh is a true bad ass..such a well rounded drummer.
This insane bro.
YUP Bruce!
I’ve been a fan of Josh’s since the Vandals. Big fan!
Fell in love with Josh with the Vandals, few can match his consistent groove. Monster!
Love this song so much, Trent's vocal range is massive! 🏴
Josh Freese is one of my favorite drummers ever. Master of pocket when needed, can do everything, impeccable drum sound, never afraid to try new stuff, always plays for the song. An absolute all-timer.
His sound on those drums is also part to do with Trent being a perfectionist. Josh’s playing on Peefect circles Judith is amazing
He's top 5 on earth today
Easily
My favourite drummers are Josh Freeze, Dave Grohl and Danny Carey! Not only they are fantastic drummers but they are hard hitting and exciting to watch. Love your channel Andrew, keep it up!
I'm also digging the fact that he's using real drums in an Industrial band that has all sorts of pads and backing tracks going on. Thx
Me too Brian!
Was already a NIN thing.
There were 2 tracks that blew my mind in my formative teenage years. The first was Stigmata by Ministry, and the second was this one. It's just pure aggression. It's filthy and I love it. The whole EP, really.
I remember being in college when this EP was released. I had loved Pretty Hate Machine and played it to death. I was so pleasantly shocked when I heard how brutally chaotic this was...loved Ministry, too. Was a big Burroughs fan, so Just One Fix was a natural...
good taste my friend. I would have never gotten into writing music without those two bands. now just throw the sisters of mercy in the mix when you need to calm down and catch your breath. :)
One of my favorites. Love the work he did with A Perfect Circle. Went to see Weezer and got a treat as Josh was playing drums since Patrick Wilson decided to step out front and play guitar and sing for that tour. (if I remember, they were opening for Blink 182 on their reunion tour) Love his precision, power and showmanship.
That was incredibly precise and "tight".
Yup!
This is just now dawning on me. When I saw perfect circle open for NIN like 20 years ago, did he play for both bands at the same show?
Could well have been
20 years ago would have been the fragility tour, so no, that was Jerome Dillon. Not as technically great as some other NIN drummers, but he wrote a lot of cool parts for them. I particularly like the drums he added to the live version of the day the world went away.
My favorite NIN track!! Always love seeing Josh play live, damn good video & reaction 🔥🤘🏻
He's been my idol for years. Wanna see him just having fun watch sweating to the oldies with the vandals.... It's perfection imo👌🏻✌🏻
That was during the Lights in the Sky tour I believe. The best live performance of anything I've ever seen. Everything from this tour was so gpddamned tight and the visuals provided by Moment Factory were amazing. I've seen this show 3 times (in person, I've watched the blu-ray a few more times) and I never got tired of it. Freese had been touring with NIN since the With Teeth tour though. I will agree his drumming sounds so clear and crisp, even live. That was a blast.
The thing i love the most about his style is how he will reverse his lines. Like he plays a beat and then keeps that rhythm and plays it in reverse. I don't know jnow how else to explain it. You hear it a lot on mer de noms
Yes - Fantastic snare tone!
One of my favorites and I saw him the last time Offspring rolled through town. What a treat. I just watched him the whole time. He’s the best!
i always come back to this performance
Love Josh!! Seen him with A Perfect Circle here in east coast Canada 🇨🇦 Was so memorizing!! Thanks for all the videos mate!!
If anyone is seeing this comment a year later, Josh also played drums on the Fuel album "Angels & Demons". It didn't do great commercially because that's also when Fuel replaced Brett Scallions with Toryn Green (who was great IMO and never got a truly solid situation to flourish in) and also because it was around that time that radio rock starting fading. Tommy Lee did play drums on the song "Wasted Time" but Josh was on the rest of the album, and he made it one of my favorites. Plus, he just got signed on with the Foo Fighters! Can't wait to see how that shakes out!
Every NIN tour in australia (except when I gave birth and the played days after).
