Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders is a band founded by Taylor Hawkins

Taylor Hawkins

Oliver Taylor Hawkins is an American musician, best known as the drummer of the rock band Foo Fighters....

, drummer for the Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters is an American alternative rock band originally formed in 1994 by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the dissolution of his previous band. The band got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War...

. Hawkins is the drummer and vocalist for the trio. Other band members include Chris Chaney

Chris Chaney

Chris Chaney is a rock bass player who has performed with artists including Jane's Addiction, Alanis Morissette, Slash, and many others. He was the bass player in the third incarnation of Jane's Addiction and a member of Morissette's touring and recording band for seven years...

 on bass and Gannin Arnold on guitar. Chaney and Hawkins had previously been in Alanis Morissette

Alanis Morissette

Alanis Nadine Morissette is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actress. She has won 16 Juno Awards and seven Grammy Awards, was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and also shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination...

's tour band 'Sexual Chocolate'.

History

The project was started when Hawkins started recording a few songs at a home studio owned by a friend, Drew Hester

Drew Hester

Drew Hester is a drummer / percussionist / record producer who plays drums with Joe Walsh , Jewel drums, Foo Fighters percussion, Chicago drums and percussion, Lisa Marie Presley drums, Common Sense drums, Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders drums and percussion and many others.In...

. The conclusion was a band would be created, with Taylor Hawkins on vocals.

Debut album

On March 21, 2006, the band released their debut self-titled album Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders

Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders (album)

Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders is the debut album by the band Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders. It was released in 2006 through Thrive Records...

. It featured 11 songs which were recorded by the band during 2004, before Foo Fighters started recording In Your Honor

In Your Honor

In Your Honor is the fifth studio album by Foo Fighters, released on June 14, 2005 on BMG. It consists of two discs. The first contains up beat rock songs and the second disc contains mellower acoustic songs.-Development:...

. Their first official video clip was of the first song off the album, titled "Louise."

Red Light Fever

Taylor Hawkins stated in an interview with 'The Rock Radio' website regarding the next Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders album, that recording and production had been completed on the follow-up album, but was yet to have decided on a title, or a release plan.

In February 2010, it was announced the album, named Red Light Fever was to be released on April 19. It features guest stars Brian May

Brian May

Brian Harold May, CBE is an English musician and astrophysicist most widely known as the guitarist and a songwriter of the rock band Queen...

 and Roger Taylor

Roger Meddows-Taylor

Roger Meddows Taylor , known as Roger Taylor, is a British musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the drummer, backing vocalist and occasional lead vocalist of British rock band Queen. As a drummer he is known for his "big" unique sound and is considered one of...

 of Queen

Queen (band)

Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...

, Dave Grohl

Dave Grohl

David Eric "Dave" Grohl is an American rock musician, multi-instrumentalist, and singer-songwriter who is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter for Foo Fighters; the former drummer for Nirvana and Scream; and the current drummer for Them Crooked Vultures...

 of Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters is an American alternative rock band originally formed in 1994 by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the dissolution of his previous band. The band got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War...

 and Elliot Easton

Elliot Easton

Elliot Easton plays lead guitar and sings backing vocals for The Cars. His guitar solos are integral part of the band's hit singles. He studied music at the Berklee College of Music...

 of The Cars

The Cars

The Cars are an American rock band that emerged from the early New Wave music scene in the late 1970s. The band consisted of lead singer and rhythm guitarist Ric Ocasek, lead singer and bassist Benjamin Orr, guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes and drummer David Robinson...

. The album was recorded at Foo Fighters' Studio 606 in California. Tracks to appear on the album include "Way Down", "Not Bad Luck" and "Hell to Pay".

Discography

• Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders
  Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders (album)
  Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders is the debut album by the band Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders. It was released in 2006 through Thrive Records...
  
  (2006)
• Red Light Fever
  Red Light Fever (Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders album)
  Red Light Fever is the second album by the band Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders. It was released April 20, 2010 and features guest stars Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen, Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters and Elliot Easton of The Cars.-Track listing:...
  
  (2010)