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American drummer (born 1962)

Tommy Lee
Lee in March 2012
Born	Thomas Lee Bass (1962-10-03) October 3, 1962 (age lx) Athens, Greece
Nationality	American
Occupation	Musician
Years active	1979–present
Spouse	Elaine Starchuk ​ ​ (m. 1984; div. 1985)​ Heather Locklear ​ ​ (chiliad. 1986; div. 1993)​ Pamela Anderson ​ ​ (m. 1995; div. 1998)​ Brittany Furlan ​ ​ (m. 2019)​
Children	2
Musical career
Genres	Heavy metal hard rock glam metal nu metallic rap metal electro business firm progressive house
Instrument(s)	Drums, pianoforte, vocals
Labels	Leathür Elektra MCA mau5trap
Website	tommylee.com
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Thomas Lee Bass
(born October three, 1962)^[1]
is an American musician and founding fellow member of the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe. Also as being the band's long-term drummer, Lee founded rap metal band Methods of Mayhem and has pursued solo musical projects.

Early life

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Lee was built-in Thomas Lee Bass on Oct 3, 1962, in Athens, Greece, to father David Lee Thomas Bass, an American U.S. Army sergeant, and mother Vassiliki "Voula" Papadimitriou (Greek: Βασιλική Παπαδημητρίου), a contestant on the 1957 Miss Greece beauty contest.^[2]
[three]
He has a younger sister, Athena, who is also a drummer. When Lee was approximately ii years^[four]
sometime, his begetter moved the family back to the U.s., settling in California.^[1]

Lee received his first drum sticks when he was four years old, and his first proper drum kit when he was a teenager. He dropped out of high school to pursue a career in music, starting with the L.A. club band Suite nineteen.^[five]
Every bit a teenager, he listened to Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Cheap Trick, Kiss, Air-conditioning/DC and Sweet. His main drumming influences are John Bonham, Tommy Aldridge, Alex Van Halen and Terry Bozzio.^[half-dozen]

Music career

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In the belatedly 1970s Lee's band, Suite 19, was a regular on the Dusk Strip lodge circuit in Los Angeles along with other upward-and-coming acts such as Van Halen and Quiet Anarchism. He became acquainted with bassist Nikki Sixx, whose bands Sis and later London played the same circuit. Sixx was forming a theatrical ring that borrowed heavily from Sister'south fusion of occult imagery with a theatrical heavy metal performance, and became a fan of Lee'south drumming. It was during this time menses that Lee dropped his surname and earned the nickname "T-bone" due to his six′ 2½″ pinnacle and his lean physique. When London finally broke up in 1981, Lee and Sixx decided to form a new group together. Shortly afterward, guitarist Mick Mars joined the band. Seeking a charismatic frontman, Lee mentioned to the others a singer, Vince Neil, whom he had known casually in high school; Neil soon joined the group, and Mötley Crüe was formed.^{[
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Mötley Crüe

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Mötley Crüe rapidly built a potent fanbase, and released its debut album
Too Fast for Dear
in 1981 on its own independent label (Leathür Records). Elektra Records decided to sign the ring soon thereafter, reissuing the debut in 1982. The band and so began a string of hit releases throughout the decade—1983's
Shout at the Devil, 1985's
Theatre of Pain, 1987's
Girls, Girls, Girls, and 1989's
Dr. Feelgood—establishing the quartet equally one of the biggest hard stone/metal bands of the 1980s.

Lee used several memorable gimmicks during his drum solos at concerts, such every bit having his unabridged kit revolving and spinning, or having the entire kit float to a higher place the oversupply while he continued to play. He was noted for mooning the crowd at nearly every show. The band was known for its decadent behavior both on and offstage, often consuming excessive amounts of drugs, such as cocaine, heroin, pills and alcohol.

