Josh Freese ("Since 1972") is an American session drummer and songwriter. He is a permanent member of A Perfect Circle, The Vandals, and Devo. Freese has appeared on close to 400 records. He is currently performing live with Devo, Weezer and Sublime with Rome.
I have known of Josh since his early days with the Vandals. I had been their soundman on many local festival gigs and was knocked out by the new sound Joe Escalante had created by assembling a rock solid band of circus freaks to include Dave Quackenbush on vocals and Warren Fitzgerald on guitar with Josh's hard-hitting syncopated madness behind the kit. Genius.
Josh has been visiting The Compound and most recently utilizing our space to practice before tours. It was during one of these sessions (whilst learning the Sublime set) when I asked about creating some loops for our benefit album.
You always wanted to hire Josh to play on your record-here is the next best thing!
- Compound owner and chief engineer Anthony Arvizo
