Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 037: The Sudden Death of Taylor Hawkins

April 2, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

It’s happening with increasing frequency. We’re doomscrolling and we see the message. We wake up to read the news. We get a text from a friend. Or we turn on the radio and hear what happened. Another rock star has died.

This always comes as a shock. It’s mitigated somewhat if the rock star in question is older or has known health or substance issues. But when it’s someone young or seemingly healthy, it’s extra hard to deal with…

This was the situation on the morning of Saturday, March 26, 2022. Foo Fighters fans awoke to the news that Taylor Hawkins, the band’s beloved drummer and Dave Grohl’s best friend in the whole wide world, had died.

This didn’t make any sense. The guy had the greatest job in the world. He loved what he was doing. He had Dave and the highly protective Foo Fighters’ organization to look after him. He was physically active. He had a loving family. He had supportive friends throughout the music industry and beyond. And any drug problems he had were at least two decades behind him.

Taylor’s death was completely unexpected and a complete shock to the entire music world. It was one of the most high-profile rock star deaths of the 21st century. But strangely, there are gaps in what the public knows about what happened. And when there are gaps, conspiracies abound…

This is episode 37 of Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry. This is everything we know about the death of Taylor Hawkins. And it is quite the story.

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