Over the years, we have noticed a tremendous increase in people’s interest in Esports. Furthermore, to support gamers, there are many gaming organizations, such as FaZe Clan, Cloud 9, 100 Thieves, and many more, that are constantly looking to recruit skilled gamers. Recently, a YouTube channel named 8-Bit Universe released a tribute to famous American musician Taylor Hawkins.

He was widely known as the drummer for the rock band Foo Fighters. Taylor Hawkins recently passed away at the age of 50. Reports say that Taylor Hawkins suffered chest pains before he passed away on Friday. Continue reading to find more about 8 Bit Universe’s tribute to Taylor.

8 Bit Universe pays their tribute to Taylor Hawkins

8 Bit Universe is famous for remixing popular celebrity songs to 8-Bit. They make 8-Bit inspired covers of popular music, arcade or video game covers, chip tune covers, gaming, movies, and TV.

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In case you didn’t know, 8-Bit is a measure of computer information generally used to refer to hardware and software in an era where computers were only able to store and process a maximum of 8 bits per data block.

Owing to their enormous popularity in the music industry, they paid respect after the demise of the famous Foo Fighters drummer. They remixed one of their popular song, My Hero, in 8-Bit style. My Hero was first released 11 years back and become an iconic addition to the Rock culture.

After hearing the 8-Bit remix to My Hero, several fans got emotional about Taylor Hawkins’ sudden death. Indeed, he was a true legend in the music industry and everyone felt sorry after hearing he passed away.

One Foo Fighters fan said, “Another awesome rockstar taken from us undoubtedly way way way too soon :'( My heart goes out to not only his family but also to the Foo Fighters family.”

Another comment read, “This is pretty awesome. What a talented guy. I remember when I first heard his vocals for Denis Wilson’s Holy Man and just being blown away by how similar both sounded. Rest in Peace Taylor.” 

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