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
Mike Patton is a genius... It is definitely the hardest music I've ever played.
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.
There was a bit of a readjustment period because I didn't know what it was going to be like. I didn't know what was happening, how it was going to be, how it was all going to feel. As time went on it was great. Everything felt good so we decided to go with it.
Right now we're in the process of writing new material for a new record.
I like a lot of the stuff that they did without me, the time I wasn't around.
One of the great bands we opened up for was Priest back in '89. That was really great because at that time we had never met them, never toured with them before. They were a big influence on Slayer, so to open up for them was really cool.
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.