Dave Lombardo Doesn't Like Joining a Band For a Long Time, Because He Gets Bored Quickly!!

He became a temporary DJ for a mobile disc jockey under the name A Touch of Class, Unimpressed with their son coming home at 4 am, Lombardo's parents pressured him into quitting the DJ gig or face military school. Lombardo returned to playing rock music in 1978 and befriended several like minded musicians around South Gate. Lombardo attended Pius X High School, He performed Chuck Berry's Johnny B Goode with a guitarist named Peter Fashing during the school's talent show. Lombardo soon formed a band named Escape with two guitarists, Lombardo found a vocalist to join the band after he transferred to South Gate High School in 1979, and The band performed at several events under the name Sabotage, but the band was short lived. Lombardo's parents convinced him to quit the band because he was withdrawing from everything except music, Knowing her son was set on pursuing a life on the stage, Lombardo's mother asked him to at least graduate high school. He honored her wish and graduated from South Gate High School in June 1983, Immediately following Lombardo was recommended by his Technical Drafting teacher to Diesel Energy Systems Company. Impressed with his skill, Lombardo was hired on the spot, Around this time Lombardo's musical career was ready to take off. When he was 16 Lombardo's friends told him about a guitar player Kerry King who lived a few blocks away, Lombardo dropped by King's house to meet him. Lombardo introduced himself, mentioned he played drums and shared that he wanted to start a band. King jammed with Lombardo and later showed Lombardo his guitar collection, The two quickly realized they shared some of the same musical interests. After rehearsing in Lombardo's garage several times, King introduced the drummer to another guitarist named Jeff Hanneman. The three rehearsed several times before they decided they needed a singer and bass player, King had previously played with Tom Araya in a band called Quits and decided to introduce Araya to Lombardo and Hanneman. With Slayer's line up now complete Lombardo stabbed out the now iconic logo and the band began to develop their groundbreaking sound. Slayer recorded their debut album Show No Mercy soon after, Lombardo enlisted producer Rick Rubin for their third album Reign in Blood in 1986. Lombardo left the band during their tour to promote Reign in Blood, Tony Scaglione of Whiplash was enlisted to replace Lombardo. Unhappy with the change, Rick Rubin repeatedly called Lombardo asking his return, Lombardo initially refused before eventually returning to the band in 1987.
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