Tommy Lee

Thomas Lee Bass born October 3 1962 is an American musician and founding member of Mötley Crüe As well as being the bands longterm drummer Lee founded rapmetal band Methods of Mayhem and has pursued solo musical projects Lee was born Thomas Lee Bass on October 3 1962 in Athens Greece to father David Lee Thomas Bass an American US Army sergeant and mother Vassilikki Voula Papadimitriou Greek ???????? ????????????? a Miss Greece contestant for the 1960 Miss World event His family moved to California a year after he was born He received his first drum when he was four years old and his first drum kit when he was a teenager Lee dropped out of high school to pursue a career in music starting with the band Suite 19 He has a younger sister Athena Lee née Bass who was also the drummer in his solo band KrunK and was married to James Kottak the drummer for the rock band Scorpions As a teenager Lee listened to Led Zeppelin Van Halen Cheap Trick Kiss ACDC and Sweet His main drumming influences were John Bonham Tommy Aldridge Alex Van Halen and Terry Bozzio