On March 26, news broke that Taylor Hawkins, beloved drummer of Foo Fighters, passed away at 50 years old.
The band left a heartfelt tribute to their late drummer. “The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of our beloved Taylor Hawkins,” the band’s officially Twitter account wrote. “His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all of us forever. Our hearts go out to his wife, children and family, and we ask that their privacy be treated with the utmost respect in this unimaginably difficult time.”
In addition to playing the drums for the Foo Fighters, Taylor also worked as a drummer for Alanis Morissette, joining her on her “Jagged Little Pill” tour in 1995. Even though he’s best known for being a talented and innovative drummer, he also had an impressive singing voice. Ironically, Dave Grohl was quite the talented drummer so he and the Foo Fighters frontman switched off from time to time. Taylor was inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame just last year in 2021 along with the rest of his Foo Fighters crew.
He was survived by his wife, Alison Hawkins, and their three children, Oliver, Annabelle, and Everleigh.
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