Warpaint’s Stella Mozgawa on getting a shout-out from Taylor Hawkins as a teen
nme.comWarpaint‘s Stella Mozgawa has paid tribute to Taylor Hawkins while recalling the time her teenage band opened for Foo Fighters.Hawkins died in Bogotá, Colombia on March 25, hours before the Foos were due to headline a festival in the city as part of a South American tour.
He was 50 years old. A cause of death is yet to be determined.In the current issue of Hot Press magazine, Warpaint drummer Mozgawa hailed the late musician as a “titan of the drumming world” as she shared the story of being endorsed by Hawkins live on stage.“When I was 19 years old, I was still in university in Australia,” she began. “I was playing in a band that I’d played in since I was a young teenager.
And this band got an insane opportunity to open for the Foo Fighters at a secret show they were playing in Sydney, at a place called the Metro Theatre.“We were obviously very excited, the Foo Fighters were probably the most famous musicians that we’d ever met.”Mozgawa continued: “So, we played the show, and towards the end I looked to the right of the stage, and I saw two pearly white sets of teeth, almost disembodied, moving and headbanging.
And I just immediately knew it was Dave [Grohl] and Taylor, watching us play.“In the middle of the Foos’ set that night, Taylor is full swing into a drum solo, and after about 20 seconds he slows down and stops.
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