Matt Cameron has apologised after remarks about Taylor Hawkins appeared "out of context", while Chad Smith calls story "sensationalised and misleading".

Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and Pearl Jam and Soundgarden sticksman Matt Cameron have both put distance between themselves and an article in Rolling Stone about late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins. .

In the article, both Cameron and Smith are quoted as saying that Foo Fighters' touring schedule had been detrimental to Hawkins' health.

Cameron claimed that Hawkins had spoken to Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl about the pressure he felt, but that the band's schedule "got even crazier after that.” Smith, meanwhile, referred to an incident when Hawkins had apparently lost consciousness aboard a plane in Chicago last December, leading to the cancellation of a show at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi.

“When I agreed to take part in the Rolling Stone article about Taylor, I assumed it would be a celebration of his life and work,” Matt Cameron posted on Instagram.

Two other sources talked about the pressure Hawkins was under in the Rolling Stone piece, which also detailed the days and hours leading up to his death in Bogota, Colombia, in March