13 things about Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins

Oliver Taylor Hawkins was an American musician professionally known as Taylor Hawkins. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, United States to Terry Hawkins and Elizabeth Ann Hawkins, Taylor has a brother named Jason Hawkins and a sister named Heather Hawkins.

BIOGRAPHY

Taylor was a singer, a songwriter, a drummer, a percussionist, a pianist and a guitarist. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. In 1976, he, his parents and his siblings moved from Fort Worth to Laguna Beach, California, USA.
2. In 1990, he graduated from Laguna Beach High School in Laguna Beach.
3. From June 1995 to March 1997, he was Alanis Morisette‘s drummer on two tours.
4. Between 1999 and 2021, he and his Foo Fighters bandmates recorded eight studio albums.
5. In 2004, he formed his own side project called Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders, which has three studio albums released in 2006, in 2010 and in 2019.
6. In 2005, he married Alison Hawkins.
7. In 2012, he, Alison and their three children Oliver Hawkins, Annabelle Hawkins and Everleigh Hawkins moved to Hidden Hills, California.
8. In 2013, he formed a rock cover band called Chevy Metal while the Foo Fighters was on break.
9. In 2016, he released his debut solo extended play titled “Kota.”
10. In 2020, he formed the supergroup NHC with Jane’s Addiction members Dave Navarro and Chris Chaney.
11. In 2021, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a Foo Fighters member and the band recorded an album due for release in 2022.
12. He starred in the 2022 comedy horror film “Studio 666” with his Foo Fighters bandmates Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett and Rami Jaffee.
13. In 2022, he died at age 50.

TIMELINE

While attending Laguna Beach High School, Taylor was friends with Jon Davison, a musician born in Laguna Beach. Before moving to Hidden Hills, Taylor, Alison and their children lived in Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles County, California.

1990s

• On March 18, 1997, he officially joined the Foo Fighters as the rock band’s drummer.

2000s

• In August 2001, he overdosed on heroin, which left him in a coma for two weeks.

2010s

• He provided backing vocals on “Crucify the Dead“, a song by Saul “Slash” Hudson featuring Ozzy Osbourne. It was one of the songs from Slash’s debut solo album “Slash,” which was released on March 31, 2010.

2020s

• He was featured playing drums on “E-Ticket“, one of the songs in Elton John‘s fifth collaborative album “The Lockdown Sessions“, which was released on October 22, 2021.
• On February 17, 2022, he turned 50.
• Released on February 25, 2022, “Studio 666” marked his acting debut.
• On March 20, 2022, he and his Foo Fighters bandmates performed at the Lollapalooza Argentina festival, which marked his final performance with the band.
• On March 25, 2022, the Foo Fighters was supposed to perform at the Estéreo Picnic Festival in Bogota, Colombia. However, that day, he was found dead inside the Casa Medina hotel in Bogota. He ingested a cocktail of narcotics and suffered cardiovascular collapse, according to investigators.