Taylor Hawkins Foo Fighters drummer

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Taylor Hawkins, for 25 years the drummer for Foo Fighters and best friend of frontman Dave Grohl ...

“I am not afraid to say that our chance meeting was a kind of love at first sight, igniting a musical ‘twin flame’ that still burns to this day,” Grohl wrote in his book. Hawkins and the other members of the band are killed off one by one. Hawkins told The Associated Press in 2019 that his early drumming influences included Stewart Copeland of The Police, Roger Taylor from Queen, and Phil Collins, who he said was “one of my favorite drummers ever. The premise came out of their work on their 10th studio album at a home in Los Angeles. “The world was so lucky to have his gifts for the time that it did.” He would, however, go on to pound out epic versions of it hundreds of times as the climax of Foo Fighters’ concerts. I didn’t sound exactly like him, I sound like me, but he was a big, huge influence.” Grohl called Hawkins, who was a huge Foo Fighters fan and immediately accepted. “We are absolutely meant to be, and I am grateful that we found each other in this lifetime.” Grohl was the drummer for Nirvana when Kurt Cobain died in 1994. Hawkins was Alanis Morissette’s touring drummer when he joined Foo Fighters in 1997. “Our hearts go out to his wife, children and family.”

The body of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died at 50, has been cleared to return to the US after an autopsy. Hawkins' wife Alison (inset, ...

'The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of our beloved Taylor Hawkins. His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all of us forever. Hawkins had spoken openly about his battle with drugs and had given a candid interview on the subject last year. 'Taylor Hawins was a terrific drummer with a gorgeous disposition, seemed always to be having the time of his life. 'Years later we toured together with Blink and Foo's in Australia and I have the best memories of smoking cigarettes in the restroom of flights we were on together and watching your set every night. 'Taylor was a great guy, a dad and a husband. In a separate interview in 2018, Hawkins told Beats 1 of the overdose: 'I was partying a lot. No cause of death was immediately announced but the band revealed they were 'devastated by the tragic and untimely loss' (pictured left) in a tribute shared on their social media page. Till the next time we talk drums and smoke in the boys room … Rest In Peace.' 'I'll never forget Laguna Beach days when I was a trash man playing in a punk rock band and you were playing with Alanis. This is so incredibly sad,' wrote Nickelback on Instagram. Miley Cyrus shared a black-and-white snap of the late Foo Fighters drummer Metropolitan Policeof Bogota, in a statement carried by several Colombian newspapers, had said: 'The cause of death has yet to be established. Taylor and Alison married in 2005

The death of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins shook the music world this weekend, with fans and musicians everywhere reeling from the news of his passing ...

"Who would have thought that we were witnessing the last performance of Taylor Hawkins in his life ... A shock," Tolone wrote. He was, is and always will be an inspiration." with Foo Fighters in 2008 at Wembley Stadium, saying, "It was so good to play with him. An ambulance was sent to the scene. The band released three albums, most recently 2019's "Get the Money." He had released solo material under his own name and with Taylor Hawkins & the Coattail Riders, in which Hawkins sang lead and played drums.

Results from a urine toxicology test indicated the presence of “[marijuana], tricyclic antidepressants, benzodiazepines and opioids, among others,” a statement ...

Sadly, Taylor Hawkins of the band the Foo Fighters has died at age 50. What was his cause of death? Here's everything we know so far.

An inter-band dispute led the original Foo Fighters drummer, William Goldsmith, to exit the band shortly after their breakthrough album "The Colour and the Shape" was recorded. Per Rolling Stone, the band released a message announcing Taylor's death on the evening of March 25. The band is currently on tour in South America and was scheduled to perform at a music festival in Colombia. Taylor's death at such a young age has fans curious about the cause.

A Tasmanian man with a strong connection to the rock and roll band Foo Fighters has paid tribute to drummer and singer Taylor Hawkins.

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