Taylor Hawkins Drumming Masterclass

We’ve lost so many phenomenal musicians… but this one really hurts. Godspeed, Taylor. And thank you for the many rocking tracks over the last 25 years.

So unbelievable... Love you Taylor

This is why I’m so grateful for Youtube. Allowing people to come back and appreciate legends like Taylor anytime we want and hopefully for generations to come. Rest In Peace Taylor Hawkins

This interview makes you feel like Taylor is sitting in your basement talking to you. Such a genuine likeable guy on top of being a monster musician. This loss is going to sting for a long time. R.I.P.

Rest In Peace Taylor, your contribution to rock music will never be forgotten. “Sunday Rain” is still one of my favorite Foo Fighters tracks. Thanks for the incredible music dude. Fly high.

RIP Taylor Hawkins. So incredibly talented, it's tragic that he was lost so soon.

Even the greatest drummers struggle with Bonzo's drumming on Fool In The Rain. Nice thing about Taylor is he explains his weaknesses and how he built up his strengths. Great to see his son has the drumming DNA of his father.

Taylor talking about his then 12 year old son at around 10:23 - "he's good at drums, but he doesn't really care that much about it... he can play... but I'm like if you wanna learn how to play you have to play a song"... having just watched the now-16 Shane absolutely rock "My Hero" at Taylor's memorial concert on stage at Wembley... I think it's safe to say he did, and I'm sure Taylor would have been super proud.

I absolutely love Taylor’s honesty here. Can’t play double bass, struggles with playing grooves, anxiety about recording and playing live. Shows true humility.

48 minutes ago I thought to myself, "I'm not watching all of that."

Great interview, great stories, sad for him to leave so soon. He was our neighbor when my son Ian Harrower was in grade school. We lived on Mountain View Drive in Laguna Beach. Every day after school, my son would walk home, and Taylor would be in his garage playing drums (circa 1985-86), and he would stop and listen for awhile. Ian also went on to become quite a drummer as well. Music is the best way to express yourself and connect.

What a fukin shock that was!! Top guy, forget the music, that spoke for itself, he was just a top,top, geezer and sorely missed!!!

Can we just appreciate the amazing interviewer as well? He knows exactly how to get Taylor to talk and shut up.

Loved every minute of this! As a 10 year old girl in 1957 who wanted to play drums, I was told no, you can have a piano. So I studied piano for years. But all I ever heard in songs and in concerts was the drums. In 2014, after finishing radiation treatment for breast cancer, I decided if not now, when. As luck would have it, a School of Rock was opening in my neighborhood and was taking adult students. In a week, I bought a DDrum kit for $400 and had lessons lined up. I found out that I was naturally in the pocket. Within months, I was in the adult performance group and in the following 4+ years played at venues around the city. It took me 57 years to do this. It is never too late. I will not be what I could have been had I started earlier, but it is still a hell of a lot of fun. I am now 72 and still playing as much as I can, even though I am no longer in a band. (Fell last year, broke my hand, took a long time to heal, played with one hand for awhile, got replaced, blah blah blah.) Thank you for this great interview, masterclass, whatever you call it! It has energized me! Play as much as you can, play songs, rock on!

I never expected that you can feel grief for someone who never knew you. I bawled like a child watching this. Thank you for the music 😔

This is heartbreaking to watch now but also I think it’s essential. Taylor was such an amazing guy and musician. What a loss.

R.I.P Taylor Hawkings. An epic drummer, a legendary Guy.

People don't realize how hard drums are to learn. So much multi-tasking and the band relies on you to keep the beat. Great Masterclass!

I've watched this masterclass twice and you come to a conclusion that Taylor is a phenomenal drummer, singer and most importantly he's a good human. Only good things last! ❤️

Damn. Just came to hear you talk for a while bro. Miss you bro. ❤.