Biography

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.