Tommy Lee
Tommy Lee
Thomas Lee Bass, best known as Tommy Lee, is a Greek-American musician and founding member of heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. As well as being the band's long-term drummer, Lee founded rap-metal band Methods of Mayhem, and has pursued solo musical projects. He has been married to model Elaine Starchuk and actresses Heather Locklear and Pamela Anderson...
ProfessionDrummer
Date of Birth3 October 1962
CityAthens, Greece
regret force destructive
You know what the most destructive force in the universe is? Regret.
crush band mixtures
I've always loved the mixture of crushing live drums with a programmed groove, that really cool blend, like in the verse there's a really funky drum beat that is programmed then it comes in to the chorus; you've got that enormous human feel where the band kicks in.
people interesting
It's always interesting to me that we all hear music differently. It's an awesome experience to hear what other people hear.
records radiohead planets
The Radiohead record, The Bends is my all-time favorite record on the planet.
jail sound strange
It sounds kind of strange, but Jail time was almost a good experience for me.
beautiful mistake kids
Getting married in four days was the biggest... mistake I've ever made. I have two beautiful kids, but... how can you know somebody in four days? Bonehead.
moon play space
One day I would love to do rock a gig on the moon - how rad would that be? Isn't Richard Branson flying planes to outer space? Motley Crue could be the first band to play on the moon.
guy good-times
When I'm single, I'm one guy, and when I'm in a relationship I'm totally another. They're both a good time.
way lasts records
The only thing that's changed for me is that I've figured out a new way to do this; when I go to record, I like to do the drums last, if that makes any sense to you.
thinking limits might
I don't really put too much emphasis on what somebody else might think of it. Otherwise your putting limits on yourself.
team swim trying
I start my own frat, and try out for the women's swim team.
littles responsible these-days
Obviously, I'm a little more responsible these days.
song cutting done
Once the song is done and recorded, I like to go back and then cut the drums, because then I know exactly what the song needs, and what it doesn't need.
cutting track bats
Sometimes when you cut your bed tracks right off the bat, you don't really know where the vocal is landing and where the background vocals are, and other loops and stuff that are going on.