When the larger than life Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins died suddenly from a cardiac arrest in March last year, there was never really any question that the band would carry on. This, after all, is a music project that came out of Dave Grohl’s desire to continue making music while grieving for another bandmate: Kurt Cobain. That he has gone on to achieve vast commercial success for over a quarter of a century is a testament to Grohl’s uncanny ability to make something positive out of even the most tragic situations. On Walk, a Foo Fighters song from 2011, he can be heard screaming “I never wanna die!” again and again.
So it was fitting that the Hawkins tribute concert, at Wembley Stadium last June, was a joyful occasion. His replacement, Josh Freese, was introduced last month, not sombrely, but in a funny film pranking viewers into believing that a range of famous drummers were getting the job.
