Taylor Hawkins

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. In 2004, Hawkins formed his own side project, Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders, in which he plays drums and sings. He was voted "Best Rock Drummer" in 2005 by the UK drumming magazine Rhythm.

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. Shortly before his death, Hawkins said his chest began to hurt and hotel staff called medical officials. No cause of death was announced. The band was on tour in South America when he died. The next day, opioids, benzodiazepines, antidepressants and tetrahydrocannabinol were found in his system.

Discography
Foo Fighters
 There Is Nothing Left to Lose – (1999)
 One by One – (2002)
 In Your Honor – (2005)
 Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace – (2007)
 Wasting Light – (2011)
 Sonic Highways – (2014)
 Saint Cecilia (EP) – (2015)
 Concrete and Gold – (2017)
 Medicine at Midnight - (2021)

Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders
 Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders – (2006)
 Red Light Fever – (2010)

The Birds of Satan
 The Birds of Satan – (2014)

Coheed and Cambria
 Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow – (2007)

Solo
 KOTA'' (EP) (2016)

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Category:1972 births
Category:2022 deaths
Category:American Grammy Award winners
Category:Musicians from California
Category:People from Laguna Beach, California
Category:Musicians from Fort Worth, Texas
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Category:Singers from California
Category:Writers from California
Category:American rock singers
Category:American rock guitarists
Category:American rock drummers
Category:American pianists
Category:American punk musicians