1,000 musicians got together to perform Foo Fighters' "My Hero" in tribute to Taylor Hawkins
Rockin' 1000 originally formed in 2015 as a stunt to get Foo Fighters to perform in Cesena, Italy
Last weekend, more than 1,000 musicians gathered at Paris, France’s Stade de France to pay tribute to the late Taylor Hawkins with a leviathan rendition of Foo Fighters’ “My Hero.” Before we go any further, check out footage of the cover below to hear what this many people playing in unison sounds like.
After shouting out Hawkins and leading into the song with a deceptively small-scale acoustic guitar and organ introduction, the sound of hundreds of drum kits playing in unison begins, followed soon afterward by what must’ve been a thunderous wave of bass guitars, rhythm guitars, and vocals. The rest of the cover that follows is fairly faithful to the original, but becomes, naturally, far more grandiose, especially when the musicians play the song’s chorus, buoyed by hundreds of voices and instruments.
The performance took place as part of Rockin’ 1000's latest show and, according to Consequence, included musicians from 25 different countries. We last covered Rockin’ 1000 when the group performed a similarly massive cover of Rage Against The Machine’s “Killing In The Name,” but the enormous band actually got its start with a rendition of Foo Fighters’ “Learn To Fly.”