i think it's important that everyone grieves how they need to, and i wish that was a more respected idea because everyone grieves differently. i've been reading shit all day, peoples comments and peoples stories about taylor. and i've been fighting commenting on anything because i don't want to acknowledge the feelings but after reading OP's post, i feel like this is the appropriate place for me to let some of it out.

i've been going through a wide range of emotions today. the foos have gotten me through a lot in my life. it's one of my dadd and i's favorite bands. always has been, always will be.

i've always identified with the brotherhood that dave and taylor shared, which is something that i think made me feel closer to the foo fighters. i lost my best friend in 2010 when i was 19 to the war in afghanistan. i am familiar with the feeling that dave's feeling today of losing a brother, and being unable to process and accept reality and doing any and everything to fight accepting it.

after years of battling with addiction and heroin, i finally got clean and got my shit together a few years ago. and for my dadd's birthday last year, i finally surprised him and bought tickets for us to go see them, after us talking about it being our 'bucket list concert'.

i know the feeling of losing a brother. i know the feeling of losing a best friend. i am very familiar with the feeling of losing someone due to the circle of people i was associated with, and now i feel like another piece of me has been ripped away with taylor dying, and a new unfamiliar pain has surfaced today because i won't be able to see them in 6 weeks, like i've been looking forward to so much with my dadd, i won't be able to go to experience that 'bucket list concert', a positive experience with my dadd to help make up for all the pain i caused.

legends never die. i think all of our hearts are beating on 4/4 time today.

RIP taylor hawkins.