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When he was still a member of Mötley Crüe, drummer Tommy Lee
undoubtedly garnered the most headlines of all four band members -- due
in part to two separate marriages to Hollywood actresses. Born in
Athens, Greece, as Thomas Lee Bass on March 10, 1962, his family moved
to California a year after his birth. Tommy Lee received his
first drum set at the ripe old age of four, but didn't receive his
first real kit until reaching his teenage years, upon his discovery of
hard rock and heavy metal. After drumming for his high-school marching
band, he quit high school in his senior year, as he focused entirely
on following his dream of joining a rock band.
Although his
achievements with Mötley Crüe are extremely impressive, it was his
celebrity marriages to Heather Locklear in the '80s and Pamela
Anderson in the '90s that made Tommy Lee a household name. He
also spent several months behind bars in 1998 after Anderson accused
him of hitting her in front of their children. The pair divorced while
he was serving his prison sentence, but reconciled and then broke up
again after his release. Tommy Lee also decided to leave Mötley Crüe
during his stay in prison, and stuck to his promise after the
completion of the band’s Greatest Hits tour in 1999. With rap metal
being all the rage, Lee formed a similarly styled outfit, Methods of
Mayhem, issuing a self-titled album the same year and touring behind
it. In addition to his musical output with the Crüe and M.O.M., Tommy
Lee made guest appearances on albums by other artists (Stuart Hamm --
The Urge, Nine Inch Nails -- Downward Spiral, Rob Zombie – Hellbilly
Deluxe).
He parted ways with M.O.M. partner Tilo and began
recording with members of Incubus and the Deftones. Through time, he
eventually started recording songs featuring himself almost
exclusively, and by the time it came to release the results, it was
released as his first solo album. The CD, titled Never a Dull
Moment, reflects his love of rap metal and electronica and
features little of the Motley Crue swagger he was famous for. The
first single “Hold On” was a hit at radio and on MTV. |
