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\u201d It\u2019s basically one on one with Dave Lombardo, you get to sit there with me and we basically have a conversation but it\u2019s in a large forum with a lot of people. So it\u2019s fun, I enjoy doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

From release: As an original and founding member of\u00a0Slayer, Lombardo has performed with Slayer on seven albums, including their ground-breaking 1986 release\u00a0Reign in Blood<\/em>\u00a0and their 2006 release\u00a0Christ Illusion<\/em>, for which he received critical praise. Dave\u2019s musical career has spanned more than 30 years, during which he has been involved in the production of 30 commercial recordings spanning a number of major genres with bands such as\u00a0Fant\u00f4mas,\u00a0Grip Inc,\u00a0Testament,\u00a0John Zorn\u00a0and\u00a0PHILM, in addition to Slayer. Lombardo\u2019s most recent endeavours have found him in a variety of compelling adventures.<\/p>\n

We gave Dave Lombardo a call to chat about his upcoming Australian drum clinics, his art, new music and much, much more\u2026<\/p>\n

You\u2019re heading to Australia for some clinics which is pretty cool, now for someone who has never been to one of these, what can we expect at these upcoming shows?<\/strong>
\nWell it starts off with a drum solo, and then what I\u2019ll do is a series of drum solos and play alongs I usually get on the microphone and start chatting with the fans, with the drummers out there and we discuss techniques and approach and everything from different styles of music to listen to to become inspired, to different drums. It\u2019s basically one on one with Dave Lombardo, you get to sit there with me and we basically have a conversation but it\u2019s in a large forum with a lot of people. So it\u2019s fun, I enjoy doing it.<\/p>\n

This is a little different from your past times here, but besides the clinics, what are you most looking forward to about heading down here?<\/strong>
\nOh man, everything *laughs* it\u2019s always exciting going Down Under, it\u2019s just amazing. I look at Australia as like California on steroids *laughs* you guys really love the outdoors and people are great, food is amazing and it\u2019s definitely an experience.<\/p>\n

My mate Jono is probably the world\u2019s biggest fan of the ride cymbal and its use, so can you fill us in on your new choice of Ride you’ll be bringing with you…<\/strong>
\nWell, the ride cymbal is a replica of the ride cymbal I used during \u2018Reign In Blood\u2019, I recently discovered the cymbal, I thought I had somehow lost it, or it was stolen in one of the burglaries that\u2019s happened to me throughout my career, but I thought I lost it. So when I discovered it I presented it to Paiste cymbals to Erik Paiste and we decided to put these in production and it has a little bit of my influence and of course I titled it and designed the logo, it\u2019s got my touch and of course my stamp of approval.<\/p>\n

Can you tell us about your Rhythm Mysterium Art Collection and how you got involved with the idea?<\/strong>
\nI\u2019ve always been a fan of art and I\u2019ve been to many museums throughout my travels in places I\u2019ve been to, so art has always been something I\u2019m really interested in and enjoy observing, just looking at and studying, So when this company called SceneFour approached me with the idea of creating these pieces through photography and computer manipulation, colours, I said as long as it has my touch and what I would like and what I would like to see then I would like to be a part of it and they obviously agreed, they liked their people to be a part of it, so I was able to choose everything from the pictures to the colours, the titles of the artwork, everything. It was a lot of fun to do, it was really exciting to see how it all came together as an experience, and I would love to do it again but probably in a whole different medium. Who knows?<\/p>\n

I get tired sometimes just watching you drumming, what’s your secret to being able to keep up the pace?<\/strong>
\nWell when you watch those videos I\u2019ve been conditioned, I condition about a week prior to say the Slayer tours, if we had two months off I would probably condition a week to two weeks prior and that would be driving probably five times a week to rehearsal and just going through the set because you need to build up stamina, so that when you hit the stage you don\u2019t pass out from exhaustion, you have to build yourself up to it. So I try to get as many rehearsals in with the band and it\u2019s not really to rehearse our chops, it\u2019s to build up your energy running through the set, just ridding yourself from the cobwebs *laughs* you have to try to just get yourself into a condition to perform live. What you see if someone that\u2019s been working for a while.<\/p>\n

And get the joints moving again\u2026<\/strong>
\nYeah, I don\u2019t have any problems with my joints or anything like that thank God I\u2019ve been free from any kind of pain, knock on wood, but I attribute that to something I touch on when I talk to the fans at these drum clinics and workshops, I teach them how the drums I feel should be set up and feel comfortable, nothing should feel out of place. If there\u2019s a cymbal that is six feet off the ground and you\u2019re sitting fairly low you\u2019re gonna put some strain on that shoulder because you have to reach up at that cymbal, probably a hundred times a night and multiply that by a tour, let\u2019s say you do twenty shows a tour, it\u2019s gonna cause some damage so you\u2019ve got to be conscious of these things when you\u2019re setting up your drum sets, but I haven\u2019t had any issues.<\/p>\n

