Dave Lombardo : Rites Of Percussion

Dave Lombardo is arguably one of the great living rock drummers. As a founding member of thrash legends Slayer, Lombardo took heavy metal drumming and combined it with hardcore punk speed to create a style that was jaw-dropping fast but could also lock into grooves when needed. Lombardo’s drumming was the key ingredient in making […]

Mr. Bungle’s “Loss Of Control”

If you had told me in 1991 that Mike Patton would eventually do a spot-on cover of Van Halen’s “Loss Of Control” fronting Mr. Bungle with Scott Ian on rhythm guitar and Dave Lombardo on drums I’d tell you you were crazy. “You’re crazy!” I’d say, then storm off to my 4pm-7pm shift at Penguin […]