What we know about the death of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins
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The death of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins shook the music world this weekend, with fans and musicians everywhere reeling from the news of his passing at age 50. The circumstances of Hawkins' death remain largely unclear, but here's what we know so far.
The circumstances of Hawkins' death remain largely unclear, but here's what we know so far.
Hawkins was playing drums for Alanis Morissette before joining Foo Fighters in 1997 -- three years after the group's founding by frontman Dave Grohl -- in time to join the band's tour after the release of "The Colour and the Shape," per the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
"At first, it took me a while to find my place, it really did," Hawkins told CNN's Anderson Cooper in a 2014 interview for "60 Minutes," referencing Grohl's history as the drummer for the legendary grunge band Nirvana, which abruptly ceased with the death of Kurt Cobain in April 1994. "But (Grohl) never made it hard."
"When you have a drummer like Taylor Hawkins in your band, I don't necessarily miss being the drummer -- because I have the greatest drummer in the world," Grohl said, calling Hawkins "a much more technically minded drummer than I am."