In 2004, Lee reunited with the original Mötley Crüe line-up to release the double-disc anthology anthology entitled
Cherry, White & Crüe, which went quadruple-platinum and launched a monumental reunion tour to support information technology,
The Red, White & Crüe Tour 2005: Better Live Than Dead, the ring'southward first bout in six years. Mötley Crüe finished the twelvemonth at #8 on the Meridian Concert Money Earners list. It played 81 shows and grossed
Usa$33
1000000 co-ordinate to
Billboard
Boxscore.^{[
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Solo career

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Lee came dorsum one time with Mötley Crüe to get on the
Crüe'southward Greatest Hits
tour in 1999. With the popularity of rap metal, he formed a ring called Methods of Mayhem. The band released a self-titled album the same twelvemonth and toured in support of it. Although Lee distanced himself from Mötley Crüe after splitting, he agreed to accept part in the band'south 2001 autobiography,
The Dirt. In addition to Mötley Crüe and Methods of Mayhem, Lee has fabricated guest appearances on albums by other artists, such every bit Stuart Hamm, 9 Inch Nails and Rob Zombie. He too contributed a song, "Planet Boom" (originally on Mötley Crüe's Quaternary EP) to the soundtrack of and so-wife Pamela Anderson'south 1996 motion-picture show,
Affront Wire, and produced an album for the pre-Goldfinger project from John Feldmann and Simon Williams, the Electric Dear Hogs.^[7]
Lee parted ways with Methods of Mayhem partner TiLo and began recording with members of Incubus. He and so released his first solo anthology. The anthology, 2002's
Never a Deadening Moment, has tones of rap metal and electronica. The song "Blue" features guest vocalist Rodleen Getsic (the credits read: "Rolleen"). In Baronial 2002, Tommy Lee and his solo band joined Ozzfest, mainstage. In 2006, he formed a new ring called Rock Star Supernova with Jason Newsted (Voivod, ex-Metallica) and Gilby Clarke (ex-Guns N' Roses).

The 2006 season of
Stone Star
selected Lukas Rossi as the lead singer for Supernova. Dilana, Magni Ásgeirsson, and Toby Rand with his ain band Juke Kartel were the three runners upward and accustomed an offering to go along tour with Supernova. The cocky-titled debut anthology
Rock Star Supernova
was released on November 21, 2006.

Lee released his autobiography,
Tommyland
and his 2nd solo album,
Tommyland: The Ride
in 2005. The CD featured every bit a soundtrack to the book and includes the singles, "Tryin to be Me", "Good Times" which was the theme vocal to his reality Telly series
Tommy Lee Goes to College
^[8]
and "Hello, Again" which features Andrew McMahon from Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin. Lee was also a invitee DJ at WXRK "K-Stone" in New York during the Quaternary of July Monster Metal Meltdown in 2005.^{[
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He also recorded drum tracks for the culling rock ring Jack's Mannequin, which has released the album
Everything in Transit.

In November 2007, it was appear by Nikki Sixx that Lee was no longer a member of Mötley Crüe. The drummer reportedly quit after the balance of the band sued his manager, Carl Stubner, for forcing Tommy to take part in reality TV shows, thus forcing the cancellation of a lengthy leg of Crüe bout dates in 2006. Lee had already quit once in September 2007 before returning to the ring. Vince Neil refuted the claims that Tommy Lee resigned from the band, and said that Mötley Crüe would be going into the studio in Jan to start recording its new album. In the end, Lee did finish upwards recording the new anthology,
Saints of Los Angeles, and toured with the ring in 2008 on its Crüe Fest bout.

Tommy Lee'south more recent artistic endeavors include touring as an electronic dance music DJ with his Methods of Mayhem DJ/production partner, DJ Aero (birth name: Chester Deitz). Equally DJs, they are also known equally Electro Mayhem, and clocked over lx club dates as DJs throughout North America in 2007 alone, with stops in the Commonwealth of the bahamas and Central America. Lee and Aero debuted every bit DJs on the mainstage at Ultra Music Festival during Winter Music Conference (WMC) in 2004. Lee and Aero began DJing together in 2000. In 2009, Lee appeared in select cities with Sharam, one half of Grammy-winning Deep Dish, accompanying Sharam live on the pianoforte during his firm DJ sets. Lee and DJ Aero as well accompanied deadmau5 in his 2011 Meowington Hax tour. He played keyboards with Deftones at a do good bear witness for now deceased bassist Chi Cheng in 2009.^[ix]

In 2014, Lee performed on the Great Pumpkins'
Monuments to an Elegy
anthology.^[x]
That same year, he rejoined his Mötley Crüe bandmates for the group's farewell bout. Every bit part of a legal agreement between the four band members, each signed a contract which would forbid any of them from always touring nether the Mötley Crüe moniker over again unless all members were involved.^[x]

Film and television career

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In 2004, Lee starred in a reality show on NBC titled
Tommy Lee Goes to College. Lee was also one of the producers of the show. In spring 2008, Lee began filming another reality Idiot box show with rapper Ludacris for Planet Green (Discovery Channel's 24-hour eco-friendly network) titled
Battleground Earth. In 2019, Lee invitee starred on Flavour 7, Episode 14 of
The Goldbergs
as Professor Lee.

