after the band fired their ex-drummer Pete Parada from the group due to his COVID-19 vaccination status. In 2022, he played drums with 100 gecs as well as Danny Elfman at the Coachella Music & Arts Festival in Indio, California. Personal life Freese lives in Southern California with his wife and their four children. Equipment In a 2007 Guitar Center interview, Freese stated: "My set up never gets that crazy or out of the ordinary I don't think. You can pretty much always count on starting off with the basic Ringo 4 piece set up and add from there. With the Vandals that's all I use. With Devo add a second rack tom. With NIN keep only 1 rack but have 2 floors and a 3rd floor off to the left of my hi-hat (with NIN the drums are all about 2 inches bigger than I normally would use... 14 rack. 24 kick, 18 and 20-inch floors... 16 off the side of my hihat). With A Perfect Circle 2 racks and 2 floors, 2nd snare off the left of my hihat... more cymbals with APC too. With Sting there are 3 racks but smaller sizes and only 1 floor. Never too many cymbals (except with APC I guess). In the studio my drums are usually something really basic a 4, 5, or 6 piece kit with lots of snare and cymbal choices." Discography Solo discography Destroy Earth As Soon As Possible (1998, as "Princess") The Notorious One Man Orgy (2000) Since 1972 (2009) My New Friends (2011) References External links "Interview with Josh Freese" – I'd Hit That (podcast, 2013) – via Internet Archive 1972 births 20th-century American drummers 21st-century American drummers A Perfect Circle members American male drummers American punk rock drummers American rock drummers American session musicians Black Light Burns members Devo members Guns N' Roses members Living people Magnapop members Musicians from Orlando, Florida Nine Inch Nails members Seether members Social Distortion members Songwriters from Florida Sublime with Rome members The Damning Well members The Vandals members Viva Death members