Read Taylor Hawkins’ Tributes to Ozzy Osbourne, Guns N’ Roses, Ringo Starr, Travis Barker and More
The sad news that foo fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins who died at the age of 50 shocked the music world and beyond. Tributes poured in from fellow musicians and others, including Guns N’ Roses, Faith No More, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler, Tom Morello, Steve Albini, Nancy Wilson of Coeur, Slash, Smashing Pumpkins, Ringo Starr, Travis Barker, Nile Rodgers, Machine Gun Kelly, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, and Peter Criss of KISS, Brian May of Queen, Billy Idol, Garbage, Jimmy Eat World, Lars Ulrich of Metallica, The Offspring, Living Color, Joan Jett, Kathy Valentine of The Go-Gos, Charlie Benante of Anthrax, Johnny Marr, Laura Jane Grace, Questlove, Finneas, Sadie Dupuis of Speedy Ortiz, Mark Ronson, Frank Turner, Liam Gallagher, CSS, Damian Abraham of Fucked Up, Pictureplane, Nicole Atkins, LL Cool J, The Cribs, Shelia E., 311, Wolfgang Van Halen, Rick Springfield, Styx, Mike Portnoy of Dream Theatre, Patrick Carney of The Black Keys, Jay Weinberg of SlipknotLes TénèbresRick AstleyMelissa EtheridgeStephan Jenkins of Blind Third Eye, Syd Butler, Nandi Bushell, Michael Azerrad, Steve Agee, Kurt Loder, Elijah Wood, David Lettermanand Kathy Griffin. See below.