"I'll never forget the roar of the crowd during the drum solo. Goode" with a guitarist named Peter Fashing during the school's talent show. Lombardo moved to Pius X High School after eighth grade. Lombardo returned to playing rock music in 1978 and befriended several like-minded musicians around South Gate. Unimpressed with their son coming home at 4:00am, Lombardo's parents pressured him into quitting the DJ gig or face military school. He became a temporary DJ for a mobile disc jockey under the name A Touch of Class. Lombardo's friends introduced him to disco, which appealed to his affinity for funk, Latin and soul.
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Lombardo grew bored because the lessons were repetitive and did not challenge him. Although they agreed, the lessons were short-lived. Lombardo asked his parents for drum lessons. He learned to play Kiss' "100,000 Years" by repeatedly listening to the record until he could play the drum solo perfectly. Lombardo bought his first record, Alive! by Kiss, to play along with. After noticing his son's persistent interest in music, Lombardo's father bought him a five-piece Pearl Maxwin drum set for $350 when Lombardo was ten years old. Lombardo joined his school's band and played the marching drum. His musical interests were fueled by his first musical performance when he was eight years old he played bongos to Santana's "Everybody's Everything". He has two older brothers and an older sister his brothers had previously emigrated to the US via Operation Peter Pan. Lombardo moved with his family to South Gate, California, when he was two years old, and still speaks Spanish. He is of Italian descent through his paternal great-grandfather, who relocated to Cuba in the 19th century. Lombardo was born in Havana, Cuba, on February 16, 1965, where his father owned three meat markets. ĭave Lombardo Plays 'Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?', Loudwire, 14:37 He has had a significant influence on the metal scene and inspired modern metal drummers, particularly extreme metal drummers. Drummerworld named him "The Godfather of Double Bass". His drumming has been praised as "astonishingly innovative". Lombardo is widely known as an aggressive heavy metal drummer. He has performed with numerous other bands, including Grip Inc., Philm and Fantômas, in addition to Slayer. His music career has spanned over 40 years, during which he has been involved in the production of 35 commercial recordings covering a number of genres. He received critical praise for both of these albums. Lombardo previously played drums on nine Slayer albums, including Reign in Blood (1986) and Christ Illusion (2006).
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He is currently playing drums with Testament, Fantômas, Suicidal Tendencies, Dead Cross, Mr. David Lombardo (born February 16, 1965) is a Cuban-American drummer, best known as a co-founding member of American thrash metal band Slayer.