Queen’s Brian May “frustrated” by Taylor Hawkins’ death

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Brian May has said that he feels “so frustrated” by the death of the late Taylor Hawkins.The Foo Fighters drummer passed away last Friday (March 25) at the age of 50 in Bogotá, Colombia while the band were on their South American tour.The Queen guitarist, who was friends with Hawkins, commented on the tragedy during an interview on SiriusXM – noting that he had just spoken to the drummer before his death.“Taylor was very close to [Queen], he’s been in my studio a few of times.

In my life, I talk to him often. I talked to him just a week ago from when we lost him,” May said (via Variety). “We talk about stuff, talking about Dave [Grohl], about what life is like, his joys, frustrations, being in Foo Fighters.”Hawkins was a huge fan of Queen, with Foo Fighters regularly covering the band during live performances.

During the band’s last show at Lollapalooza Argentina, Hawkins took the mic for a cover of Queen’s ‘Somebody To Love’, while frontman Dave Grohl played the drums.“We instantly bonded because Taylor and Pat Smear were the most informed Queen fans, they knew more about us than we did,” May said on meeting the pair. “We were just shocked to find out how much they felt about us.”May went on to described Hawkins as “the best publicist for Queen ever”.“He’s been so good for our image!” said the guitarist. “Where he kind of regarded us as cool – which at the time a lot of people didn’t.”He continued: “Taylor wasn’t even my generation.

I think of him as a boy – same as I saw George Michael as a boy – to lose them feels all wrong. It makes you feel so frustrated.