After Foo Fighters founder and frontman Dave Grohl, Hawkins was probably the most prominent member of the group, appearing alongside Grohl in interviews and playing prominent roles in the band’s videos.
Taylor Hawkins and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl.
He also starred in Foo Fighters’ recently released horror-comedy film Studio 666, in which a demonic force in a house the band is staying in seizes Grohl and makes him murderous.
Hawkins was the Foo Fighters’ drummer for 25 of the band’s 28 years, taking over from original drummer William Goldsmith in 1997.
He then spent the mid-1990s as the touring drummer for Alanis Morissette before Grohl asked him to join the Foo Fighters.
His first album with the Foo Fighters was 1999’s There Is Nothing Left To Lose.
He said Foo Fighters played a show in West Hollywood’s Troubadour during the lockdown, to help raise money for roadies and small venues. »