Amazing. Always.
Absolutely love Josh's drumming on Offspring's Hammerhead. Hope to see them on tour this year, they hired him for it. :)
One of my all-time heroes.
I first heard him when The Vandals came out. Loved him ever since
Freese is definitely up there with the greats! Imo
No doubt!
I never got to see NIN live with Josh, but I did see them with Ilan Rubin and it's one of the top 2 concerts I've ever been to. Ilan was 18-19 at the time and a total monster
Yes he's a monster alright
I got to see IIan when he was with Denver Harbor in a small club in Nebraska. No idea who he was then but he was great behind the kit.
I love your videos so much that I’m going to share a Josh story here that only maybe a dozen people know of.
I’m not naming the band because this is rather embarrassing for them.
A buddy owned an indy label & signed a band. He flew them to Cali to record an album & the day before the sessions started the singer/leader of the band fired their drummer & put him on a plane back home that night.
Obviously that was a stupid, stupid move. The studio was booked & paid for & they only had rough demos to use for reference.
So the label head does what any smart record exec would do, he gets on the phone & tracks down Josh.
Josh had commitments only 5 days later but he agreed to get the album recorded.
So they hand deliver the rough demos to him, he listened & figured out what he wanted to do in 1 day & the next morning he was recording & he wrapped it up in 2 days in the studio.
A band he’s never heard! 1 day of learning the songs & 2 days to complete the recordings! A full length album! That’s insane!
Here’s the hilarious (and embarrassing part) because the band had made a huge mistake & they were in a monster pickle, Josh was able to negotiate back end points on sales & a LOT of them!
It sold over 15 million copies & he paid his house off for 3 DAYS WORK!
Practice! Practice! Practice! And be smart about your schedule & always keep windows available to accept last minute gigs. If you’ve got the chops you’ve got the upper hand in negotiations.
And if you’re a band leader, don’t make any rash, knee jerk decisions like canning a member prior to recording because it would literally cost you millions of $.
He played with Black Light burns saw them live in Detroit in 2007 was amazing. Wes Borland jumped of the stage right when they were done and started to BS with everyone and take pictures was great times.
Sounds like a party
One of my fav drummers. Very underrated.
Josh Freese is/was great with the Replacements
He's great with everyone!
Josh with APC was epic - Love his track on Judith!!
His performance on Suicidal Tendencies Art of Rebellion and A Perfect Circles first album are phenomenal!
YES!
LOVE seeing the Syncopation book! My first drum book many years ago and should be in every drummer's library!
Definitely Kyle!
Josh Freese is a champ, you're getting closer to watching some of Ilan Rubins drumming.......
Can't wait to get to Ilan!
Speaking of punk drummers who've moved into a wider range of genres, you really need to take a look at Brooks Wackerman - former Bad Religion, Suicidal Tendencies, Vandals, Tenacious D, Korn, Avril Lavigne, and current Avenged Sevenfold drummer. Incredibly talented and versatile player.
100% David
And infectious Grooves aged 16!
Freese and brooks are actually good friends and even fills in for vandals gigs that Josh can't play due to scheduling conflicts
Can’t forget about Bill Stevenson!!
My buddy Jerome Dillon used to play with the nails I'm thinking late 90 maybe early 2000s .He is an amazing drummer.. we are all from OHIO!!!
Oh wow! Thanks Bryon
I’ll buy the coffee cups for sure ❤❤❤❤❤
Yo Rory!
I was the other guy who invested on that gig so please BEAR with Me…..love your content!!!! My mom calls me Rory……
Love josh for the Vandals such an amazing drummer ❤️🙏🏼
Love josh! Saw him play with Dweezil in 91 at the Marquee, London. So clean and consistent. Awesome guy.
Yup killer!
This is absolutely one of my favorite performances
Yes Matt!
Leaning into it like an Olympic ski jumper ;-)
HAHA
Just been announced as the new Foos drummer...exciting times.