After previously performing with Alanis Morissette, Taylor Hawkins joined Foo Fighters in March 1997 shortly after the band had recorded their second album 'The Colour and the Shape.' Hawkins went on to perform and co-write all of Foo Fighters' studio albums from 1999's 'There Is Nothing Left to Lose' through to February 2021's 'Medicine at Midnight.' A phenomenal musician, Taylor Hawkins was a captivating and vivacious drummer behind the kit who relished performing live. 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." Taylor Hawkins' death came hours before Foo Fighters were due to headline Festival Estereo Picnic in Bogotá, Colombia. His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all of us forever. The band said in a statement: "The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of our beloved Taylor Hawkins. Megaforce Records also released Anthrax's first five studio albums from 1984's 'Fistful of Metal' through to 1990's 'Persistence of Time', and Ace Frehley, Living Colour, Testament, Overkill, Ministry, King's X, Stormtroopers Of Death, Fozzy, Bad Brains and Manowar are just some of the many acts who have been on their roster of the past four decades.įoo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins died at the age of 50 on Friday 25th March 2022.
The Zazulas founded Megaforce Records in 1982 and they helped launch the career of the then fledgling San Francisco heavy metallers Metallica by releasing their seminal first two studio albums, 'Kill 'Em All' (1983) and 'Ride The Lightning' (1984). Jonny Z's passing came 13 months after the death of his wife and Megaforce Records co-founder Marsha Zazula from cancer. He passed away in Florida from complications of the rare neuropathic disorder chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and osteopenia. Jon Zazula, the co-founder of influential heavy metal imprint Megaforce Records, died aged 69 on Tuesday 1st February 2022.
I forgot to say - we laughed the whole way through … great times.”
So, I joined him, with a kind of euphoria that comes when you feel you are going someplace that nobody’s ever been. When I got back at 5am Taylor was still mixing the track - squeezing every last drop out of it. “I had to leave at the end of the evening to go to an astronomy meeting 100 miles away. Dave a massive powerhouse - like no other. Me using multiple preamps to get more gain than I’d ever used, to make the guitar scream. Taylor singing, joyfully tearing his throat to bits. We crashed away at deafening volume until we felt we had everything ‘on tape’.
“We set up Mr Grohl’s drum kit in my dining room and my amps in the hallway, with everything wired up to the control room - which is a converted snooker room. “Taylor had this vision for a hard rock version of the Pink Floyd classic, and he and Dave descended on my little studio in the country to make it happen. “My favourite memory of Taylor is our session for recording ‘Have a Cigar’,” May said.
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