DAVE LOMBARDO Is My Biggest Influence

It is arduous to call a extra influential band on the event of utmost metallic than Slayer, as numerous musicians will let you know. Cannibal Corpse drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz is the newest to go on file, sharing that not solely is Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo his largest affect, he in all probability would not be taking part in loss of life metallic in any respect with out Lombardo paving the way in which, as he informed Pod Scum (transcribed by Blabbermouth).

“Dave Lombardo is my largest affect, after all. 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 an adolescent, listening to him play within the mid-’80s, clearly I wasn’t taking part in at that time but — I [was] simply beginning out — so that actually solidified me eager to play the way in which I play in the present day, 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 suppose, any of the heavy metallic like Iron Maiden, because it progressed, into bands like Metallica, Slayer after which the thrash bands of… Kreator and issues like that, Death Angel, that actually, actually have been the forerunners of loss of life metallic 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 largest one.”

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

“I am feeling pretty good for my age. And, Jeez, if something, there’s plenty of instances I feel, ‘Man, I am taking part in higher than I ever have been,’ which is, I suppose, a superb factor. However you have gotta make these tweaks, you have gotta make these changes. You may’t simply depend on younger adrenaline and simply pure fury, such as you might need accomplished if you have been youthful. So, it’s a must to form of perhaps attempt to care for your self a bit bit extra so. I imply, all of it comes all the way down to the fundamentals. The best way I take a look at it anyhow is that if you will get good sleep, you keep hydrated, you eat pretty properly and also you apply, these are the principle keys. After all, 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 suppose I do have fairly respectable genes in that regard the place I by no means had any main illnesses in that method. So, if something, you have simply gotta actually play much more.”