music light of taylor hawkins it suddenly went extinct on Friday, March 25. Just a few days before Foo Fighters they had made a stopover in Mexico City, in what seemed like one more concert among many of one of the last stadium rock megabands.
The highlight of that night was when Hawkins changed roles and became, for a few minutes, the leader of the Foo Fighters. The act seems spontaneous but it is a repeated and well-rehearsed act. Hawkins always had the challenge of being the drummer for another “legendary” drummer: Dave Grohl. The drummer status of Nirvana it will always be on the Grohl spectrum before another label. In that time, Taylor Hawkins stops being the fan of Roger Taylor to become the disciple of Freddy Mercury and offers the public a great version of “Somebody to Love” with the best backing band: Chris Shiflett and Pat smear on the guitars, Nate Mendel on the bass, Rami Jaffee on keyboards and Grohl on drums.
taylor hawkins was a devotee of 1970s classic rock and professed his love for Roger taylor from What in, Stewart Copeland from Police, Neil Peart from Rush and Phil collins from Genesis. And like any good drummer, he always worked to the melody, responding to Dave Grohl’s rhythmic guitar.
When he got in front of the microphone, Hawkins was transformed into the crooner of a karaoke bar. One part was a true tribute to the artist and the other was this caricature of a rock star with a bit of humor, an almost private joke, but always well-intentioned. Hawkins recorded seven albums with the Foo Fighters and had been a member of the band since he joined it as William Goldsmith’s replacement in 1997.
In your memoir The Storyteller published in 2021 Grohl describes it as a magnitude 5 tornado of hyperactive joy. “After our first meeting, our bond was immediate, and we grew closer with each day, each song and each note that we played together.” Hawkins’ death interrupted the band’s tour of South America and forced the cancellation of the rest of their presentations that were scheduled for this year.
Genesis at the O2 in London. Photo: Twitter.com/TheO2
across the ocean, Genesis gave his last concert in London on Saturday March 26. In his current lineup of Mike Rutherford, Tony banks, Phil collins, with accompanying musicians, the trio of British septuagenarians said goodbye to the stage. “After tonight we will have to get permanent jobs,” Collins joked to the audience that included the former vocalist. peter gabrielwho fronted the band from its founding at Charterhouse School in 1967 until 1975.
When Gabriel left the band, and after a series of failed auditions, Collins left the drummer’s seat to become the lead singer of Genesis.
in recent years Phil collins He has faced a series of health problems that prevent him from playing the drums or even standing while singing. Unlike his disciple whose musical life died out before its time, Collins and his company are part of a generation of musicians who will continue playing until it is physically impossible for them to do so, preaching the gospel according to pete townshend.
As well as Neil Young questioning whether it was better to suddenly go extinct or slowly disappear, the party of taylor hawkins and the end of Genesis they remind us that everything in life ends and that rock bands are as ephemeral as human existence itself. Foo Fighters earned a place in the pantheon of rock, in that club that was previously reserved only for the big names.
So the next time you want to go see a band, do it and don’t think twice, one of those is the last time you can see them.
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