Iggy Pop and Taylor Hawkins.Photo: Michael Campanella/Getty, Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty
Iggy Popis celebrating the best of the lateFoo FightersdrummerTaylor Hawkins.
The punk icon, 75, is set to release his latest albumEvery Loseron January 6, 2023, and two tracks in particular — “Comments” and “The Regency” — are set to feature the late drummer’s talents.
“Taylor came in with incredible style,” Pop recently toldNME. “I’m very fortunate to have that color on the record.”
Hawkins, 50,died in Marchwhile on tour with Foo Fighters in Bogota, Colombia. The band was set to headline the Festival Estéreo Picnic before organizers announced a medical emergency had taken place, and the band would no longer be appearing.
Iggy Pop.Emma McIntyre/Getty
Every Loseris the 19th solo album from Pop (whose real name is James Osterberg Jr.) and will feature a line-up that could pass for a list of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members:Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppersand former guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan, Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard and Blink 182’s Travis Barker, among others — in addition to Hawkins.
Taylor Hawkins.Ashley Beliveau/Getty
“He drums up a storm on those tracks, and you can really hear it,” Pop added of the late musician while speaking toNME. “He has this sort of bubbling quality, it’s really percolating.”
During the first of two Foo Fighters tribute concerts held in honor of Hawkins in September, bandmate and frontman Dave Grohl brokedown in tearsas he remembered his longtime best friend. And, just nine days after the death of the superstar drummer, Foo Fighters wonthree Grammy Awardsat the 64th annual ceremony.
Medicine at Midnight, Foo Fighters' 10th studio album and the last to feature Hawkins, was released in February 2021.
source: people.com
