Whereas discussing his upcoming solo album (which options late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins on the observe “Angels Like You”) on a brand new episode of the podcast Lipps Service, The Struts frontman Luke Spiller opened up the final time he noticed Hawkins earlier than his loss of life in 2022.
“Simply going again simply to the entire report itself, I bear in mind my final interplay with Taylor earlier than he went on that final tour of his. I used to be round his home and we have been taking part in and rehearsing for – we have been meant to do a bunch of, sort of, exhibits the place we have been going to be taking part in Queen and whatnot – and I had a number of demos from this album,” Spiller stated earlier than including that Hawkins left him with some extraordinarily type phrases of encouragement.
“I performed him a observe known as ‘If This Isn’t Love.’ And it bought from the verse after which to the refrain and he stopped [it]. He stopped and he was like, ‘Luke, Luke, Luke.’ And I used to be like, ‘What?’ And he was like, ‘I simply need to say – You understand I really like you. You understand I really like the band and every part. However this…’ He was like, ‘That is the most effective factor I’ve ever heard you do.’
“It’s considered one of [my favorite songs on the record] for, , not simply that motive, however once more he was talking my language and fully understanding the place I used to be coming from. He was like, ‘It’s like Queen, ‘The Sport’ period.’”
(Transcribed by AlternativeNation)
