What is Taylor Hawkins?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Taylor Hawkins | background = solo_singer | image = FoosLollBerlin190917-21 (cropped).jpg | caption = Hawkins performing with [[Foo Fighters]] in 2017 | birth_name = Oliver Taylor Hawkins | birth_date = {{birth date|1972|02|17}} | birth_place = [[Fort Worth, Texas]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|03|25|1972|02|17}} | death_place = [[Bogotá]], Colombia | genre = [[Alternative rock]], [[punk rock]], [[post-grunge]], [[alternative metal]], [[progressive rock]] | occupation = Musician, singer, songwriter | instrument = Drums, percussions, piano, vocals, guitar | years_active = 1994–2022 | label = | associated_acts = [[Foo Fighters]], [[Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders]], [[Coheed and Cambria]], [[Alanis Morissette]], [[Eddie Fisher (OneRepublic)|Eddie Fisher]], [[Anyone]], [[Slash (musician)|Slash]], [[Eagles of Death Metal]], Chevy Metal, Vasco Rossi, [[The Birds of Satan]] | website = }} '''Oliver Taylor Hawkins''' (February 17, 1972 – March 25, 2022) was an American musician, best known as the drummer and occasional lead singer of the rock band the [[Foo Fighters]]. Prior to joining the band in 1997, he was the touring drummer for [[Alanis Morissette]] as well as the drummer in a progressive experimental band called [[Sylvia (band)|Sylvia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Taylor Hawkins Recalls First Meeting Alanis Morissette & Watching Her Become an 'Amazing Frontperson' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8546253/taylor-hawkins-talks-first-meeting-alanis-morissette-2019-billboard-women-in-music |website=Billboard |access-date=16 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Young |first1=Simon |title=Taylor Hawkins: “I Used To Do A Lot Of Fucking Drugs… I Believed The Bullshit Myth Of Live Fast And Die Young” |url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/taylor-hawkins-i-used-to-do-a-lot-of-fucking-drugs-i-believed-the-bullshit-myth-of-live-fast-and-die-young/ |access-date=16 July 2020 |work=Kerrang}}</ref> In 2004, Hawkins formed his own [[side project]], [[T