Taylor Hawkins

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Taylor Hawkins (2017)

Oliver Taylor Hawkins (born February 17, 1972 in Fort Worth , Texas ) is an American drummer and member of the rock band Foo Fighters . The name Taylor is based on one of his role models, Roger Taylor (drummer for Queen ).

Career

Hawkins began playing drums at the age of 10, inspired by drummers such as Stewart Copeland and Phil Collins . He later joined various cover bands, which he referred to in retrospect as "horrible". His first well-known band was the Sylvia project , which he founded together with the later Anyone founder Riz Story . The sound of this project is described as psychedelic and experimental.

After Sylvia broke up, Hawkins joined Alanis Morissette's tour band. Since 1997 he has been a permanent member of the Foo Fighters . As a drummer he is also on a solo album of Queen - guitarist Brian May to hear ( Another World , 1998). There were also a total of four joint live performances by the Foo Fighters with the remaining Queen musicians. For the 2000 soundtrack album for Mission: Impossible II , the Foo Fighters recorded a cover version of Pink Floyd's Have a Cigar sung by Taylor Hawkins together with Brian May . Hawkins can also be heard as lead singer on the songs "Cold Day In The Sun " and "Sunday Rain" on the 2005 album In Your Honor and the 2017 album Concrete and Gold .

Since 2005 he has been active as lead singer with Chris Chaney from Jane's Addiction in a side project called Coattail Riders (or Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders ). The first album was released in spring 2006. Taylor also recorded all the drums on the album Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star: IV - Volume 2: No World for Tomorrow by the band Coheed and Cambria .

In 2014 he released a studio album of the same name on April 15th with a side project called The Birds Of Satan . The band consists of Mick Murphy (guitar) and Wiley Hodgden (bass). Also, Dave Grohl and Pat Smear interact with the guests.

Private life

Hawkins family moved to Laguna Beach ( California ), when he was 5 or 6 years old. He has a brother named Jason. He lived with his wife Alison in Topanga (California) until 2012 , but then moved to a larger house in the small town of Hidden Hills (gated community). He is considered a horror film fan . His favorite bands include The Police , U2 , Pink Floyd and Queen . According to his own statement, Hawkins suffers from severe stage fright.

Trivia

Hawkins and Dave Grohl occasionally play drum duels at live shows, i.e. parallel drums , or swap places and Hawkins takes on vocals and guitar. After the There-Is-Nothing-Left-to-Lose tour, Hawkins sought medical treatment for addiction problems. In 2003 Hawkins was one of the guests on the Campfire Girls album Tell Them Hi ( Interscope ) alongside Dave Sardy , Scott Weiland and Chris Goss . With former Jane's Addiction- - bassist Eric Avery Hawkins also worked. On the side, Hawkins plays old Black Sabbath and The Who songs with friends in a cover band called Chevy Metal .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Taylor Hawkins takes lead vocal in New Foo Fighters song 'Sunday Rain'. Accessed June 19, 2018 .
  2. ↑ http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/taylor-hawkins-the-birds-of-satan-thanks-for-the-line-song-available-for-streaming/

Web links

Foo fighters
Studio albums

Foo Fighters (1995)  | The Color and the Shape (1997)  | There Is Nothing Left to Lose (1999)  | One by One (2002)  | In Your Honor (2005)  | Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007)  | Wasting Light (2011)  | Sonic Highways (2014)  | Concrete and Gold (2017)

Extended plays

DVD / EP (2003)  | Five Songs and a Cover (2005)  | Let It Die (2008)

Live albums

Skin and Bones (2006)

Compilation albums

Greatest Hits (2009)

Video albums

One by One (2002)  | Everywhere But Home (2003)  | Skin and Bones (2006)  | Skin and Bones & Live in Hyde Park (2006)  | Live at Wembley Stadium (2008)  | Greatest Hits (2009)  | Back and Forth (2011)

Singles
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Foo fighters
This Is a Call (1995)  | I'll Stick Around (1995)  | For All the Cows (1995)  | Big Me (1996)
The color and the shape
Monkey Wrench (1997)  | Everlong (1997)  | My Hero (1998)  | Walking After You (1998)
There Is Nothing Left to Lose
Learn to Fly (1999)  | Breakout (2000)  | Next Year (2000)
One by one
All My Life (2002)  | Times Like These (2003)  | Low (2003)  | Have It All (2003)
In your honor
Best of You (2005)  | DOA (2005)  | Resolve (2005)  | No Way Back / Cold Day in the Sun (2006)
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
The Pretender (2007)  | Long Road to Ruin (2007)
Greatest hits
Wheels (2009)
Wasting light
Rope (2011)  | Walk (2011)  | Arlandria (2011)  | These Days (2011)  | Bridge Burning (2012)
Sonic Highways
Something from Nothing (2014)  | The Feast and the Famine (2014)  | Congregation (2014)  | What did I do? / God as My Witness (2014)
Concrete and gold
Run (2017)  | The Sky Is a Neighborhood (2017)  | The Line (2018)
personal data
SURNAME Hawkins, Taylor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hawkins, Oliver Taylor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American drummer
DATE OF BIRTH 17th February 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Fort Worth , Texas