Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins dies aged 50
Drummer Taylor Hawkins, and Dave Grohl (from the back), during the Foo Fighters concert in Tempe, Arizona, on February 26.
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He was the drummer for the famous American rock band, Foo Fighters.
Taylor Hawkins, has just passed away at the age of 50.
He was found dead on Friday March 25 in his hotel room in Bogota, Colombia.
The causes of his death are not known.
The group was to perform the same evening in Bogota as part of a tour of Latin America.
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The Foo Fighters are one of the leading bands on the American rock scene.
They announced the death of their drummer in a statement posted on their Twitter account.
pic.twitter.com/ffPHhUKRT4
— Foo Fighters (@foofighters) March 26, 2022
Taylor Hawkins, 50, joined in 1997 and held a very special place in this formation led by singer and guitarist Dave Grohl, also the ex-drummer of Nirvana.
The two men made a perfect pair.
This is explained by music journalist Jean-Pierre Sabouret, rock specialist, former editor of
Best
magazine , joined by Edmond Sadaka.
“
He was as essential to Foo Fighters as Dave Grohl, it's really this duo that, at one point, allowed this group to go into lots of experiments and lots of musical territories that were rather unexpected.
He's one of the great drummers of the last twenty years
,” he explains.
The California blonde drummer had notably played on some of their greatest hits, such as “Learn to Fly” and “Best of You”.
His playing could actually go from something ultra powerful - moreover for fun he also had a metal band, more or less funny and satanic - but he could also do progressive rock.
“
The good thing is that Foo Fighters still did a lot of filming, and you can see how much it sets the mood.
He's radiant and he's the drummer you want in any band.
No sincerely, I find it hard to imagine Foo Fighters without Taylor Hawkins
, ”continues Jean-Pierre Sabouret.
Formed by Dave Grohl, just after the suicide of Kurt Cobain - who had signed the brutal end of Nirvana, where Mister Grohl officiated behind the drums... - Foo Fighters are one of the most influential and critically acclaimed alternative rock bands .
He was to play this Friday in Bogota, capital of Colombia, on the occasion of the Estéreo Picnic Festival.
► Here, an episode of James Corden's Carpool Karaoke with the Foo Fighters.
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