The Queen drummer who inspired Taylor Hawkins says it feels like he’s lost a brother

Hawkins’ demise has drawn an outpouring of sorrow on social media from fellow musicians and followers. His fellow drummers, particularly, expressed a kinship with him.

On Instagram, Blink 182’s Barker recalled his early drumming days, when he was reducing his tooth in California’s Laguna Seashore whereas Hawkins drummed for Alanis Morissette within the mid-Nineties

“Years later we toured along with Blink and Foo’s in Australia and I’ve the most effective reminiscences of smoking cigarettes within the restroom of flights we have been on collectively and watching your set each night time. To say I am going to miss you my buddy is not sufficient. Until the subsequent time we discuss drums and smoke within the boys room … Relaxation In Peace.”

Ulrich recalled a telephone dialog the 2 shared per week in the past: “I’ll at all times be appreciative for you championing our neighborhood as in your parting phrases … ‘Drummers stick collectively!’”

“Coolest dude ever,” Questlove wrote about Hawkins. “God bless & consolation his household, his bandmates, his buddies & all his family members. … Relaxation In Beats.”

Matt Cameron, the Pearl Jam and ex-Soundgarden drummer, wrote Hawkins “introduced a lot pleasure and happiness to my life.”

‘Unstoppable rock energy’

The Foo Fighters had been scheduled to play at Lollapalooza Brasil on Sunday. Miley Cyrus can be on the invoice, and mentioned in an Instagram Story that she would dedicate her efficiency in São Paulo to Hawkins.

She additionally shared a photograph of Hawkins enjoying the drums, captioning it, “That is how I am going to at all times bear in mind you.”

“He was an unbelievable musician and the kindest, warmest one that at all times had the most important smile within the room,” Jetts’ assertion reads. “We ship our like to his spouse, kids, Dave, Pat, Chris, Rami, Nate and the whole Foos’ Household. We love you guys and we are going to miss Taylor immensely.”