The Foo Fighters announced news of drummer Taylor Hawkins’ death on their social accounts late Friday (March 25), stunning the band’s fans and peers alike.
Hawkins’ musical contemporaries immediately took to Twitter and Instagram to share their RIP messages for the drummer and to celebrate his “spirit and unstoppable rock power,” as Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave’s Tom Morello put it. Ozzy Osbourne remembered Hawkins as “a great person and an amazing musician.” Kiss’ Paul Stanley wrote that he was “speechless and gutted” by the news.
In the Foo Fighters‘ own statement, the band highlighted the 50-year-old’s “musical spirit and infectious laughter.”
Below, find updating musician reaction to the news:
Ozzy Osbourne, the frontman of the heavy metal group Black Sabbath, has died at the age of 76, his family says in a statement.
The raucous singer, who had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2019, passed away on Tuesday just over two weeks after playing a farewell concert in his home city of Birmingham, England.
“It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning,” the family’s statement read.
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