Taylor Hawkins

Oliver Taylor Hawkins † (February 17, 1972 - c. March 25, 2022 [aged 50]) was an American musician who was best known as the drummer of the rock band Foo Fighters. 
==History==
Oliver Taylor Hawkins was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on February 17, 1972. His family moved to Laguna Beach, California, in 1976, where Hawkins grew up. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/foo-fighters-drummer-taylor-hawkins-dead-at-50/2022/03/25/0d9489c4-acb6-11ec-8a8e-9c6e9fc7a0de_story.html He graduated from Laguna Beach High School in 1990, where he had been friends with Jon Davison. https://www.chattanoogapulse.com/music/glass-hammer-singer-is-yes-frontman/
Hawkins played in the Orange County–based band Sylvia before he became the drummer for Sass Jordan. https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/foo_fighters_taylor_hawkins_remembers_being_alanis_morissettes_drummer_reveals_how_much_he_was_paid.html From June 1995 until March 1997, Hawkins was Alanis Morissette's drummer on the tour supporting Jagged Little Pill and her Can't Not tour. He appeared in the videos for "You Oughta Know", "All I Really Want", and "You Learn". https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/taylor_hawkins_recalls_what_alanis_morissette_had_to_tell_him_about_grohl__foo_fighters_when_he_was_her_drummer_talks_rush_continuing_after_neil_pearts_death.html
After touring through the spring of 1996, Foo Fighters entered a Seattle studio with producer Gil Norton to record their second album. Conflict during recording happened between Dave Grohl and drummer William Goldsmith, eventually causing Goldsmith to leave the band. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/foo-fighters-mn0000184043/biography The band regrouped in Los Angeles and almost completely re-recorded the album with Grohl on drums. Grohl called Hawkins, an acquaintance at the time, seeking his recommendations for a new drummer to join the band. Grohl was under the impression that Hawkins would not want to leave Morissette's touring band, given she was a bigger act than Foo Fighters at the time. Hawkins volunteered to join the band himself, explaining that he wanted to be a drummer in a rock band rather than for a solo act. http://www.fooarchive.com/features/guitarworld.htm The band announced Hawkins would be its new drummer on March 18, 1997. https://web.archive.org/web/19990825075055/http://www.canoe.com:80/JamMusicArtistsF/foo.html Hawkins first appeared with the Foo Fighters in the music video for the 1997 single "Monkey Wrench", although the song was recorded before he joined the band. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/foo-fighters-drummer-taylor-hawkins-was-good-looking-talented-and-charismatic-he-was-rocks-full-package-41493580.html
In 2000, Hawkins was contacted by Guns N' Roses to replace Josh Freese on drums. Hawkins seriously considered the offer before Roger Taylor convinced him to remain in Foo Fighters. https://web.archive.org/web/20220630140829/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/taylor-hawkins-turned-down-guns-n-roses/ In 2006, Hawkins released a self-titled LP with his side project, Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders. https://ew.com/article/2006/03/17/taylor-hawkins-coattail-riders/
While the Foo Fighters were on break in 2013, Hawkins formed a rock cover band called Chevy Metal. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-hawkins-and-chevy-metal-hit-the-road-premiere-236038
In March 2014, Hawkins announced his new side project called The Birds of Satan. It featured Wiley Hodgden as well as Mick Murphy. The band's self-titled debut album was released in April 2014, with a release party at 'Rock n Roll Pizza' featuring the Foo Fighters guesting on some of the cover tracks. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/taylor-hawkins-forms-new-group-birds-of-satan-20140304
==Death==
On March 25, 2022, Hawkins was in Bogotá, Colombia, where he was scheduled to perform with the Foo Fighters later that evening. After Hawkins complained of chest pains, emergency services were called up to his room at the Four Seasons Casa Medina hotel. https://people.com/music/taylor-hawkins-chest-pains-bogota-hotel-before-sudden-death-50-colombia-foo-fighters/ Health personnel arrived and found Hawkins unresponsive, they performed CPR, but he was declared dead at the scene at age 50. https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/foo-fighters-drummer-hawkins-has-died-2022-03-26/ His cause of death was not immediately revealed.
The following day, Colombian authorities announced that a preliminary urine toxicology test indicated that Hawkins had 10 substances in his system at the time of his death, including opioids, benzodiazepines, tricyclic antidepressants, and THC. https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/details-emerge-colombian-authorities-investigate-death-foo-fighters-dr-rcna21689
==Discography==
=== Extended Plays ===
* Taylor Hawkins (1996)
* Kota (2016)
==References==
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