What we know about the death of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins

“When you have a drummer like Taylor Hawkins in your band, I don’t necessarily miss being the drummer — because I have the greatest drummer in the world,” Grohl said, calling Hawkins “a much more technically minded drummer than I am.”

Foo Fighters wasn’t Hawkins’ only project. He had released solo material under his own name and with Taylor Hawkins & the Coattail Riders, in which Hawkins sang lead and played drums. The band released three albums, most recently 2019’s “Get the Money.”

Last year, Hawkins teamed up with Dave Navarro and Chris Haney of Jane’s Addiction to form supergroup NHC (Navarro, Hawkins, Chaney). They released their debut EP “Intakes & Outtakes” in February.

There’s still a lot we don’t know about how Hawkins died, but news of his passing broke Friday just as Foo Fighters was set to perform in Bogotá, Colombia, at the Festival Estéreo Picnic.

“The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of our beloved Taylor Hawkins. His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all of us forever,” the band said on Twitter. “Our hearts go out to his wife, children and family, and we ask that their privacy be treated with the utmost respect in this unimaginably difficult time.”