Dave Lombardo
Dave Lombardo
David "Dave" Lombardois a Cuban American drummer, best known as a co-founding member of the American thrash metal band Slayer. He performed with Slayer on nine albums, including their groundbreaking 1986 release Reign in Blood and their 2006 release Christ Illusion, for which he received critical praise. Lombardo's music career has spanned more than 30 years, during which he has been involved in the production of 35 commercial recordings extending over a number of genres with bands such as Grip...
NationalityCuban
ProfessionDrummer
Date of Birth16 February 1965
CityHavana, Cuba
CountryCuba
My style has always included the ability to play slow or soft, but I have the capability to bring out the extreme elements of drums.
I'm not really one that likes to teach.
Every job has its downside. For example, being in a band; the travel part of it - getting picked up from your house in a car, going to the airport, getting on a plane, going from the airplane to a van, then going from the van to a hotel.
Mike Patton is a genius... It is definitely the hardest music I've ever played.
You will in the future hear me on a pop album, but that's just the experimental side of me.
There's a lot of down time on the road. That part of it I really don't enjoy. There's nothing to do.
I'm doing a lot of touring and things have been really busy for me.
Dude, I love playing drums, and I love being on stage, and I love recording. It's my life... it's been my life, all my life, and I don't think it could ever become boring for me.
You're at the hotel and after that you go to the venue and sit there and wait.
We got off the Clash of the Titans tour and I said that my wife and I were working on having a baby and sure enough we found out that she was pregnant. So I told them nine months in advance that I wasn't going to tour in September so I could witness the birth of my first son.
Every job has its downside. For example, being in a band the travel part of it - getting picked up from your house in a car, going to the airport, getting on a plane, going from the airplane to a van, then going from the van to a hotel.
I just to put out the best records I can and perform the best I can.
At the moment I have my family coming out with me on the road. We have our own vehicle and its more like a family vacation. I just stop, do some gigs, and take off. Its a lot more fun now with the family.
I'm really not into the educational aspect of performing. It's not in me.