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Taylor Hawkins

Gretsch Artist Since: 
2005
Country: 
US
Band or Affiliations: 
Foo Fighters, Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Rider
Current Kit Setup: 

USA Custom in Bright Pink Gloss Lacquer
5x6” & 6x8” Concert Toms, 9x13” Rack Tom, 16x16” & 16x18” Floor Tom, 18x24” Bass Drum, 6.5x14” Bell Brass Snare Drum

Influences: 

Stewart Copeland, Phil Collins, Neil Peart, Roger Taylor, Stephen Perkins, and Jim Gordon

 

BIOGRAPHY

 

To say Taylor Hawkins was a personality behind the drums is an understatement. With his trademark smile and electric and aggressive style of play, Taylor’s expression behind a drum set remains unmistakable. Born in Texas and raised in Southern California, Taylor saw Queen live in 1982, which altered the course of his life. From then on, it was all music all the time.
 
‌The drummer navigated the early 90s Orange County music scene and landed a breakthrough gig as Alanis Morrissette’s drummer in 1995. He toured the world in support of Jagged Little Pill and appeared in videos for the anthem “You Oughta Know” amongst others. On the road, Taylor made a fateful connection with another drumming icon that would propel him to the next level.
 
Dave Grohl and Taylor struck up a friendship through a series of festival dates in 1996 and had immediate chemistry. When the Foo Fighters front man called Taylor in early 1997 for a tip on a replacement drummer, Hawkins offered his own services. Shortly thereafter, Taylor found himself on the drum throne for yet another legendary artist and back on the road for another watershed album, Foo Fighters’ Colour and the Shape. Hawkins would go onto to record eight albums with the band.
 
‌During his 25 years in Foo Fighters, the band sold an estimated 30 million records and won an incredible 15 GRAMMY awards. Taylor Hawkins was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with Foo Fighters in 2021. His contagious enthusiasm for drums and live performance inspired a new generation of rock drummers.
 
 

RECORDINGS

Foo Fighters discography
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)

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)

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