Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins dead at 50

[Nowhere Man]

Sad news, honestly I'm not really much of a Foo Fighters fan but from interviews and bits I've seen of this guy he seemed like a great bunch of lads. He did a great job on that vocal on 'Holy Man' on the re-issue of Dennis Wilsons' Pacific Ocean Blue

[the science eel]

Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of the band either but he was a great drummer and always came across as a very likeable, good-humoured sort. Bit of a shock - and they're not saying anything about the cause of death. Think the FFs were on tour too - or were about to start.

RIP

[Pink Gregory]

christ, only 50.

Guess that life fucks you a bit.

[sevendaughters]

Sick drummer. Used to play for Ozzy, I know he really loved him. Saw the Foos live as a teen and there was just a lot of joy on the stage.

[iamcoop]

I've got another confession to make - I am dead

[touchingcloth]

Foo biter the dust.

[drummersaredeaf]

Learn To Die

[Twit 2]

christ, only 50.

Guess that life fucks you a bit.

I assume it was a drug-related death, which explains your first sentence and validates the second.

[vanilla.coffee]

I assume it was a drug-related death, which explains your first sentence and validates the second.

Pfizer I think.

[Thursday]

Ahh fuck, hadn't even listened to Foo Fighters beyond a certain era, but that's so sad to hear. Just the fact that they seemed to have a good sense of humor and were willing to make themselves look daft in music videos counted for a lot at a time.

[Twit 2]

Pfizer I think.

Ah, fair play. Knew he had some issues with the demon smack in the past and made an assumption.

[Icehaven]

Blimey, that's a shock. They're on tour as well so it's obviously sudden/unexpected.

christ, only 50.

Guess that life fucks you a bit.

This is true, but he looked extremely well for 50. Spose that doesn't always mean you are though.

[Chicory]

I'm still very fond of the first two Foos albums, no matter how unfashionable they might be now.  'Everlong' is a goliath of a thing and the video perfectly showcases that goofy humour they all too briefly harnessed.  Hawkins was a big part of that and seemed like a super bloke.  Very sad news.

[famethrowa]

I really wonder what happened? Drugs, suicide, covid, a Saget situation?? Shocked. And stunned.


I'm a big fan of the song Generator and the drums make it super fun. I assume it was Taylor playing on that song, the fills are quite Stewart Copeland-ish, apparently Hawkins was a big fan.

[Pauline Walnuts]

I really wonder what happened? Drugs, suicide, covid, a Saget situation??

OD on teeth whitening products.

[thugler]

I'd assume overdose as he had one before. Think he'd gone sober so presumably a relapse. Was always something quite childlike about him i thought and grohl seemed like someone he looked to for approval.

Don't want to be a downer but i think hawkins only recorded with them from turn 3rd album. I'm a big fan of those first two records also.

[Butchers Blind]

Maybe he finally saw that movie they made and it was all too much for him.

[idunnosomename]

Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of the band either but he was a great drummer and always came across as a very likeable, good-humoured sort. Bit of a shock - and they're not saying anything about the cause of death. Think the FFs were on tour too - or were about to start.

they were supposed to close the main stage first night of Festival Estéreo in Bogata 9 hours ago. that they weren't going to be playing only seemed to be announced about an hour before. pretty astounding stuff. their gear was out and everything I think

https://www.festivalestereopicnic.com/#/horarios

This is their last set. seems a bit mean to chime in with "not a fan" again, but they do seem a fun band live. note Hawkins sings the Queen cover while Grohl drums for it

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/foo-fighters/2022/hipodromo-de-san-isidro-san-isidro-argentina-5b892348.html


and here he is singing Somebody to Love last Friday

[Elderly Sumo Prophecy]

Not even the best drummer in the Foo Fighters.

[Icehaven]

Not even the best drummer in the Foo Fighters.

I guess someone had to do it.

[Glebe]

This was a shock to hear. So young too. RIP TH.

[Huxleys Babkins]

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grave

[Elderly Sumo Prophecy]

This Is A Pall

[Nice Relaxing Poo]

As said above, always seemed like a great bunch of lad. RIP

[idunnosomename]

look I know he's had a heroin overdose (over twenty years ago) and Colombia has a lot of drugs, but I bet this is fucking synthetic opioids again

[badaids]

If only there was another drummer in the band.

[jobotic]

I said when my partner told me this morning (she was a fan when younger) "was he also the drummer in Nirvana?".

Doh!

Too many people having fatal heart attacks in their early fifties including one of my best friends. Shite.

[Elderly Sumo Prophecy]

That's two so far. Whom shall Grohl kill next?

[badaids]

He's not even the best Hawkins, Sophie B Hawkins is.

[Butchers Blind]

If I was a bassist, I'd be wary of being around Grohl from now on.