DAVE LOMBARDO - "Without LARS ULRICH There Would Be No METALLICA"
November 27, 2014, 9 years ago
During a recent drum clinic in Cagliari, Sardinia former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo was asked for his opinion of Metallica and, more specifically, drummer Lars Ulrich:
Lombardo: "I think Lars is a good drummer. He's a good arranger. He arranges… Without Lars, there wouldn't be a Metallica. So you have to give him credit for what he does for the band. It's very important when you have a chemistry within a band. There's four members of the band. When there's chemistry, like a special interaction between musicians, if you take one musician out, it's not the same. If you take Lars out of the equation, it won't be the same."
Lombardo recently with The Heavy Metal Mayhem Radio Show, found below. Part of the discussion focuses on illegal downloading and music piracy. Asked is he feels Ulrich was right to launch a lawsuit against Napster in 2000 for file sharing, Lombardo was supportive of the move:
"He was smart. He tried to fight against it, and that was a brave thing Lars did, and his team. But, unfortunately, it's still going on, and there's nothing really at this point we can do about it."Lombardo on the music industry's decline:
"You definitely noticed when it happened - in the years following the commencement of the internet and downloads, and when Napster started, you started noticing a change in your royalty checks. So it wasn't something that you were able to foretell, it's just something that happened."September 16th marked the release of Philm's Fire From The Evening Sun via UDR Music. In celebration of the new release, DRUM! Magazine is streaming the track "Train". Listen here.
“I couldn't be more excited about the release of our sophomore album”, states Dave Lombardo. “I think fans will appreciate the many maniacal levels of our combined personalities showing their crazed head on this record. I believe Fire From The Evening Sun is a combination of being fearless, methodical, focused and charming. I recently read that those are the four traits that successful entrepreneurs and psychopaths have in common. So.. listen at your own risk.”
