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Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron and longtime friend of the late Taylor Hawkins says his quotes in a Rolling Stone article were "taken out of context."

“I miss him,” the fellow musician added about Hawkins, who died March 25 at age 50. “My quotes were taken out of context and shaped into a narrative I never intended. “I have only the deepest love and respect for Taylor, Dave and the Foo Fighters families.

In a new Rolling Stone piece, it's alleged that Taylor Hawkins talked to Dave Grohl about lessening his time with Foo Fighters because of an intense tour ...

“The fact that he finally spoke to Dave and really told him that he couldn’t do this and that he wouldn’t do it anymore, that was freeing for him,” an anonymous colleague and friend of Hawkins added. Nearly two months after the tragic death of Taylor Hawkins, Rolling Stone has published a lengthy story that gives further perspective into his final days as a Foo Fighter. Among the dozens of close friends interviewed for the piece, several alleged that Hawkins had struggled for several years, both mentally and physically, with the band’s unrelenting tour schedule, which culminated in a recent conversation with Dave Grohl. “He had a heart-to-heart with Dave and, yeah, he told me that he ‘couldn’t fucking do it anymore’ — those were his words,” Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron explained. That did take a year of working up the guts to do.” While Grohl declined to comment to Rolling Stone, a Foo Fighters representative disputed the “characterizations” made by Hawkins’s friends and denied he ever raised issues with Grohl or the band’s management prior to his passing.

"He 'couldn't fucking do it anymore,'" Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron attests.

“The fact that he finally spoke to Dave and really told him that he couldn’t do this and that he wouldn’t do it anymore, that was freeing for him,” the friend says. That did take a year of working up the guts to do.” “That was one of the straws that broke the camel’s back,” Smith says.

"Inside Taylor Hawkins's Final Days as a Foo Fighter" claims that Hawkins was on the brink of exhaustion from touring and "couldn't f***ing do it anymore."

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Just shy of two months on from the death of Taylor Hawkins, new reporting from Rolling Stone outlines the artist's final days on tour with F...

He also expressed that he was "trying really hard to figure out how to continue to keep the intensity of a young man in a 50-year-old's body, which is very difficult." He said, 'I can't continue on this schedule, and so we've got to figure out something.'" Asked by Rolling Stone if Foo Fighters had comment on claims that the drummer had lost consciousness on the plane, a rep told the publication, "This is not true." Smith claimed that after the incident, Hawkins told him, "I can't do it like this anymore." "He was dehydrated and all kinds of stuff." "After that, he had a real important heart-to-heart with Dave and the management. My quotes were taken out of context and shaped into a narrative I never intended.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam drummers distanced themselves from a Rolling Stone article, where they discussed Hawkins' privately expressed ...

Cameron and Smith were two of four sources in the article who discussed Hawkins’ apparent anxiety and concerns about the Foo Fighters’ touring schedule in his final months. Instead, the story they wrote was sensationalized and misleading, and had I known I never would have agreed to participate. I am truly sorry to have taken part in this interview and I apologize that my participation may have caused harm to those for whom I have only the deepest respect and admiration.”

Drummers Matt Cameron and Chad Smith are speaking out against a story about the final days of their friend, Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins.

Instead, the story they wrote was sensationalized and misleading, and had I known I never would have agreed to participate. "He was dehydrated and all kinds of stuff." I am truly sorry to have taken part in this interview and I apologize that my participation may have caused harm to those for whom I have only the deepest respect and admiration." "I have only the deepest love and respect for Taylor, Dave and the Foo Fighters families. So you’ve got to really be cognizant of the business side of something when it’s that big and that has inherent pressure, just like any business." "So I guess they did come to some understanding, but it just seems like the touring schedule got even crazier after that."

Chad Smith and Matt Cameron have distanced themselves from a Rolling Stone article in which they're quoted on Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins.

“Instead, the story they wrote was sensationalized and misleading, and had I known I never would have agreed to participate. I am truly sorry to have taken part in this interview, and I apologize that my participation may have caused harm to those for whom I have only the deepest respect and admiration.” “I was asked by Rolling Stone to share some memories of our time together, which I thought was going to be the loving tribute he deserved. Representatives for Foo Fighters reportedly commented “That is not true” when asked about Hawkins losing consciousness on the flight. “He was dehydrated and all kinds of stuff.” The Rolling Stone story, citing Hawkins’ friends – including Smith and Cameron – asserts that Hawkins had grown increasingly uncomfortable with the band’s touring schedule.

In a new report by Rolling Stone, a number of close friends of late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins revealed that the late rocker was uncomfortable with the band's intense touring schedule, sharing that he struggled to meet the physical demands of ...

Another colleague and friend of Hawkins, who preferred to remain anonymous, said that “the fact that finally spoke to Dave was freeing for him. READ MORE: READ MORE: