Taylor Hawkins

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Taylor Hawkins was a rock star, but he got there by being a music fan (Vallejo Times-Herald)

The husband, father and Orange County native was supposed to perform with Foo Fighters in Bogotá, Colombia, on Friday night at the Festival Estéreo Picnic.

He also decided the tempo on his solo work and his side projects, of which there are many. But those flames could never be a match for the wattage Hawkins produced behind the kit with his drumming prowess and a grin so wide you could practically feel both in the nosebleeds of an arena. “Rope,” off the 2011 album “Wasting Light,” is one of those songs where Hawkins’ performance is so burned into my brain that it takes a minute to recall the vocal melody.

Colombia AG releases Taylor Hawkins' preliminary toxicology ... (CNN)

Colombia's Attorney General's Office released a preliminary "forensic medical study" Saturday following the death of Foo Fighters' drummer Taylor Hawkins.

News of Hawkins' death also came a day after the band announced it would take the stage at the Grammy Awards in Las Vegas April 3. of Hawkins' death in a Friday statement, shortly before they were set to take the stage at a music festival in Bogotá. It added, "The National Institute of Forensic Medicine continues the medical studies to achieve total clarification of the events that led to the death of Taylor Hawkins" and the attorney general's office will continue to investigate his cause of death in a "timely manner."

Stevie Nicks mourns the loss of Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins (Today.com)

Stevie Nicks shared an emotional message on social media mourning the death of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins. Hawkins died in Colombia on Friday.

“His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all of us forever,” the statement read. “It’s like a bad dream~ / Comes like a wave~ / Gives you a moment / And then drags you away,” she wrote. Colombian authorities said on Saturday that Hawkins had 10 substances in his system when he was found dead. When he left the room, everyone was sad…” We recorded a kick a— version of Gold Dust Woman (live) and at the end of the song I yelled out ‘Best Gold Dust Woman ever~’ And I meant it.” “Because of these pictures my friendship with Taylor will always be at my fingertips,” she continued.

Taylor Hawkins obituary (The Guardian)

Drummer, singer and songwriter with Foo Fighters who combined showmanship and humour with supreme technical skill.

The fact that he also had ambitions as a singer and songwriter meant that he had little hesitation in giving up his job with Morissette. When he was 10 his parents bought him a drum kit, which proved to be a pivotal moment. As well as singing on the Foo Fighters songs Cold Day in the Sun and Sunday Rain, he would often sing cover versions with the band and was a regular songwriting contributor on their albums. “Then I started playing drums.” His mother was always supportive of his efforts at singing and playing drums. Recent live shows had found him seizing the microphone to step into Freddie Mercury’s shoes – not a job for the faint-hearted – and perform an outsized version of Queen’s Somebody to Love, as he did at his final performance with the band at Lollapalooza Argentina on 20 March. Hawkins, who has died suddenly aged 50 while on tour with Foo Fighters in Colombia, had been a member of the group since 1997.

Taylor Hawkins' heart weighed double that of an average man: report (New York Post)

Forensic experts during an examination found Hawkins heart weighed “at least 600 grams,” double the average of 300 to 350 grams, the Daily Mail reported ...

“We are absolutely meant to be, and I am grateful that we found each other in this lifetime.” As the smiling Hawkins posed for a now-viral picture, dozens of fans were in the background cheering for the beaming duo. In his 2021 memoir “The Storyteller,” Grohl called Hawkins his “brother from another mother, my best friend, a man for whom I would take a bullet,” and recounts the instant connection when Hawkins joined the Foo Fighters in 1997. Hawkins, 50, was found dead Friday in a hotel room at the Four Seasons Casa Medina in Bogota. In his room, multiple drugs were found, according to a report that cited Colombian authorities. After his death, tributes poured in for Hawkins, the drummer behind international Foo Fighters hits such as “My Hero,” “Learn to Fly” and “Best of You.” Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died Friday in Colombia, had a heart that weighed double the average for men his age, according to a new report.

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