I'm doing a lot of touring and things have been really busy for me. Dave Lombardo More Quotes by Dave Lombardo More Quotes From Dave Lombardo I like to be one of those drummers who actually add to the music, not one of those guys who sit in a room 24/7 trying to outwit or outplay another drummer. Dave Lombardo guy trying rooms When I look back, it was a strange period in my life, looking at my childhood and then my teenage years and forming Slayer when I was still 17, not out of high school. Dave Lombardo teenage years school I'm really not into the educational aspect of performing. It's not in me. Dave Lombardo performing aspect educational Mike Patton is a genius... It is definitely the hardest music I've ever played. Dave Lombardo mike hardest genius 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. Dave Lombardo age love thinking You will in the future hear me on a pop album, but that's just the experimental side of me. Dave Lombardo pops albums sides 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. Dave Lombardo vacation gigs fun I just to put out the best records I can and perform the best I can. Dave Lombardo records i-can 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. Dave Lombardo airports airplane jobs 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. Dave Lombardo pregnancy baby son You're at the hotel and after that you go to the venue and sit there and wait. Dave Lombardo hotel hospitality waiting There's a lot of down time on the road. That part of it I really don't enjoy. There's nothing to do. Dave Lombardo down-time enjoy 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. Dave Lombardo feel great good time Right now we're in the process of writing new material for a new record. Dave Lombardo new now process writing 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. Dave Lombardo never great cool time I like a lot of the stuff that they did without me, the time I wasn't around. Dave Lombardo without like me time
