  oliver taylor hawkins (born february 17, 1972) is an american musician, best known as the drummer of the rock band foo fighters. prior to joining the band in 1997, he was the touring drummer for alanis morissette on her jagged little pill and can't not tour, as well as the drummer in a progressive experimental band called sylvia. his cousin, kevin harrell, introduced him to dave grohl after camping with him for several weeks in the ozarks. hawkins would eventually become the drummer for grohl's band, foo fighters. he was voted "best rock drummer" in 2005 by the uk drumming magazine rhythm. in 2004, hawkins formed his own side project, taylor hawkins and the coattail riders, in which he plays drums and sings. ==life and career== ===early life=== hawkins was born in fort worth, texas on february 17, 1972. his family moved to laguna beach, california in 1976, where hawkins grew up. hawkins has a brother, jason, and a sister, heather. the family had two cats 'little a' and 'floyd'. he attended thurston jr. high school and later went to laguna beach high school. after leaving the orange county-based band sylvia (later emerging as anyone), he joined up as the drummer for sass jordan, which in turn he left to act as the drummer for alanis morissette. he has appeared in morissette's videos for "you oughta know" and "you learn." ===foo fighters=== after touring through the spring of 1996, foo fighters entered a seattle studio with produ
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