DAVE LOMBARDO Is My Greatest Affect

It is onerous to call a extra influential band on the event of maximum steel than Slayer, as numerous musicians will inform you. Cannibal Corpse drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz is the most recent to go on report, sharing that not solely is Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo his greatest affect, he in all probability would not be enjoying loss of life steel in any respect with out Lombardo paving the best way, as he advised Pod Scum (transcribed by Blabbermouth).

“Dave Lombardo is my greatest affect, in fact. If it wasn’t for him, I in all probability would not be doing what I am doing. He is the king of thrash, double bass and all that, in order a youngster, listening to him play within the mid-’80s, clearly I wasn’t enjoying at that time but — I [was] simply beginning out — so that basically solidified me eager to play the best way I play right this moment, what he was doing and nonetheless is doing. However all these bands and all these influences we had within the mid-to-late ’80s, going from, I assume, any of the heavy steel like Iron Maiden, because it progressed, into bands like Metallica, Slayer after which the thrash bands of… Kreator and issues like that, Demise Angel, that basically, actually have been the forerunners of loss of life steel and what we do in Cannibal Corpse. So, I imply, so many, so many influential bands and drummers again then, however, yeah, Lombardo could be my greatest one.”

Elsewhere within the interview, Mazurkiewicz mentioned how his physique is holding up and having to regulate his way of life as he ages.

“I am feeling pretty good for my age. And, Jeez, if something, there’s plenty of occasions I feel, ‘Man, I am enjoying higher than I ever have been,’ which is, I assume, a great factor. However you’ve got gotta make these tweaks, you’ve got gotta make these changes. You may’t simply depend on younger adrenaline and simply pure fury, such as you might need achieved once you have been youthful. So, you need to form of perhaps attempt to deal with your self a bit of bit extra so. I imply, all of it comes right down to the fundamentals. The best way I have a look at it anyhow is that if you may get good sleep, you keep hydrated, you eat pretty properly and also you observe, these are the primary keys. In fact, having some good genes maybe. Sadly, you hear [about] these guys that simply have issues, again issues, and there is nothing you are able to do. Fortunately, I assume I do have fairly respectable genes in that regard the place I by no means had any main illnesses in that manner. So, if something, you’ve got simply gotta actually play much more.”