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
school band juniors
I did the marching band all throughout junior high and high school. Music was one of my favorite things in school.
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.
baby together band
Nikki lives around the corner from me and I see him all the time. We talk a lot, and of course we're still friends. That was our baby, Motley Crue, we put that band together.
crazy heart truly
We're crazy in love. At the end of the day, that's truly what my heart wants. I want us all to be together.
tough
We need to regroup. It's been a tough road.
depends
It depends on what it is you want to be.
playing standard toms
The quad toms are a completely different animal than the standard drum set/trap kit. Playing wise and stylistically, they are two different beasts.
continue guys life stupid takes terrible whatever
OK, whatever it takes for you guys to continue publicizing my stupid life and terrible music.
house ladies maybe quite twice
My house is really clean. It's a really big house so I have three ladies who come in and clean it twice a week, but let's just say that, in between times, maybe it's not quite so clean.
launch
It's awesome, dude. You can launch a wiener in there.
channel rescue tried
I tried to channel you. ... Rescue Me.
best freedom whatever whenever
The best thing about being rich is the freedom; freedom to do whatever you want whenever you want. It doesn't suck.
gun
They said he had a gun. No gun was ever found.
ethic group high needed school talented transition work
This is another talented group of athletes. Not only do the have skills, but they have the work ethic needed to make that transition from high school to college.