Immediately (Feb. 17) would have been Taylor Hawkins’ 51st birthday, and his bandmates within the Foo Fighters made certain to mark the event with a social media submit.
Using a black-and-white photograph of the drummer, their submit merely learn, “Miss you a lot.” As you would possibly anticipate, the submit yielded a wealth of feedback and “likes,” approaching 498,000 likes on Instagram as of press time. There have been additionally over 5,400 shares on Fb and over 74,500 likes on Twitter Amongst these commenting or leaving emojis on the submit had been Korn drummer Ray Luzier, Queens of the Stone Age’s Alain Johannes, Radkey and Dave Grohl’s daughter Violet.
Previous to becoming a member of Foo Fighters, Hawkins frolicked behind the package touring with each Sass Jordan and Alanis Morissette. He formally joined the Foo Fighters on March 18, 1997 after the band had parted with drummer William Goldsmith in the course of the recording of their second album, The Color and the Form.
Whereas a member of Foo Fighters, Hawkins would step as much as sing occasionally as effectively, with “Chilly Day within the Solar” changing into a staple of stay units exhibiting off his vocal prowess. As well as, Hawkins would usually step as much as the mic as Foo Fighters carried out covers, a few of which confirmed the drummer’s preferences. Queen’s “Anyone to Love” was a frequent covers alternative for the band, with Hawkins singing and growing a detailed friendship with Queen’s members through the years.
Hawkins additionally developed a profession exterior of Foo Fighters, performing with Chevy Metallic, Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders, The Birds of Devil and simply previous to his demise fronting the collective NHC with Jane’s Habit’s Dave Navarro and Chris Chaney. Hawkins additionally lent his abilities to help different artists, working with Ozzy Osbourne, Slash, Elton John, Brian Could, Coheed and Cambria, Eric Avery, Jackson United and Kerry Ellis.
He additionally amassed some movie credit, showing as Iggy Pop within the rock movie CBGB and showing as himself within the Foo Fighters’ horror movie Studio 666.
Over the course of his profession with the Foo Fighters, he turned some of the revered and beloved drummers in rock. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame with the band in 2021.
Hawkins died on March 25, 2022 on the age of fifty whereas on tour with Foo Fighters in Bogota, Colombia. He left behind spouse Alison and three kids, one among which, son Shane, frolicked behind the drumkit with Foo Fighters at their Taylor Hawkins Tribute Live shows final yr.
Foo Fighters have shared that they may proceed with out Hawkins, however have but to disclose the id of their new drummer forward of their tour and competition dates scheduled later this yr.
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