Taylor Hawkins

Taylor Hawkins
Taylor Hawkins
	Hawkins performing with Foo Fighters in 2017
Background information
Birth name	Oliver Taylor Hawkins
Born	February 17, 1972; Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Died	March 25, 2022 (aged 50); Bogotá, Colombia
Genres	Alternative rock, punk rock, post-grunge, alternative metal, progressive rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer, songwriter
Instruments	Drums, percussions, piano, vocals, guitar
Years active	1994–2022

Oliver Taylor Hawkins (February 17, 1972 – March 25, 2022) was an American musician, best known as the drummer and occasional lead singer of the rock band the Foo Fighters.

Prior to joining the band in 1997, he was the touring drummer for Alanis Morissette as well as the drummer in a progressive experimental band called Sylvia.^[1]^[2] In 2004, Hawkins formed his own side project, Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders, in which he plays drums and sings.^[3] He was voted "Best Rock Drummer" in 2005 by the UK drumming magazine Rhythm.^[4]

Death

On March 25, 2022, Hawkins was found dead in his hotel room at the Casa Medina hotel in Bogotá, Colombia at the age of 50.^[5] Shortly before his death, Hawkins said his chest began to hurt and hotel staff called medical officials.^[6] No cause of death was announced.^[7] The band was on tour in South America when he died.^[8] The next day, opioids, benzodiazepines, antidepressants and tetrahydrocannabinol were found in his system.^[9]

Discography

Solo

KOTA (EP) (2016)^[10]

References

↑ "Taylor Hawkins Recalls First Meeting Alanis Morissette & Watching Her Become an 'Amazing Frontperson'". Billboard. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
↑ Young, Simon. "Taylor Hawkins: "I Used To Do A Lot Of Fucking Drugs… I Believed The Bullshit Myth Of Live Fast And Die Young"". Kerrang. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
↑ Hawkins, Taylor. "How The Coattail Riders Came To Be". Archived from the original on May 27, 2008. Retrieved July 7, 2008.
↑ "Best Rock Drummer - Rhythm Readers Poll 2005". Foo Archive. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
↑ "'Tragic and untimely loss': Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins dead at 50". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
↑ Bouza, Kat (March 25, 2022). "Foo Fighters Drummer Taylor Hawkins Dead at 50". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
↑ Bedigan, Mike (March 26, 2022). "Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins found dead in hotel room aged 50". www.standard.co.uk.
↑ Ganz, Caryn; Coscarelli, Joe (March 26, 2022). "Foo Fighters Drummer Taylor Hawkins Dies at 50". The New York Times. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
↑ Melas, Chloe; Pozzebon, Stefano (26 March 2022). "Colombia AG releases Taylor Hawkins' preliminary toxicology screening". CNN.
↑ Blistein, Jon (November 1, 2016). "Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins Preps Debut LP 'KOTA'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 17, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2016.

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[1] "Taylor Hawkins Recalls First Meeting Alanis Morissette & Watching Her Become an 'Amazing Frontperson'". Billboard. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

[2] Young, Simon. "Taylor Hawkins: "I Used To Do A Lot Of Fucking Drugs… I Believed The Bullshit Myth Of Live Fast And Die Young"". Kerrang. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

[3] Hawkins, Taylor. "How The Coattail Riders Came To Be". Archived from the original on May 27, 2008. Retrieved July 7, 2008.

[4] "Best Rock Drummer - Rhythm Readers Poll 2005". Foo Archive. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

[5] "'Tragic and untimely loss': Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins dead at 50". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved March 26, 2022.

[6] Bouza, Kat (March 25, 2022). "Foo Fighters Drummer Taylor Hawkins Dead at 50". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 26, 2022.

[7] Bedigan, Mike (March 26, 2022). "Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins found dead in hotel room aged 50". www.standard.co.uk.

[family-8] Ganz, Caryn; Coscarelli, Joe (March 26, 2022). "Foo Fighters Drummer Taylor Hawkins Dies at 50". The New York Times. Retrieved March 26, 2022.

[9] Melas, Chloe; Pozzebon, Stefano (26 March 2022). "Colombia AG releases Taylor Hawkins' preliminary toxicology screening". CNN.

[10] Blistein, Jon (November 1, 2016). "Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins Preps Debut LP 'KOTA'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on September 17, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2016.

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v t e Foo Fighters
Dave Grohl Nate Mendel Pat Smear Chris Shiflett Rami Jaffee William Goldsmith Franz Stahl Taylor Hawkins
Studio albums	Foo Fighters The Colour and the Shape There Is Nothing Left to Lose One by One In Your Honor Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Wasting Light Sonic Highways Concrete and Gold Medicine at Midnight But Here We Are
EPs	Five Songs and a Cover Songs from the Laundry Room Saint Cecilia
Live albums	Skin and Bones
Compilations	Greatest Hits Medium Rare
Videos	Everywhere but Home Skin and Bones Live at Wembley Stadium Foo Fighters: Back and Forth
Singles	"Exhausted" "This Is a Call" "I'll Stick Around" "For All the Cows" "Big Me" "Alone + Easy Target" "Monkey Wrench" "Everlong" "My Hero" "Walking After You" "Learn to Fly" "Stacked Actors" "Generator" "Breakout" "Next Year" "The One" "All My Life" "Times Like These" "Low" "Have It All" "Best of You" "DOA" "Resolve" "No Way Back"/"Cold Day in the Sun" "Miracle" "The Pretender" "Long Road to Ruin" "Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)" "Let It Die" "Wheels" "Rope" "White Limo" "Walk" "Arlandria" "These Days" "Bridge Burning" "Something from Nothing" "The Feast and the Famine" "Congregation" "What Did I Do? / God as My Witness" "Outside" "Saint Cecilia" "Run" "The Sky Is a Neighborhood" "The Line"
Other songs	"Friend of a Friend" "Marigold"
Concert tours	Foo Fighters live performances Wasting Light Tour Sonic Highways World Tour Concrete and Gold Tour
Associated acts	Nirvana Late! Tenacious D Sunny Day Real Estate Germs Scream Probot Killing Joke Queens of the Stone Age Nine Inch Nails Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders The Fire Theft Jackson United Me First and the Gimme Gimmes No Use for a Name Them Crooked Vultures The Birds of Satan The Wallflowers
Related	Discography Songs Awards and nominations Members 24 Hours of Foo Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways
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Discography

Foo Fighters

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The Birds of Satan

Coheed and Cambria

Solo

References