Iggy Pop has paid tribute to Taylor Hawkins by praising the “incredible style” and “colour” the late Foo Fighters drummer dropped at his forthcoming new album ‘Every Loser’.
Speaking to NME on this week’s Big Read cowl interview, the punk icon praised the quite a few musicians who contributed to the brand new report – which is out January 6, 2023 – together with Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers and former guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan, Blink 182‘s Travis Barker, Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard and Jane’s Addiction’s Dave Navarro and Eric Avery.
He additionally spoke intimately about what Hawkins – who died whereas on tour in Bogotá, Colombia in March – dropped at tracks ‘Comments’ and ‘The Regency’.
“Taylor came in with incredible style,” the artist recalled.
“I’m very fortunate to have that colour on the record. I was really sad and shocked to hear about him. I happened to know that hotel where he was. I’ve stayed in that town. The whole thing was something else. He did have a wonderful career doing what he wanted to do, and by all accounts, a good life.”
“He drums up a storm on those tracks, and you can really hear it,” he continued. “He has this sort of bubbling quality, it’s really percolating.”
Pop just lately opened up about how he “never really understood” what the Foo Fighters did, till he noticed them stay in 2015.
Elsewhere in his NME interview, the singer praised Italian rock provocateurs Måneskin, who he leant vocals to on a brand new model of their observe ‘I Wanna Be Your Slave’.
“That’s a really strong band,” he stated of the four-piece who’ve typically cited him as their inspiration for beginning a band.
“Damiano [David] is an amazing singer and the bass player, Victoria [de Angelis] really handles that position well and doesn’t overplay, but on stage and in their videos, she really stays with the message. Wooo, she’s a firecracker.”
He additionally likened their guitarist Thomas Raggi’s enjoying to “somewhere north of Joe Perry”, calling their drummer, Ethan Torchio, “clever”.
“I read an interview that said they started out busking on the street in Rome and had to fight other groups for good positions,” he continued. “You can tell they have that background, that they’ve done something together where they got a little taste of poverty and obscurity, and I think that gives them a really nice edge.”
Earlier this month Iggy Pop introduced an out of doors headline live performance in London for subsequent summer time – any remaining tickets may be discovered right here.