Taylor Hawkins: his life in words and pictures
26 March 2022, 12:52 | Updated: 26 March 2022, 12:58
The Foo Fighters drummer has tragically died, aged 50. Radio X pays tributes with a look back at his life... in his own words.
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"Bohemian Rhapsody is the first song I remember hearing as a kid. And I just thought it was funny."
Taylor Hawins takes the mic at the Ohana Festival Encore weekend in October 2021. Picture: GettyScott Dudelson/Getty Images -
"Life is funny. If you don't laugh, you're in trouble."
Taylor Hawkins behind the drumkit in Mexico, November 2021. Picture: GettyMedios y Media/Getty Images -
On Noel Gallagher's joke about getting a petition to have Foo Fighters split up: "he was really mean. He was really a jerk."
Taylor Hawkins plays with Foo Fighters at the after party for the premiere of Studio 666 in February 2022. Picture: Rich Fury/Getty Images -
"I don't have perfect pitch. My drums sound like a drummer, not a drum machine."
Taylor Hawkins performing with Foo Fighters at the 2017 NOS Alive festival in Portugal. Picture: Pedro Gomes/Redferns/Getty -
"I'm not trying to be the next Dave Grohl or Phil Collins."
Tayor Hawkins steps out from behind the drum kit at the 2019 BeachLife festival in California. Picture: Scott Dudelson/Getty Images -
"I make a living playing rock n' roll. I'm not going to complain about anything."
Taylor Hawkins at the iHeartRadio ALTer EGO live stream in January 2021. Picture: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia -
"Alanis - I love and I miss you. Thank you for my big break. I’d be delivering pizza if it wasn’t for her!"
Alanis Morissette performs onstage with Taylor Hawkins, circa 1995. Picture: Mick Hutson/Redferns/Getty -
"Why go on vacation when work is so much more fun?"
Foo Fighters in 2005: ate Mendel, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, and Chris Shiflett. Picture: Simon Hayter/Toronto Star via Getty Images -
"I love Donna Summer, and I love ABBA. I love late '70s disco. I love the Bee Gees. I just love that period of recording."
Taylor Hawkins, playing with Foo Fighters in Australia in March 2022. Picture: Paul Rovere/The Age/Fairfax Media via Getty Images -
"This business can be tough, and I just consider myself incredibly lucky to have had the career that I have, and to still be having so much fun playing drums and making music."
Foo Fighters in Melbourne, 2002: Nate Mendel, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins and Chris Shiflett. Picture: Martin Philbey/Redferns/Getty
