did taylor hawkins warn dave grohl that
the foo fighters touring schedule was
taking a toll and why did two famous
drummers call out rolling stone for a
recent hawkins feature keep watching to
find out rock music lost one of its most
iconic modern drummers on march 25th
2022 when taylor hawkins the foo
fighters drummer of 25 years was found
dead in his hotel room in bogota
just 50 at the time of his passing
hawkins was an integral part of the
foo's hard driving sound and had long
since established an extremely close
friendship with the band's singer
guitarist and founder dave grohl
this is the best role i've ever played
taylor's friend yep
that's not an easy one he was also a
versatile musician who showed off his
various other talents while playing for
multiple side projects and occasionally
handling lead vocals at foo fighters
concerts most notably when the band
would cover queen songs such as somebody
to love
as of the making of this video no
official cause of death has been
announced though reports citing
colombian authorities have claimed that
a variety of drugs were found in
hawken's system including marijuana
opioids antidepressants and
benzodiazepines
by and large though the beloved
drummer's passing remains a mystery and
it is also unclear whether the fuse will
continue without him
but with conversations still swirling
regarding what might have happened in
the lead-up to hawkins death rolling
stone recently published a story about
the musician's last days the article has
garnered a ton of controversy thus far
especially because of one quoted
conversation where hawkins purportedly
erased some serious concerns to growl
regarding their band on may 16 2022
rolling stone published inside taylor
hawkins final days as a foo fighter
which quoted several of hawkins close
friends and fellow musicians who talked
to the publication about the events
leading up to his death one of the more
notable quotes came from pearl jam and
soundgarden drummer matt cameron who
claimed that hawkins had a
heart-to-heart conversation with dave
grohl where he admitted to the foo
fighters founder that he couldn't do it
anymore seemingly in reference to the
foo's touring schedule cameron told the
magazine so i guess they did come to
some understanding but it just seems
like the touring schedule got even
crazier after that
also speaking to rolling stone chad
smith of the red hot chili peppers said
that the december 2021 incident where
hawkins allegedly lost consciousness on
a chicago flight was in his words one of
the straws that broke the camel's back
prompting hawkins to tell his fellow
drummer i can't do it like this anymore
canadian rocker sas jordan whose backing
ban hawkins played for before his
well-documented stints with alanis
morset and the foo fighters told the
publication that she believes the
drummer was quote tired of the whole
game an unnamed friend of hawkins also
chimed in telling rolling stone the fact
that he finally spoke to dave and really
told him that he couldn't do this and
that he wouldn't do it anymore that was
freeing for him
that all said rolling stone made sure to
note that it isn't clear how much of a
change hawkins wanted the outlet also
included many disclaimers in its article
citing a foo fighter's representative
who maintained that hawkins never had a
heart-to-heart conversation with groll
or raised any concerns about tour
schedules or similar matters
rolling stone went on to explain that
despite his desire to go on the road
less frequently hawkins agreed to take
one for the team and play a few more
shows the friend and colleague who chose
to remain anonymous told the magazine
that hawkins said i'm just gonna do a
couple
they added that as far as they know
hawkins wasn't aware of how many dates
he had to play with the band ramping up
its touring activities foo fighters had
close to 60 dates lined up for 2022 a
substantially more hectic schedule in
the prior year's 40 or so shows the
unnamed friend later claimed that
hawkins called them to express how upset
he was over the foo's decision to add
another date to the tour an australian
show scheduled for march 2022
purportedly hawkins was assured that the
band was going to play fewer shows after
he had aired his concerns the friend
told rolling stone and he had every
reason to believe that would happen he
wanted to believe it
again this was refuted by the foo
fighters camp with a spokesperson
insisting that there was no limit to the
number of shows hawkins was supposed to
play the representative said the touring
schedule had been established and in
place for well over a year
in the nearly immediate aftermath of
rolling stone's taylor hawkins piece two
of the musicians interviewed by the
outlet matt cameron and chad smith took
to their respective instagram accounts
to issue statements and accuse the
publication of blowing things out of
proportion cameron posted my quotes were
taken out of context and shaped into a
narrative i had never intended taylor
was a dear friend and a next level
artist i'm truly sorry to have taken
part in this interview and i apologize
that my participation may have caused
harm to those whom i have only the
deepest respect and admiration
smith who was described by rolling stone
as fighting back tears while he recalled
hawkins 50th birthday celebration
earlier this year separately wrote that
he expected the outlet's piece to be a
loving tribute to his late friend smith
posted instead the story they wrote was
sensationalized and misleading and had i
known i would have never agreed to
participate
the red hot chili peppers drummer
apologized to hawkins friends family and
colleagues in the music business for any
pain caused by his remarks even before
cameron and smith issued their
statements scores of fans shared their
takes on the rolling stone article and
on the possibility that the foo
fighter's grueling tour schedule might
have played a part in taylor hawkins
death in a reddit thread dedicated to
the article one user pointed out that
there have been so many older musicians
who essentially toured to death despite
how hard it was for them to keep up with
the demands of the rock scene writing
the tragedy is compounded if we don't
heed the lesson and build a world where
we let ourselves ask for help and when
we listen to guys who need help if we do
build that world then it honors guys
like taylor who deserve to live in it
the band's almost as good as drummer and
only as bad as their drummer as well
another fan observed how the foos are
indeed a hard-working band but might
have taken things to an unhealthy level
in recent times posting i will say i've
thought for the last five years that
they've been extremely active and
visible but it was only last year where
i went man they keep going and going not
thinking of the toll that takes that
same reddit thread also included
comments from users who felt rolling
stone was pushing a sensationalized
narrative and even making people like
dave grohl look like the bad guys in
taylor hawkins life story one user
posted i'd like to thank the people who
spoke to rolling stone didn't know this
was going to be framed as a hit piece i
bet the matt and chad interviews were
long and took in every aspect of their
friendship yet the bit they say about
taylor's concern for his workload is the
bit they hang the piece on
misery and gossip equals clicks and cash
another user agreed posting a few people
have said that this was an article
intended to force dave's and the band's
hand to make him or them say something
and i tend to agree
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