Taylor Hawkins is dead: obituary for the fleet-footed thunder god – Culture

Taylor Hawkins, quite possibly the best and at least the second most likeable rock drummer in the world, is dead. An obituary.

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Jacob Biazza

Let’s not talk about playing the drums yet. Let’s talk about passion, about the beauty of people. Let’s talk about singing. From – Attention! – Love. Be the first to open YouTube or any other video service on this miserable day as news of the death of the amazing drummer Taylor Hawkins is breaking out around the world. You look for one there Foo Fightersversion of “Under Pressure” and then see how Hawkins, whom one so badly wants to call “Taylor” (the mischievous, this glow, the fresh, anti-cynical – supposedly he was already 50 years old) votes can’t, of course), fires his best Freddie Mercury imitation.

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