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Tommy Lee
Following his release from prison, Lee elected to leave Motley Crue and embark on his own musical projects. He initially devoted his time to the rap-metal act Methods Of Mayhem, on which he collaborated with programming expert and rapper TiLo (b. Tim Murray). A lackluster self-titled album was released in 1999 although the duo gained more respect for their live performances. Lee parted company with TiLo in early 2001, and elected to drop the Methods Of Mayhem name for his next album, a more traditional hard rock collection. Never A Dull Moment, released in May 2002, featured guest appearances from Chino Moreno (Deftones) and Brandon Boyd (Incubus).
In addition to his musical output with the Crüe and M.O.M., Lee has made guest appearances on albums by other artists (Stuart Hamm — The Urge, Nine Inch Nails — Downward Spiral, Rob Zombie — Hellbilly Deluxe), contributed a solo song, "Welcome to Planet Boom," to the soundtrack of then-wife Pamela Anderson's 1996 movie, Barb Wire, and produced an album for the pre-Goldfinger project from John Feldmann and Simon Williams, the Electric Love Hogs. 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, 2002's Never a Dull Moment, reflected his love of rap metal and electronica and featured little of the Motley Crue swagger he was famous for.
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Artist Biography - Tommy Lee
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 b. Thomas Bass, 3 October 1962, Athens, Greece. One of the most high profile rock drummers of the 80s and 90s, as much for his scandalous personal life as his musicianship, Lee was born in Athens, Greece. He relocated with his family to California at the age of one. His first band was Suite 19, following which he changed his name to Tommy Lee and joined the fledgling Motley Crue. This larger than life heavy rock quartet enjoyed a string of bestselling albums during the 80s and were a byword for excess and decadence. A master showman, Lee's antics including performing on stage with a revolving drum kit. He also became a fixture on the celebrity circuit owing to his marriages to Hollywood actresses Heather Locklear and Pamela Anderson. His fraught relationship with the latter included a notorious "sex tape" scandal and a brief prison sentence in 1998 following Anderson's accusation of wife-beating.
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