{"id":817321,"date":"2026-10-29T06:56:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/817321\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T06:56:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:56:22","slug":"dave-grohl-on-poaching-taylor-hawkins-from-alanis-morissette-and-the-moment-they-became-best-friends-for-the-rest-of-our-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/817321\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Grohl on poaching Taylor Hawkins from Alanis Morissette and the moment they became “best friends for the rest of our lives\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dave Grohl<\/a> has opened up about poaching Taylor Hawkins<\/a> from Alanis Morissette<\/a>, sharing that they instantly became \u201cbest friends for the rest of our lives\u201d.<\/p>\n

Hawkins joined Foo Fighters<\/a> back in 1997 and remained with the rock giants for eight albums, up until his unexpected death in 2022, aged 50<\/a>, just before a show in Bogot\u00e1, Colombia.<\/p>\n

Since the drummers\u2019 passing, the frontman has often spoken out about the grief he felt about the loss of his close friend \u2013 including sharing that it made him \u201cquestion everything about life\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, he has opened up about how he met while Hawkins was touring as part of Alanis Morissette\u2019s touring band, and how their friendship was born immediately.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur first record came out around the time Alanis\u2019 first record came out,\u201d Grohl said while on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where Foo Fighters are performing every night this week. \u201cSo we were doing a bunch of those festivals and radio shows and things, but that was the first time I met Taylor, backstage.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cHere comes this blond, surfer dude, like, \u2018Yo, dude, I love your band. You guys are so awesome. Yadda-yadda-yadda\u2019. I knew, right then, I was like, \u2018Oh, we\u2019re gonna be best friends for the rest of our lives\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grohl went on to add that it was actually Morrisette who suggested that Hawkins would be a good fit for the Foos, and even asked Hawkins what he was \u201cgoing to do when Dave asks you to be the drummer?\u201d<\/p>\n

Hawkins continued for the duration of Morissette\u2019s \u2018You Oughta Know\u2019 tour, before leaving her band in March 1997 and joining Foo Fighters that same month just as the band were finishing the recording of their seminal second album \u2018The Colour And The Shape\u2019. The first album he laid down drums for with the band was 1999\u2019s \u2018There Is Nothing Left To Lose\u2019.<\/p>\n

Earlier this March, Foo Fighters shared some images of the late drummer to mark three years since his passing<\/a>, writing the simple caption: \u201cMissing you every day\u201d. Tributes also came from Pearl Jam<\/a>\u2018s Matt Cameron, Rufus Taylor of The Darkness<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Shortly after Hawkins\u2019 death was announced in 2023, tribute concerts in his honour were held in Los Angeles and London later that year<\/a>, billed by Grohl as \u201cgigantic fucking nights for a gigantic fucking person\u201d.<\/p>\n

The show in London was the band\u2019s first public appearance together since the loss and lasted six hours, with an all-star cast including Paul McCartney,<\/a> Chrissie Hynde,<\/a> Liam Gallagher,<\/a> Brian May<\/a> and Roger Taylor.<\/a> Violet Grohl<\/a> also performed, while Hawkins\u2019 son Shane played drums on \u2018My Hero\u2019 with Foo Fighters.<\/p>\n

A year after Hawkins died, Josh Freese\u00a0(A Perfect Circle<\/a>,\u00a0Nine Inch Nails<\/a>) became touring drummer with the Foos \u2013 until\u00a0his abrupt departure in May 2025<\/a>. Ilan Rubin has since become\u00a0sticksman for the band<\/a>, having\u00a0left Nine Inch Nails himself to join the Foos<\/a>\u00a0while Freese returned to work with\u00a0Trent Reznor<\/a>. The band have dropped two albums since his passing, 2023\u2019s \u2018But Here We Are<\/a>\u2018 and 2026\u2019s Your Favorite Toy<\/a>\u2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dave Grohl has opened up about poaching Taylor Hawkins from Alanis Morissette, sharing that they instantly became \u201cbest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":817322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,3584,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-817321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-rock","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}