Foo Fighters Fans Loved Dave Grohl Even More After His 60 Minutes ‘Drumming Greats’ Segment – Looper

In 2014, Anderson Cooper presented a “60 Minutes” segment profiling Dave Grohl, which saw Grohl talk about a lot of things, including, unsurprisingly, drumming. One particular sequence saw Grohl interviewed alongside the late Foo Fighters’ drummer, Taylor Hawkins. When Cooper suggested that Grohl may in fact be the best drummer in music, Grohl was quick to deflect to his bandmate. “Taylor is a much more technically-minded drummer than I am,” Grohl insisted, “which I think makes the band work the way it works.”

But it’s the comments from fans below the YouTube video that seem to hit home about how they feel about Grohl. “Dave Grohl is such a nice person,” wrote @carbonz1995. “He’s never got a bad word to say about anybody.” Several other comments zoomed in on Grohl’s sincerity and humility. “Love the respect Dave gives everybody,” wrote @neeksthecuz.

The compliments in this segment also play quite differently now, following Hawkins’ unexpected death in March 2022. Joining in 1997, Hawkins was the drummer for the Foo Fighters for around 25 years. Grohl and Hawkins were close, and Hawkins’ death was one of more than a few tragedies Grohl’s had in his life. “This makes me sadly happy, how they both referred to each other as the best drummer on earth,” wrote @fuzzbrain913, not long after news of Hawkins’ passing, “They’re so down to earth and supportive of each other. You will be missed, Taylor.”