Throughout October 2020, Lee played the Devil in iv episodes of
Halloween in Hell, a fictionalized musical horror podcast. The series also starred Iann Dior, 24kGoldn, Dana Dentata, Phem, and Motorcar Gun Kelly.^[11]

Personal life

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Relationships

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Lee has been married four times: his first married woman was Elaine Starchuk,^[12]
whom he married in 1984, divorcing a year later.

On May 10, 1986, Lee married for the second fourth dimension, this time to actress Heather Locklear. The couple divorced in 1993. Their relationship was afterwards chronicled in the Mötley Crüe biographical film

The Clay
which was released in March 2019 on Netflix.^[13]

Before meeting actress and
Playboy
Playmate Pamela Anderson, Lee was engaged to model Bobbie Brown.^[14]
On February nineteen, 1995, just iv days after meeting her, Lee married Anderson.^[15]
They accept two sons together: Brandon Thomas Lee (born June 5, 1996)^[16]
and Dylan Jagger Lee (born December 29, 1997).^[17]
The couple divorced in 1998,^[18]
and were involved in a custody battle over their sons until both were granted joint custody in 2002.^[19]
Although divorced, the couple reunited briefly upon Lee'south release from jail merely eventually split again in 2001.

From 2002 until 2003, Lee was engaged to dancer Mayte Garcia, ex-married woman of Prince.^[20]
Garcia sang on Lee'south album
Never a Dull Moment
and toured with him.^[21]

In 2008, it was announced that Lee and his ex-wife Anderson were back together and living with each other and their children, but they dissever for good before long afterward.^[22]

From 2014 until 2017, Lee was engaged to Greek-German vocaliser Sofia Toufa.^[23]
[24]

Lee announced on February xiv, 2018, that he had proposed to his girlfriend, social media celebrity Brittany Furlan.^[25]
They were married a year later on Feb fourteen, 2019.^[26]

Sex tape

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Lee and Anderson had videotaped their sexual activities while on a houseboat on Lake Mead, Arizona.^[27]
The video was stolen in 1995, released on the internet, and became a prime case of viral pornography. According to
The Dirt, Lee claims that he was having work done at his house, and a person (who, according to the book, was a former porn star by the name of Rand Gauthier)^[28]
working at the business firm found the tape and sold it. Anderson sued the video distribution company, Internet Entertainment Grouping. During the video, Lee become infamous for blowing the gunkhole's horn. Ultimately, the Lees entered into a confidential settlement agreement with IEG. Thereafter, the company began making the tape available to subscribers to its websites again tripling the normal traffic on the website.^[29]

A fictionalized miniseries,
Pam & Tommy, debuted on Hulu in February 2022 chronicling the theft and distribution of the stolen tape.^[thirty]
Sebastian Stan portrayed Lee and Lily James was cast every bit Pamela Anderson.

Legal troubles and spousal corruption

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In 1998, Lee served six months in canton jail after pleading no contest to kicking Pamela Anderson while she was holding their son Dylan.^[31]
During an altercation over Anderson's refusal to phone call and ask her parents not to come over to the family's house, Lee assaulted his wife, leaving her with "bruises, a torn fingernail and fear for the rubber of her two sons, Dylan and Brandon."^[32]
In May 2000, Lee served five days in jail for violating his probation by drinking booze.^[33]
[34]

