Foo Fighters Pay Tribute to Taylor Hawkins on His Birthday

Today (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 publish.

Utilizing a black-and-white picture of the drummer, their publish merely learn, “Miss you much.” As you may anticipate, the publish yielded a wealth of feedback and “likes,” approaching 498,000 likes on Instagram as of press time. There had been additionally over 5,400 shares on Facebook and over 74,500 likes on Twitter Among these commenting or leaving emojis on the publish had been Korn drummer Ray Luzier, Queens of the Stone Age’s Alain Johannes, Radkey and Dave Grohl’s daughter Violet.

Prior to becoming a member of Foo Fighters, Hawkins hung out 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 through the recording of their second album, The Colour and the Shape.

While a member of Foo Fighters, Hawkins would step up to sing on event as properly, with “Cold Day in the Sun” turning into a staple of stay units displaying off his vocal prowess. In addition, Hawkins would typically step up to the mic as Foo Fighters carried out covers, a few of which confirmed the drummer’s preferences. Queen’s “Somebody to Love” was a frequent covers selection for the band, with Hawkins singing and creating an in depth friendship with Queen’s members through the years.

Hawkins additionally developed a profession outdoors of Foo Fighters, performing with Chevy Metal, Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders, The Birds of Satan and simply prior to his dying fronting the collective NHC with Jane’s Addiction’s Dave Navarro and Chris Chaney. Hawkins additionally lent his abilities to help different artists, working with Ozzy Osbourne, Slash, Elton John, Brian May, 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 one of the vital revered and beloved drummers in rock. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall 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, considered one of which, son Shane, hung out behind the drumkit with Foo Fighters at their Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts final 12 months.

Foo Fighters have shared that they’ll proceed with out Hawkins, however have but to reveal the identification of their new drummer forward of their tour and pageant dates scheduled later this 12 months.