The loss of life of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins shook the music world this weekend, with followers and musicians all over the place reeling from the information of his passing at age 50.
The circumstances of Hawkins' loss of life stay largely unclear, however this is what we all know to date.
HE HAD A 25-YEAR CAREER WITH FOO FIGHTERS
Hawkins was taking part in drums for Alanis Morissette earlier than becoming a member of Foo Fighters in 1997 -- three years after the group's founding by frontman Dave Grohl -- in time to affix the band's tour after the discharge of "The Color and the Form," per the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame.
"At first, it took me some time to seek out my place, it actually did," Hawkins instructed CNN's Anderson Cooper in a 2014 interview for "60 Minutes," referencing Grohl's historical past because the drummer for the legendary grunge band Nirvana, which abruptly ceased with the loss of life of Kurt Cobain in April 1994. "However (Grohl) by no means made it exhausting."
"When you've got a drummer like Taylor Hawkins in your band, I do not essentially miss being the drummer -- as a result of I've the best drummer on the earth," Grohl stated, calling Hawkins "a way more technically minded drummer than I'm."
Foo Fighters wasn't Hawkins' solely undertaking. He had launched solo materials below his personal title and with Taylor Hawkins & the Coattail Riders, by which Hawkins sang lead and performed drums. The band launched three albums, most not too long ago 2019's "Get the Cash."
Final yr, Hawkins teamed up with Dave Navarro and Chris Haney of Jane's Habit to kind supergroup NHC (Navarro, Hawkins, Chaney). They launched their debut EP "Intakes & Outtakes" in February.
HE DIED WHILE ON TOUR IN SOUTH AMERICA
There's nonetheless quite a bit we do not find out about how Hawkins died, however information of his passing broke Friday simply as Foo Fighters was set to carry out in Bogotá, Colombia, on the Pageant Estéreo Picnic.
"The Foo Fighters household is devastated by the tragic and premature lack of our beloved Taylor Hawkins. His musical spirit and infectious laughter will dwell on with all of us without end," the band stated on Twitter. "Our hearts exit to his spouse, kids and household, and we ask that their privateness be handled with the utmost respect on this unimaginably troublesome time."
Emergency responders acquired a report Friday night a few affected person with chest ache at a lodge north of town, based on an announcement from Bogotá's secretary of well being. An ambulance was despatched to the scene. A personal well being supplier had already been offering therapy, however efforts to resuscitate to Hawkins had been unsuccessful, the assertion stated.
Romeo Reyes, a concertgoer who travelled to Bogotá from El Salvador, instructed CNN the efficiency was cancelled as followers gathered round 11 p.m. "About 10 minutes later, the information broke that Taylor had died," Reyes stated.
"We had been all unhappy," Reyes stated.
The band's efficiency in Colombia was presupposed to be adopted by one other on Sunday in São Paulo, Brazil.
WHAT A PRELIMINARY REPORT BY COLOMBIA'S AG SAYS
The reason for loss of life was not disclosed in a preliminary "forensic medical examine" launched Saturday by Colombia's Legal professional Common's Workplace, which stated a urine toxicology take a look at discovered 10 substances, together with THC, tricyclic antidepressants, benzodiazepines and opioids.
"The Nationwide Institute of Forensic Drugs continues the medical research to attain whole clarification of the occasions that led to the loss of life of Taylor Hawkins," the report stated, and the legal professional common's workplace will proceed to research his explanation for loss of life in a "well timed method."
HOW HE'S BEING REMEMBERED BY LEGENDARY COLLEAGUES
Funeral plans for Hawkins haven't been launched, however followers and colleagues the world over have been paying tribute to Hawkins within the days since his loss of life -- together with rock and roll legends like Roger Taylor, the drummer of Queen who Hawkins stated had impressed him to get behind the drum set.
"He was a sort sensible man and an inspirational mentor to my son Rufus and the perfect good friend one might ever have," the Queen drummer wrote Saturday on Instagram, saying Hawkins' loss of life was like "dropping a youthful favorite brother."
In his personal tribute, Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Web page recalled taking part in with Foo Fighters in 2008 at Wembley Stadium, saying, "It was so good to play with him. I actually admired him and he was a superb musician: his approach, his power and spirited enthusiasm."
... AND HIS FANS
There are additionally tributes from on a regular basis of us, followers who had been touched by Hawkins and his music, like Franco Tolone, who tweeted footage of Hawkins singing Queen's "Any individual to Love" at his final efficiency on March 20 at Lollapalooza Argentina.
"Who would have thought that we had been witnessing the final efficiency of Taylor Hawkins in his life ... A shock," Tolone wrote. "Goodbye, beast of music."
One other fan is 9-year-old Emma Sofia, who met Hawkins simply days earlier than his loss of life after she arrange her drums outdoors the band's lodge in Paraguay.
"We are going to bear in mind him for his charisma and the attractive gesture he had with Emma," the household wrote on her Instagram. "Taylor gave us one thing to consider in. He was, is and at all times will probably be an inspiration."
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