The album, The Colour and the Shape, was released on May 20, 1997.

The band regrouped in Los Angeles and almost completely re-recorded the album with Grohl on drums. Conflict during recording reportedly erupted between Dave Grohl and drummer William Goldsmith, eventually causing Goldsmith to leave the band. Hawkins singing during a Foo Fighters concert in 2018Īfter touring through the spring of 1996, Foo Fighters entered a Seattle studio with producer Gil Norton to record its second album. He also appeared on Morissette's VHS/DVD Jagged Little Pill, Live (1997). He appeared in the videos for ' You Oughta Know', ' All I Really Want', and ' You Learn'. įrom June 1995 until March 1997, Hawkins was Alanis Morissette's drummer on the tour supporting Jagged Little Pill and her Can't Not tour. Hawkins played in the Orange County-based band Sylvia before he became the drummer for Sass Jordan. During high school, he was friends with current Yes lead vocalist Jon Davison.

He graduated from Laguna Beach High School in 1990. His elder siblings are named Jason and Heather. His family moved to Laguna Beach, California, in 1976, where Hawkins grew up. Oliver Taylor Hawkins was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on February 17, 1972.

6.3 Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders.

He died at the age of 50 on March 25, 2022, in Bogotá, Colombia. He was voted 'Best Rock Drummer' in 2005 by the British drumming magazine Rhythm. Hawkins was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021 as a member of Foo Fighters. The band's sole album is due for release in 2022. He formed the supergroup NHC with Jane's Addiction members Dave Navarro and Chris Chaney in 2020, where he also took on lead vocal and drumming duties. In 2004, Hawkins formed his own side project, Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders, in which he played drums and sang, releasing three studio albums between 20.

Before joining the band in 1997, he was the touring drummer for Sass Jordan and for Alanis Morissette, as well as the drummer in the progressive experimental band Sylvia. Oliver Taylor Hawkins (Febru– March 25, 2022) was an American musician, widely known as the drummer for the rock band Foo Fighters, with whom he recorded nine studio albums between 19.

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