From Queenpedia.com

Taylor Hawkins (born Oliver Taylor Hawkins on February 16, 1972 at Harris Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas) is best known as the drummer of the rock band Foo Fighters.

Prior to joining the band in 1997, he was previously the touring drummer for Alanis Morissette on her Jagged Little Pill tour, as well as the drummer for a short-lived experimental band called Sylvia. He started a band named Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders, in which he plays drums and sings.

Hawkins has said that his drumming has been influenced by Roger Taylor and Stewart Copeland of The Police.

Taylor (along with the Foo Fighters) has performed live numerous times with Brian and Roger, most recently at the VH1 Rock Honors in Las Vegas in 2005. In 1998 Taylor was asked to provide drums for Cyborg from Brian's Another World album.

In 2008, Taylor Hawkins contributed backing vocals on C-lebrity from the first Queen + Paul Rodgers studio album, The Cosmos Rocks.

Live Appearances

• 1997 (London); Roger made a guest appearance and played Sheer Heart Attack with the Foo Fighters.
• 1999 (London); Roger & Brian made a guest appearance and played Now I'm Here with the Foo Fighters.
• 2001 (New York); Taylor Hawkins and Dave Grohl played Tie Your Mother Down with Brian and Roger at the induction of Queen into the Song Writers Hall of Fame.
• 2005 (East Rutherford, NJ); Roger Taylor made a guest appearance and played Tie Your Mother Down with the Foo Fighters
• 2006 (London, Hyde Park); Roger & Brian made a guest appearance and played We Will Rock You & Tie Your Mother Down with the Foo Fighters.
• 2006 (Las Vegas); Brian and Roger joined the Foo Fighters to perform Tie Your Mother Down. Taylor Hawkins and Dave Grohl then joined Queen + Paul Rodgers to perform We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions