David Lombardo

David Lombardo (Born in Albany, New York April 11, 1988) is a guitarist, drummer, and music entrepreneur who has worked with a wide variety of artists, most notably a few ex-American Idol finalists. He has also worked with a number of high profile artists in New York. Lombardo attended Purdue University in Indiana. He was a former instructor at the Cady School of Music in Albany. Lombardo was a member of the Empire State Youth Orchestra, and a 2006 winner of the Louis Armstrong award.
In 2008, Lombardo's band, Springload (in which he played drums for at the time) owned and operated a music venue in Lafayette, Indiana, simply known as The Venue. The band consisted of Lombardo, Tim Billick, Nate Miller, and Paul Witkamp, all of whom were Purdue students at the time. The Venue became the premier venue around Lafayette and the focal point of the Purdue music scene, as well as the primary off-campus venue for the Purdue Student Concert Committee. The Venue hosted bands including Ludo, Squirtgun, and Spitalfield. Producer Mass Giorgini of Squirtgun released a live album on Go-Kart Records that was recorded at The Venue. Prior to The Venue, the business was known as Downtown Records and sold vinyl records and hosted live music.
In September 2009, a compilation album was released on Versailles Records that included two tracks from one of Lombardo's musical projects, Awake. The album was ultimately released in major retailers across the country as a tribute to the band Buckcherry.
In late 2009, Lombardo was in charge of the event to get Lady Gaga to play at Purdue University, the school he was attending at the time. Lady Gaga canceled the performance the night of the gig, but would show up two weeks later to play the performance.
David is a voting member of NARAS, and also runs 'Tour Booking Collective', a booking agency in the Upstate New York area.

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