Taylor Hawkins: American drummer (1972–2022)

Taylor Hawkins
Hawkins performing with Foo Fighters in 2017
Background information
Birth name	Oliver Taylor Hawkins
Born	(1972-02-17)February 17, 1972 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Died	March 25, 2022(2022-03-25) (aged 50) Bogotá, Colombia
Genres	Alternative rock, punk rock, post-grunge, alternative metal, progressive rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer, songwriter
Instruments	Drums, percussions, piano, vocals, guitar
Years active	1994–2022

Prior to joining the band in 1997, he was the touring drummer for Alanis Morissette as well as the drummer in a progressive experimental band called Sylvia. In 2004, Hawkins formed his own side project, Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders, in which he plays drums and sings. He was voted "Best Rock Drummer" in 2005 by the UK drumming magazine Rhythm.

On March 25, 2022, Hawkins was found dead in his hotel room at the Casa Medina hotel in Bogotá, Colombia at the age of 50. Shortly before his death, Hawkins said his chest began to hurt and hotel staff called medical officials. No cause of death was announced. The band was on tour in South America when he died. The next day, opioids, benzodiazepines, antidepressants and tetrahydrocannabinol were found in his system.

Foo Fighters

• 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)
• Saint Cecilia (EP) – (2015)
• Concrete and Gold – (2017)
• Medicine at Midnight - (2021)

Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders

• Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders – (2006)
• Red Light Fever – (2010)

The Birds of Satan

• The Birds of Satan – (2014)

Coheed and Cambria

• Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow – (2007)

Solo

• KOTA (EP) (2016)