Foo Fighters/Nine Inch Nails Switch Drummers
Ilan Rubin (pictured above) has replaced Josh Freese, who was fired from the Foo Fighters in May.
Rubin is best known for his work with Nine Inch Nails, where he served as the band’s touring drummer since 2009.
Rubin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as the youngest living inductee in its history. He was also the first Rock Hall inductee to be born in the 1980s, and the first to be born after the establishment of the Hall itself.
Freese, who was N.I.N.’s touring drummer from 2005 to 2008, will return to the band.
He was previously a member of Guns N’ Roses from 1997 to 1999, Foo Fighters from 2023 to 2025 and A Perfect Circle from 1999 to 2012 – rejoined the band in 2024.
Nine Inch Nails will launch the North American leg of their “Peel It Back“ tour in Oakland, California on August 6th.
Josh Freese
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