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Travis Barker Gets a Taylor Hawkins Tattoo

Travis Barker shared via Instagram that he recently got a tattoo in tribute to fellow drummer Taylor Hawkins. Barker shared a series of photos of him getting the tattoo on…

Travis Barker and Taylor Hawkins
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Travis Barker shared via Instagram that he recently got a tattoo in tribute to fellow drummer Taylor Hawkins.

Barker shared a series of photos of him getting the tattoo on his left foot, which is of a hawk spreading its wings. Barker captioned the Instagram post, "HAWK forever."

When Hawkins suddenly passed away on March 25 at the age of 50, Barker shared a moving tribute to the Foo Fighters drummer writing, "I don’t have the words. Sad to write this or to never see you again. I’ll never forget Laguna Beach days when I was a trash man playing in a punk rock band and you were playing with Alanis. You’d come watch me play in dive bars and be like, 'kid you’re a star.' And I thought you were crazy but you gave me so much hope and determination."

Barker's tribute continued, "Years later we toured together with Blink and Foo’s in Australia and I have the best memories of smoking cigarettes in the restroom of flights we were on together and watching your set every night. To say I’ll miss you my friend isn’t enough. Till the next time we talk drums and smoke in the boys room … Rest In Peace."

Taylor Hawkins' sudden death at age 50 is a shock to rock fans and rock stars alike. Many have taken to Twitter to pay tribute to the late Foo Fighters drummer.

Scroll below to see some notable tributes from rock's biggest names.

Pearl Jam/Matt Cameron

Stevie Nicks

Flea

Joan Jett

Steven Tyler

Metallica

Yes

David Letterman

Lenny Kravitz

Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo

Dave Navarro

Miley Cyrus

Duff McKagan

Rush/Geddy Lee

Jimmy Page

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Mick Jagger

Tony Iommi

Tommy Lee

Sammy Hagar

Lars Ulrich

Joe Perry

Axl Rose

Travis Barker

Def Leppard/Joe Elliott

Brian Wilson

Alice Cooper

Slash

Liam Gallagher

Guns N' Roses

Tom Morello

Carole King

Mike Portnoy

Matt Sorum

The Doors

Wolfgang Van Halen

Brian May

Paul Stanley

Gene Simmons

Nickelback

Rival Sons' Scott Holiday

Nathan Followill

Steve Jones

Ozzy Osbourne

Lzzy Hale

Billy Idol

Ringo Starr

Scott Ian

Geezer Butler

David Draiman

Doc Coyle

Riki Rachtman

LL Cool J

Finneas

Sheila E

Consequence of Sound

Guy Oseary

John Stamos

Richard Marx

Smashing Pumpkins

Jamey Jasta

Mark Ronson

Kaiser Chiefs

The Darkness

Kathy Valentine

Nandi Bushell

Ben Thatcher

Chris Jericho

Erica Banas is a news blogger who's been covering the rock/classic rock world since 2014. The coolest event she's ever covered in person was the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Sir Paul McCartney inducting Foo Fighters? C'mon now!) She's also well-versed in etiquette and extraordinarily nice. #TransRightsAreHumanRights