Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders


Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders is an American rock band founded by Taylor Hawkins, drummer for Foo Fighters. Hawkins is the drummer and vocalist for the trio. Other band members have included Chris Chaney on bass, Gannin Arnold on guitar and support vocals, and Nate Wood on guitar and support vocals. Chaney and Hawkins had previously been in Alanis Morissette's tour band Sexual Chocolate.

History

The project was launched when Hawkins started recording a few songs at a home studio owned by a friend, Drew Hester. This ended up spawning a band, with Taylor Hawkins on vocals.

Debut album

On 21 March 2006, the band released their debut self-titled album Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders. It featured 11 songs which were recorded by the band during 2004, before Foo Fighters started recording In Your Honor. Their first official video was of the first song off the album, titled "Louise."

''Red Light Fever''

In an interview with 'The Rock Radio' website regarding the next album, Taylor Hawkins stated that recording and production had been completed, but they had yet to decide on a title or a release date.
In February 2010, the album was announced: titled Red Light Fever, it was to be released on April 19. The album features guest musicians Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen, Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters, and Elliot Easton of The Cars. It was recorded at the Foo Fighters' Studio 606 in California.

''Get the Money''

On 8 November 2019, the band released their third album, Get the Money. The first single, "Crossed the Line," was released on 15 October 2019, and features Foo Fighters bandmate Dave Grohl and Yes frontman Jon Davison. The video for the single "I Really Blew It" features Grohl and Perry Farrell.

Discography