Dave Grohl on poaching Taylor Hawkins from Alanis Morissette and the moment they became “best friends for

Dave Grohl has opened up about poaching Taylor Hawkins from Alanis Morissette, sharing that they instantly became “best friends for the rest of our lives”.

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Hawkins joined Foo Fighters back in 1997 and remained with the rock giants for eight albums, up until his unexpected death in 2022, aged 50, just before a show in Bogotá, Colombia.

Desde a morte dos bateristas, o vocalista tem frequentemente falado sobre a dor que sentiu pela perda de seu amigo próximo – incluindo dizer que isso o fez “question everything about life”.

Agora, ele revelou como se encontrou enquanto Hawkins estava em turnê como parte da banda de Alanis Morissette, e como a amizade deles nasceu imediatamente.

He added: “Here comes this blond, surfer dude, like, ‘Yo, dude, I love your band. You guys are so awesome. Yadda-yadda-yadda’. I knew, right then, I was like, ‘Oh, we’re gonna be best friends for the rest of our lives’.”.

Grohl acrescentou que na verdade foi Morrisette quem sugeriu que Hawkins seria uma boa escolha para os Foos, e até perguntou a Hawkins o que ele “irá fazer quando o Dave lhe pedir para ser o baterista?”.

Hawkins continued for the duration of Morissette’s ‘You Oughta Know’ tour, before leaving her band in March 1997 and joining Foo Fighters that same month just as the band were finishing the recording of their seminal second album ‘The Colour And The Shape’.

The first album he laid down drums for with the band was 1999’s ‘There Is Nothing Left To Lose’.

Earlier this March, Foo Fighters shared some images of the late drummer to mark three years since his passing, writing the simple caption: “Missing you every day”.

Tributes also came from Pearl Jam‘s Matt Cameron, Rufus Taylor of The Darkness and more.

Shortly after Hawkins’ death was announced in 2023, tribute concerts in his honour were held in Los Angeles and London later that year, billed by Grohl as “gigantic fucking nights for a gigantic fucking person”.

O show em Londres foi a primeira aparição pública da banda juntos desde a perda e durou seis horas, com um elenco de estrelas que incluía Paul McCartney, Chrissie Hynde, Liam Gallagher, Brian May e Roger Taylor.

Violet Grohl also performed, while Hawkins’ son Shane played drums on ‘My Hero’ with Foo Fighters.

A year after Hawkins died, Josh Freese (A Perfect Circle, Nine Inch Nails) became touring drummer with the Foos – until his abrupt departure in May 2025. Ilan Rubin has since become sticksman for the band, having left Nine Inch Nails himself to join the Foos while Freese returned to work with Trent Reznor.

The band have dropped two albums since his passing, 2023’s ‘But Here We Are‘ and 2026’s Your Favorite Toy‘.

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