Band wise you’re with Philm, what’s being in this band allowed you to do that you felt you weren’t able to in bands like Slayer or Fantomas?<\/strong>
\nWow, Philm is to me like absolute musical freedom, although there\u2019s a lot of freedom in Phantomas and working with John Zorn and Bill Laslo with Blade Runner that\u2019s improvisation, that\u2019s a different animal. Then Phantomas is very complex, very mental and you have to really think about these parts and you have to count and Patton writes all the material. With Philm when we write we press record on a computer system we start improvising and we come up with these amazing patterns and these amazing little gems of music that only happen and are captured when you press record, then what we do is we take those little gems and we create more bodies of music around that idea. So this band, the music is created in a very organic way, I don\u2019t like using that term often but it\u2019s very natural.<\/p>\n

With your second album out this time last year, what\u2019s next for Philm?<\/strong>
\nWell we\u2019re working on our third album, that one is going to be released early next year, as soon as possible, but it\u2019s going to be produced by Ross Robinson, he\u2019s going to help us out with this album, I\u2019ve worked with him a couple of times before and we\u2019re friends and he likes the band, so I decided to hand over the producer role to him whom I trust.<\/p>\n

You’ve also taken on producing duties in the past, is it hard to put on a producer hat when you’re so used to your performer hat?<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s like a fine line and you want to differentiate, you want to step away from being the musician or the artist and know that what you\u2019re doing is for the better of the record, to make the album sound better or the structure of the songs, so if there\u2019s something that I would feel personally as the drummer, say this particular drum beat feels good, then I step away and I listen to the comments of the other musicians and then I put myself in the place of a producer and it\u2019s like, ok, as a whole does it make the song better? So I kind of have to make that decision, it\u2019s difficult but you make it work and I think part of being a producer is to listen to what all the other musicians have to say, so even though I\u2019m the drummer and of course Dave Lombardo and being the producer, it didn\u2019t mean that I was being some kind of control freak, it was just making sure that we stayed on the path and wanted to make sure that the album was delivered to at least my satisfaction, what I thought the band should be.<\/p>\n

Aside from the above, you\u2019ve been quite busy since Slayer, primarily working on soundtracks \/ scores, how does Dave Lombardo get involved in something like that?<\/strong>
\nBy chance or it\u2019s where I live\u2026 I live here out in LA, and you have friends that work in the film \/ music industry including Tyler Bates, he\u2019s the composer for \u2018Dawn of The Dead\u2019, the 2004 version, that\u2019s where I met him, he hired me to play some drums on that soundtrack and we\u2019ve been friends since then. I think other composers have heard that I enjoy doing that kind of work and recently Joseph Bishara from \u2018Insidious 3\u2019 he called me and we had a really great session, I performed with I think two violas, a violin, and a couple of cellos and it was exciting. Now with the Disney soundtrack, that was for a Disney pilot, and unfortunately it didn\u2019t make it, there\u2019s about three hundred pilots a year that go through Disney and only a few get chosen, unfortunately that one didn\u2019t make it, but we had the chance to create music to some animation and working with the Disney team I think was an experience for the band and it really helped us hone in our talents.<\/p>\n

Are there any other musical adventures you’re working on or heading towards?<\/strong>
\nAlways, there\u2019s always ideas and projects that are floating around in my mind\u2026 actually yes, I\u2019m working on one right now that I want to finish up before I leave for Europe is Philm is, you know the musicians are very talented in Philm, Gerry his guitar playing is very unique and very soulful and has a lot of energy and is very exciting, but he\u2019s also a pianist and he\u2019s very much influenced by classical piano players and one of them is Schoenberg and he practices twelve tone, I forget what it is but it\u2019s very atonal, in other words it\u2019s not really melodic, it\u2019s counter melodic and we created and improvised in New York City when hit the studio back in February we recorded nineteen bodies of music, nineteen pieces and they were all improvisations and the titles were dictated by Gerry, so he would call out a title and we would create the pieces and record the improvisations at that moment. So I\u2019m sure that\u2019s going to be released sometime next year as well, it\u2019s not going to be under Philm, it\u2019s under Philm Noir\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2018Reign in Blood\u2019 turns 30 next year, it’s still such a huge record, what’s your best memory of releasing that monster back in 1986?<\/strong>
\nExcitement, we had just gotten picked up by Rick Rubin, I remember going out on tour and us getting our own tour bus, it was amazing, we felt like we made a step in our careers. I just remember a lot of excitement with releasing that album, and I think that album definitely catapulted us to another level and with the help of Rick Rubin that wouldn\u2019t have been able to happen.<\/p>\n

Lastly, let\u2019s look ahead and predict the future, so finish this sentence for us, in 2016, Dave Lombardo will…<\/strong>
\n*pauses* release two albums minimum, one with Philm Noir, then the other one with Philm, hopefully play Soundwave with Philm *laughs* and let\u2019s see\u2026 and continue touring and who knows, maybe other surprises, other collaborations\u2026<\/p>\n

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Catch Dave Lombardo in Australia for a series of awesome drum clinics presented by Allans Billy Hyde<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, October 20: Melbourne\u00a0\u2013 SOLD OUT<\/p>\n

Wednesday, October 21: Adelaide<\/p>\n

Thursday, October 22: Brisbane<\/p>\n

Friday, October 23: Sydney \u2013 SOLD OUT<\/p>\n

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Tickets available from<\/p>\n

www.allansbillyhyde.com.au\/lombardo<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Essential Information<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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