Instagram/Dave Grohl & Taylor Hawki Music Dave Grohl opens up about the loss of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, the grief that followed, and how music became both a crutch and a path forward. March 19, 2026 AceShowbiz - Dave Grohl, frontman of the Foo Fighters, has opened up about the profound impact of losing longtime drummer Taylor Hawkins in an interview with Mojo magazine. "Losing Taylor was never meant to be," Grohl told writer David Fricke. "That threw our world upside down and made me question everything about life, that it was so ... It was so unfair.