I'm at a loss for words and for some reason, my eyes keep leaking from time to time.
I have made it very clear with some of my artwork as to how important Foo Fighters are to me and now their heart and soul is gone and I am writing this now still hoping that this is just a horrid nightmare that I will awake from. I saw Taylor play live in 2015 and I watched him sing with Roger Taylor and John Paul Jones and at the time, it was an amazing experience and it is something that I certainly did not take for granted. Yet I still find myself taking Taylor's life for granted, like he was always going to be there.
Newsflash, Taylor died at the age of 50 and I'm sat here typing at this laptop quite entirely unable to fight back tears and I'm also lambasting myself for being so selfish, right now I should be thinking about his family, his children, even his bandmates, Dave, Nate, Chris, Pat and Rami and yet I cannot get beyond the sensation of what I have personally lost. Drummers are easily the biggest part of the band and it is proven in the case of Ringo Starr and the departed Keith Moon, you would not be a band without the drummer and Taylor has just joined the long line of drummers who are now forming some kind of supergroup in the afterlife. We all lost a good one today.
I think we all need to keep an eye on Foo Fighters because I honestly believe they're done after this, but I would also like to believe that they will carry on in Taylor's memory. The issue is, how the fuck do you replace him? It's impossible. All I can honestly say is that I am heartbroken. Taylor Hawkins, fly high and don't ever fucking look back, you're at peace now and I will miss you forever. Thank you.
Taylor Hawkins 1972-2022