Tommy Lee
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, Cheap Trick, Kiss, AC/DC and Sweet. His main drumming influences were John Bonham, Tommy Aldridge, Alex Van Halen and Terry Bozzio.
Filmography (64 Appearances)
The Rise And Rise of Motley Crue
Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure
Machine Gun Kelly - Hellfest 2023
Mötley Crüe | Hellfest 2023
The Muppets Mayhem
The Retaliators
The Dirt
30 Years of Mötley Crüe: XXX Girls Girls Girls
Mötley Crüe: The End - Live in Los Angeles
The Young Blood Chronicles
The Goldbergs
Mötley Crüe | Live Side
Counting Cars
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne
Mötley Crüe | The Spirit Of Buenos Aires
Mötley Crüe | Crüe Fest 2008
Dear Jack
Battleground Earth
E!'s Pam: Girl on the Loose!
Californication
VH1 Rock Honors
Kiss: VH1 Rock Honors 2006
10th & Wolf
Disaster!
Mötley Crüe | Carnival of Sins
Steve-O - L'incontrolable de jackass
Bones
Tommy Lee Goes to College
Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson
Rockstar
Steve-O: The Early Years
Viva La Bam
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Comedy Central Roasts
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
Celebrities Uncensored
Punk'd
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Mötley Crüe | Greatest Video Hits
Fastlane
The New Guy
Jensen!
Vanilla Sky
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Hellraisers
Mötley Crüe | Behind The Music
V.I.P.
Pam & Tommy Lee: Stolen Honeymoon
Pamela Anderson & Tommy Lee Uncensored
E! True Hollywood Story
MADtv
The Frank Skinner Show
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Motley Crue: Decade of Decadence '81-'91
Ozzy Osbourne: Don't Blame Me
Moscow Music Peace Festival
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Mötley Crüe | Girls Girls Girls Tour '87/'88
Mötley Crüe | Uncensored
MTV Video Music Awards
Mötley Crüe | Quebec City 1984
Mötley Crüe: The US Festival '83
Saturday Night Live