Dave Grohl Opens Up About the Painful Truth Behind Letting Josh Freese Go and Replacing Taylor Hawkins

Dave Grohl opens up about the reasons behind letting Josh Freese go and finding a new drummer to replace Taylor Hawkins, ...

Dave Grohl on Foo Fighters' Drummer Switchups After Taylor Hawkins' Death: 'Continuing Was Really Complicated'

Freese joined the band in May 2023 and was fired in May 2025 ...
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Foo Fighters Share Emotional Post on 'Going Forward' Without Taylor Hawkins: 'He'll Be There in Spirit'

Hawkins, the longtime drummer of the legendary rock band, died earlier this year at age 50 Foo Fighters are acknowledging that they will be a "different band" after Taylor Hawkins' death. Heading into ...
New York Post

Foo Fighters release ‘emotionally raw’ first song since Taylor Hawkins’ death

Foo Fighters come roaring back to rock on “Rescued,” the band’s first song since the death of beloved drummer Taylor Hawkins in March 2022. And you can feel the ghost of Hawkins in the haunting chorus ...
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Rufus Taylor Admits He Was ‘Sh*tting’ Himself ‘A Little Bit’ Before The Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts

In 2022, Rufus Taylor, member of The Darkness and son of Queen drummer Roger Taylor, was one of the drummers given the honor of performing with the surviving Foo Fighters members at the Taylor Hawkins ...

The Foo Fighters Album That Left Taylor Hawkins Second-Guessing His Drumming Skills

Taylor Hawkins admitted he felt intense pressure recording a Foo Fighters album, revealing why stepping behind the drum kit wasn’t easy.
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Rufus Taylor, Son Of Queen’s Roger Taylor, Remembers Taylor Hawkins Recognizing That Nepotism Had Nothing To Do With His Music Success

In recent weeks, a couple of topics have been hotly discussed in the music community. There’s “nepo babies,” or artists whose parents or other relative(s) paved the way in the entertainment industry ...
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Dave Navarro Has Unreleased Material from Joint Band with Late Taylor Hawkins

Dave Navarro, of Jane’s Addiction and Ink Masters fame, was in a band with the fallen Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins back in 2021. The band, NHC, was comprised of Navarro on guitar, Hawkins on ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Foo Fighters Will Be a “Different Band Going Forward” Without Taylor Hawkins

"He'll be there in spirit with all of us every night," the group wrote of their beloved late drummer in a year-end note posted to social media. By Mitchell Peters, Billboard Foo Fighters say they will ...