Foo Fighters: How Taylor Hawkins Joined The Band & Almost Quit the Group

Foo Fighters: How drummer Taylor Hawkins joined the group in 1997 and how he almost quit the group. .

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In December of 1995 Grohl would meet hawkins for the first time at the KROQ almost acoustic christmas concert where both foo fighters and alanis morisette were on the bill. Grohl would recall meeting hawkins for the first time saying ‘we got along like brothers from the second we met. We were best friends from that moment with taylor hawkins adding in the book ‘this is a call “i was this little dork playing in this back up band and the first thing that struck me was that dave was really nice and fun to hang out with. I’d met some other people from big bands musicians i’d looked up to and when i met them the vibe was oh you’re not important. Hawkins who was a huge fan of nirvana and foo fighters first record noticed a camaraderie and likeness between himself and grohl. THey would reconnect the summer of 1996 when they played some shows together in europe.Hawkins would admit that alanis morissette predicted he would join foo fighters at the time telling the Daily Mirror “We met the Foo Fighters when I was still playing with her, and she said, 'Dave [Grohl]’s gonna ask you to join them someday.' She called it a year before it happened."

and the following year in 1997, grohl was now without a drummer. He would call up hawkins to see if he knew any good drummers. Keep in mind foo fighters were still an up and coming band and were nowhere near as popular as they are today . Grohl would recall that conversation with hawkins “he said ‘fuck yeah i’ll do it. I reminded him we weren’t selling out stadiums like alanis and he said ‘i don’t care man i just want to be in a fucking rock band. To Hawkins alanis was a solo act and he wanted to play more hard rock music.

The on-boarding though wasn’t smooth. The first day of rehearsals with Hawkins guitarist Pat Smear announced he was quitting the band telling Grohl and company they should consider being a three piece. The band was in a tough spot having already booked a tour.. For Smear he was tired of life on the road and was older and in his own words and i quote ‘lazier’than the other members of the band. The band managed to talk smear to stay in the band for another six months until they found a replacement which they did in Grohl’s old scream bandmate franz stahl. ’ Taylor’s first show with foo fighters would happen on paril 19, 1997 at a secret gig in santa monica at the alligator lounge.
The band would get off the road in 1998 to promote their second album and Grohl gave some insights into where the band’s third record could go in the book this is a call “now i’m looking forward to our next record more than i ever have been. For a while i was thinking. God what are we gonna do for our next record. Taylor plays piano and guitar and writes songs and sings. Nate writes stuff. It’s just gonna be the freak out record. While the album was recorded ass a three piece in the documentary back and forth hawkins revealed he pushed for the band to remain as a three piece grohl wanted more guitars and so chris schifflett was added to the band.
In 1998 there was talks of Sunny Day Real Estate reuniting and bassist Nate Mendel told Grohl he was leaving the band. It was a rash decision that he ultimately changed his mind about and optedto stay in the band. Meanwhile Franz Stahl’s time with the band would be short lived being fired during the making of the group’s third album there is nothing left to lose. By this point Grohl would joke in the documentary back and forth that so many people had come and gone in foo fighters that he would frequently get asked in media interviews who was in the band. Hawkins would admit that he was extremely nervous drumming on the band’s third album telling rolling stone And I was so scared when we went to go do Nothing Left To Lose. I had red light fever so bad.

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