BOGOTÁ —
Drummer Taylor Hawkins of the
multi-Grammy award-winning rock group Foo Fighters died aged 50, according to a
statement by his bandmates on Friday.
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As part of one of the world’s most influential and
critically lauded alternative rock bands, Hawkins was known for his on-stage
charisma and classic rock-inspired beats, which he once said were influenced by
legends like
Phil Collins and
Queen’s Roger Taylor.
He had played with Foo Fighters since 1997, when he
was taken on by lead singer and former Nirvana drummer
Dave Grohl, providing
percussion on some of the group’s biggest hits including “Learn to Fly” and
“Best of You”.
“The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic
and untimely loss of our beloved Taylor Hawkins,” the band said in a statement
on Twitter.
“His musical
spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all of us forever,” they
added.
The statement did not reveal the cause of Hawkins’
death, news of which emerged the same day the band was due to play at the
Festival Estereo Picnic in Bogota, Colombia.
A source in Colombia’s prosecutor’s office told AFP
that Hawkins’ body had been found in a hotel in eastern Bogota.
His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all of us forever.
The festival said in a statement that the show would
not go ahead.
‘Amazing drummer’
Prior to joining Foo
Fighters, Hawkins drummed for Canadian indie songstress
Alanis Morissette.
In an interview with 95.5 KLOS last year, Grohl
described his first meeting with Hawkins and how he convinced him to join his
band.
“I was like, ‘Wow, you’re either my twin or my
spirit animal, or my best friend!’ In the first 10 seconds of meeting him,” he
said.
“And, of course, I’d seen him play the drums and I
thought he was an amazing drummer,” he added.
“When I called him and said, ‘Hey, I’m looking for a
drummer.’ He said, ‘You know I’m your guy.’ And I think it had more to do with
our personal relationship than anything musical.”
Foo Fighters celebrated their 25th anniversary last
year in a pandemic-delayed tour, and had most recently produced “Studio 666,” a
rock-and-roll horror movie.
Tributes poured in from across the music world, with
Black Sabbath front man
Ozzy Osbourne hailing him as a “great person and an
amazing musician” and punk rocker Billy Idol describing the news as “tragic”.
Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello
praised his “unstoppable rock power”.
“In utter disbelief at the news of Taylor Hawkins,”
rockers Nickelback said in a statement on Twitter.
“Our deepest condolences to his family, his bandmates, his
team, his friends and everyone that was ever touched by the music he created
with
@foofighters @Alanis and so many others.”
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