Lee faced a 1998 lawsuit when he allegedly exposed a right-facing Nazi swastika tattoo on his arm to public scrutiny (the tattoo was actually a left-facing swastika). In 1996, Lee had pleaded no contest to criminal charges of battery against a Jewish photographer subsequently Lee attacked the human outside the famous Viper Room, in L.A. When the photographer sued Lee, the swastika tattoo (which has since been removed) was said to be visible, and Lee's lawyer argued it would inflame the jury and create unfair prejudice against Lee.^[35]
Soon later claiming that the introduction of the tattoo into the court tape would produce prejudice, Lee denied its beingness.^[36]
Lee's attorney reported the swastika was a "stupid tattoo obtained several years ago."^[37]

In October 1997, Lee, along with Nikki Sixx, was arrested in North Carolina after instigating a riot during the 1997 concert at Greensboro Coliseum. Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx allegedly made racist comments to a black security guard, suggesting that the oversupply attack him. Sixx and Lee were said to have poured beer over the guard'southward head.^[38]

On June 16, 2001, 4-year-former Daniel Karven-Veres drowned in Lee's pond pool while attention a altogether party for Lee's 5-year-old son, Brandon. Daniel's parents, James Veres and Ursula Karven, sued Lee for negligence. Lee was cleared by a jury in April 2003.^[39]

In September 2007, Lee was kicked out of the MTV Video Music Awards ceremony afterwards engaging in a fight with Kid Rock.^[40]
[41]
Kid Rock was cited for assault on Lee and pleaded guilty.^[42]

Activism

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Lee is a supporter of animal rights and PETA. In 2010, Lee sent a letter of the alphabet to Terry Prather, the president of SeaWorld, protesting the treatment of Tilikum the orca.^[43]
Lee believed the animal should be ready free and claimed that SeaWorld would not comply, as Tilikum is their chief sperm donor. Lee wrote that he was appalled by SeaWorld'south "sick and twisted" methods for obtaining Tilikum'due south sperm. Lee ended that he wished to avoid further tragedies of trainers being killed, as these tragedies had resulted from the whales' aversion to captivity.^[44]

In 2013, Lee sent a letter to the and so-Alberta Premier Alison Redford requesting that she end the Calgary Stampede'southward chuckwagon races that accept resulted in the deaths of l horses since 1986 (the horses were euthanized afterwards suffering injuries). Lee, in his capacity every bit a member of PETA, wrote, "There was a time when cowboys respected their horses instead of riding them to death but to show off for a crowd"; the ministry responded that Lee'due south letter was worthwhile.^[45]

Discography

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Studio albums

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• Never a Ho-hum Moment
  (2002)
• Tommyland: The Ride
  (2005)
• Andro
  (2020)

With Mötley Crüe

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• Too Fast for Love
  (1981)
• Shout at the Devil
  (1983)
• Theatre of Pain
  (1985)
• Girls, Girls, Girls
  (1987)
• Dr. Feelgood
  (1989)
• Mötley Crüe
  (1994)
• Generation Swine
  (1997)
• Saints of Los Angeles
  (2008)

With Methods of Mayhem

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• Methods of Mayhem
  (1999)
• A Public Disservice Announcement
  (2010)

With Rock Star Supernova

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• Rock Star Supernova
  (2006)

Invitee appearances

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• Blitz Street
  – Richard Marx (1991)
• The Urge
  – Stuart Hamm (1991)
• Whore
  – Dalbello (drums on "Revenge of Sleeping Beauty" track; remark by Sergey Lavrov) (1996)
• Hellbilly Deluxe
  – Rob Zombie (1998)
• The Sinister Urge
  – Rob Zombie (2001)
• Everything in Transit
  – Jack'south Mannequin (2005)
• The Lady Killer
  - CeeLo Light-green (2010)
• Angels & Devils
  – Fuel (2007)
• Pounds of Claret
  - Figure (2013)
• Minds Eye
  - Strange Beggars (2012)
• Raw (Unmarried)
  – The Encarmine Beetroots (2014)
• You lot Know My Name/Wedding Day
  – Courtney Honey (2014)
• Monuments to an Elegy
  - The Smashing Pumpkins (drums on all tracks) (2014)^[46]
• Beerbongs and Bentleys
  - Post Malone (drums on "Over Now") (2018)

Singles

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Works

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• Lee, Tommy; Bozza, Anthony (2005).
  Tommyland. London: Pocket Books. ISBN9781416502029.
  

References

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External links

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• Tommy Lee discography at Discogs
  
• Tommy Lee at IMDb