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Travis Barkeris paying tribute toFoo Fightersdrummer Taylor Hawkins followinghis deathlast month.
The Blink-182 drummer, 46, shared a series of photos of himself getting a tattoo of a hawk on his foot onInstagramWednesday. In one photo, he clutchesKourtney Kardashian’s leg as celebrity tattoo artist Mark Mahoney completes the body art; in another shot, Barker and Kardashian share a kiss. He also posted a closeup of the tattoo and a throwback of him and Hawkins together.
“HAWK forever 🦅 Thank you@markmahoney_ssc,” he captioned the post.
Last month, BarkerdedicatedanInstagram postto the late musician.
“I don’t have the words,” he shared alongside a black-and-white image of Hawkins sitting at a music venue. “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 withAlanis [Morissette]. You’d come watch me play in dive bars and be like, ‘Kid you’re a star,’ " he continued. “And I thought you were crazy but you gave me so much hope and determination.”
Barker then recalled how their bands toured Australia together. He shared that he has “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,” he concluded. “Till the next time we talk drums and smoke in the boys room … Rest In Peace 😢🥁💔.”
Hawkins died in Bogotá, Colombia, on March 25 after complaining of chest pains at his hotel. Apreliminary urine toxicology testfound 10 different substances in his body, including THC, tricyclic antidepressants, benzodiazepines and opioids, according to the Attorney General’s Office of Colombia. An investigation into the cause of death is ongoing.
The Foo Fighters — consisting ofDave Grohl, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett, Nate Mendel, and Rami Jaffee — confirmed the loss of Hawkins in astatement shared on their Twitter accountlast month.
source: people.com
