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Dave Grohl Reflects on Taylor Hawkins’ Death, Says Music Became His Crutch

He frames grief through work as Foo Fighters settle on Ilan Rubin and ready an April 24 album with U.S. dates to follow.

Overview

  • In a new Mojo interview, Grohl says losing Hawkins “threw our world upside down” and that he still struggles to make sense of it.
  • Grohl describes being “afraid of silence” after 2022, acknowledging he leaned on music as a coping tool.
  • He links the band’s response to the way making music helped after Kurt Cobain’s death, saying it “saved us once before.”
  • After bringing in Josh Freese in 2023, the band replaced him in 2025 with Ilan Rubin, while Nine Inch Nails added Freese in a near-simultaneous swap.
  • Foo Fighters’ new album, Your Favorite Toy, is due April 24, with a U.S. tour starting April 28 in Bridgeport and summer stadium shows planned.