Tommy Lee
Biography
Thomas Lee Bass (born October 3, 1962) is an American musician and founding member of 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. Lee was born Thomas Lee Bass on October 3, 1962, in Athens, Greece, to father David Lee Thomas Bass, an American U.S. Army sergeant, and mother Vassilikki "Voula" Papadimitriou (Greek: Βασιλική Παπαδημητρίου), 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,...
Known For
Top 37 Movies
Vanilla Sky
2001
The Dirt
2019
The New Guy
2002
10th & Wolf
2006
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003
Disaster!
2005
The Retaliators
2022
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003
Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson
2005
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne
2011
Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure
2025
Steve-O - L'incontrolable de jackass
2005
Steve-O: The Early Years
2004
The Young Blood Chronicles
2014
Hellraisers
2000
Moscow Music Peace Festival
1989
Mötley Crüe | Greatest Video Hits
2003
Mötley Crüe | Carnival of Sins
2005
Mötley Crüe | Uncensored
1986
Mötley Crüe: The End - Live in Los Angeles
2016
Machine Gun Kelly - Hellfest 2023
2023
30 Years of Mötley Crüe: XXX Girls Girls Girls
2017
Mötley Crüe | Live Side
2012
Ozzy Osbourne: Don't Blame Me
1991
Dear Jack
2009
The Rise And Rise of Motley Crue
N/A
Mötley Crüe | Behind The Music
1998
Mötley Crüe: The US Festival '83
1983
Motley Crue: Decade of Decadence '81-'91
1992
Mötley Crüe | Quebec City 1984
1984
Mötley Crüe | Hellfest 2023
2023
Mötley Crüe | The Spirit Of Buenos Aires
2009
Mötley Crüe | Girls Girls Girls Tour '87/'88
1987
Mötley Crüe | Crüe Fest 2008
2009
Pamela Anderson & Tommy Lee Uncensored
1998
Pam & Tommy Lee: Stolen Honeymoon
1998