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- Josh Freese was born on Christmas Day, 1972 in Orlando, Florida but has lived in Southern California since he was 6 months old. Having been brought up in a musical family (father conducted the Disneyland Band and mother was a classical pianist) he was surrounded by music from an early age and began playing the drums around the time he was 7 or 8 years old. He started playing professionally at the age of 12 (in a Top 40 band at Disneyland) and starting touring and making records at the age of 15. First with Dweezil Zappa and then the Vandals, pretty much simultaneously. Still a member of the Vandals, Josh has gone on to work with some pretty notorious folks in the last 10 years; ranging from Devo to Guns n' Roses, Suicidal Tendencies to Perry Farrell, Paul Westerberg to Chris Cornell, A Perfect Circle to Juliana Hatfield, Mike Ness to 311, etc....he's appeared on close to 100 records. Aside from being an L.A. studio musician (what he calls his "day job"), he's a member of A Perfect Circle, The Vandals, and Devo. In 2000, he released his first solo record titled 'The Notorious One Man Orgy' where he writes, sings, and performs just about everything.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- Drummer for the punk band The Vandals, as well as the Indigo Girls, Devo, Hoku, and A Perfect Circle. He has also begun a solo career.
- In addition to playing with his main groups the Vandals and A Perfect Circle, Josh is an in demand studio musician who has played drums on well over 100 albums ranging from Avril Lavigne and Kelly Clarkson to Guns N Roses and Paul Westerberg.
- Member of supergroup Black Light Burns who are currently signed to Geffen Records. Members include lead singer/guitarist Wes Borland and Sam Rivers on bass. Album expected in 2006.
- Working with Richard Patrick on "Anthems for the Damned". The first Filter album in nearly six years.
- Attended El Dorado High School in Placentia, CA with Janet Evans and Christie Clark.
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